Letter: In response to recent editorials - Opinion - Rockford Register Star - Rockford, IL

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Mar. 3, 2015 at 9:00 AM
Updated Mar 5, 2015 at 2:53 PM

In response to Karen Gadke’s editorial and the subsequent rebuttal from Laura Kiedaisch, a breeder in Boone County, I would like to provide some information. The original text amendment presented to the Boone County Board was drafted with recommendations from the Puppy Mill Project in Chicago and the architect hired by Boone County to build the new animal services building.

This text amendment is simply an attempt to require more humane living conditions for dogs in breeding facilities in Boone County. The text amendment referred to in Ms. Gadke’s letter is a public document available to anyone and can be found on the Boone County Website (boonecountyil.org) under Advisory Committees: Breeding/Boarding Ordinance Advisory Committee.

Another great source of information on this subject was in an editorial by Lisa Fowler-Kobylewski. I would urge the Rockford Register Star to run that article again in hopes that more people could be educated on this issue.

— Jane Gordon, Belvidere

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