«Since March 1, 2018, Animals Australia has provided reports about
non-compliant handling of animals in three markets and allegations of sheep outside their approved supply chains in five markets in the Middle East.
Bob Baker, executive director
of the Missouri Alliance for
Animal Legislation, attributes the decline to the passage
of the Canine Cruelty Prevention Act which raised standards
of care and gave authority to the attorney general to prosecute
non-compliant or unlicensed kennels (prior to that prosecutions were
handled by local district attorneys more sympathetic with puppy millers, he said.)