Target: David Scott, Chairman of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee
Goal: Support more comprehensive, robust animal welfare inspections and enact tougher penalties for violations.
Hundreds of young dogs apparently suffered horrifically at an Iowa puppy mill. While several of the animals were eventually rescued, some reportedly died while waiting for their moment of salvation. The memory of one of these puppies, whom the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals named Goldie, lives on in legislation meant to safeguard other defenseless pups from meeting her tragic fate.
Goldie reportedly died at the puppy mill, with the eyes of her potential savior—the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)—on her. The USDA is required to inspect and license such businesses. The Iowa puppy mill where Goldie was kept had been licensed by the agency, and they took note of Goldie’s seemingly declining health during the course of inspections. They apparently did nothing to help the suffering animal, however. She eventually succumbed to weeks of alleged neglect and untenable living conditions.
A House of Representatives proposal known as Goldie’s Act would strengthen the inspection standards the USDA performs, would impose much heftier penalties for reported violations, and—most crucially—would require the agency to take into their custody animals they have suspicions are being mistreated. The USDA, under this law, would also have a duty to report with expedience suspected animal cruelty to appropriate law enforcement for criminal investigation.
Sign the petition below to demand Congress take up this vital piece of animal welfare legislation.
PETITION LETTER:
Dear Representative Scott,
Few causes can unite Americans like the plight of abused and neglected animals. The U.S. government, recognizing the importance of protecting all living beings, has encoded the Animal Welfare Act, the PACT Act, and other essential measures into its rules of law. Tragically, the lack of a strong framework for some of these laws prevents them from realizing their full potential.
As part of implementing the Animal Welfare Act, the United States Department of Agriculture is supposed to conduct routine inspections on licensed animal caretakers. Too often, however, these inspections are sparse and shallow in their scope and depth. A young dog reportedly died at a licensed Iowa puppy mill (where hundreds of other dogs were later liberated), as the USDA evaluated this puppy’s deteriorating condition with no apparent action to save her. This horrible case inspired Goldie’s Act (named after the deceased pup), but currently this house resolution is languishing in limbo.
As the chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, please give this critical animal welfare reform the push it deserves and needs in Congress.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]
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They are GOVERNMENT employee who does nothing for the Animals nor Humans, they get good pay but doe very little work, no one oversee them….
Here in Texas the animals suffers because of them —- the lazy usda employees!
Those in older should be terminated!
The lazy employee should be terminated not the old ones! Everybody gets older including you!
Besides Texas has very strict animal rules as seen on a show “ Texas Wardens”
Report those offenders and they will step in!
Please help these animals, these puppy mills are an injustice to animals and the people who end up with them unknowingly
Typical government officials!!! Do nothing and get the best benefits anyone could ask for, and for LIFE too!!! Their lazy and they know they can get away with just signing off!! I do not know how they sleep at night. But, I do hope they all die a very slow & painful death, just as Goldie and a million others will if someone doesn’t stop this!!!’
I worked closely with some animal agencies to close down a puppy mill/hoarding situation. They were useless!!!They get paid for doing nothing. Sad for these animals for whom these agencies should protect
I agree with you!!
Kathleen Scherman – I definately agree with your comment.
“Typical government officials!!! Do nothing and get the best benefits anyone could ask for, and for LIFE too!!! Their lazy and they know they can get away with just signing off!! I do not know how they sleep at night. But, I do hope they all die a very slow & painful death, just as Goldie and a million others will if someone doesn’t stop this”!!!’
RIP precious Goldie and a million innocent and helpless souls if someone doesn’t stop these monsters sadism and evilness.
These animal torturing murdering monsters sleep at night because these lowlife human monsters are psychopathic lowlife monsters who enjoy torturing and murdering innocent and defenceless sentient beings.
I worked closely with some animal agencies to close down a puppy mill/hoarding situation. They were useless!!!They get paid for doing nothing. Sad for these animals for whom these agencies should protect
If a government official sees first hand animal cruelty, they should immediately take the animals from the facility. It is their responsibility to keep the animals safe from the abuse, otherwise why are they even there. To walk away from abuse, they should be fired. These animals deserve better treatment.
I agree with you Susan. I don’t know about fired though, they need Street Justice, from Animal Vigilantes, the sort they won’t recover from
Exactly, an eye for an eye though!!! Whatever is inflicted, is seen or contributes to that pains, harms, abuse or kill an animal should be done to that perpetrator(s). Waste of human space assholes
They are not doing their job to protect animals!! They should get fired!!
We don’t know who is responsible for that – before judging the government agency’s we need to find out first !
Like I wrote before Texas has a special law for the protection of wild life and domestic animals ! Called Texas Warden ?!
Let them know and I am sure the do something about it!
Seems like the government agency is as evil and disposable as the puppy mill scum!! All the agents in Goldies’s case should be named and fired!!
How do we get the right people in to these agencies?
I agree – this is awful!!
Pleaseeee help them!!!’🙏🙏🙏
The USDA is a bunch of useless, worthless scumbags! They don’t care one bit for the horror and suffering that goes on in these hell holes. It’s sickening and disgusting that they don’t do anything to help the innocent animals.
Well said Jaime.Yes the USDA have a disgusting reputation.This useless organisation definately requires to be shutdown and its pathetic uncaring staff terminated.A proper animal caring organisation definately requires establishment with caring staff employed.
THESE PUPPY MILLS ARE AN ABSOLUTE DISGRACE AND SHOULD BE SHUT DOWN IMMEDIATELY!!!!!!!!!!!
Agree with you. People who don’t care and don’t love animals shouldn’t work with them.
With every fiber of my being, I hate assholes who profit from the misery and death of animals in all it’s various repulsive forms, be it for breeding, meat, or animal byproducts.
GIVE THE OWNERS OF THAT PUPPY MILL THE SAME CRUELTIES AS THEY DID WITH THEIR DOGS. NO MERCY AT ALL. POOR GOLDIE. YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN IN SO MANY HEARTS.
We’re throwing a bucket of water on a firestorm by focusing on individual offenders, whether it be a mill, CAFO or slaughterhouse.
The biggest offender is the USDA, the very agency charged with protection and enforcement. Until the USDA is replaced with a better agency, we will never see real, sustained change… and our hard earned money will continue to be wasted.
You are SO RIGHT. The USDA regularly and consistently does nothing in horrible situations that they are responsible for – tons of violations with no actions while animals suffer. Oh, but if you want wildlife horribly killed, they are right there to make big bucks doing that. The USDA and it’s killing thug division, Wildlife Services (a harmless-sounding name for a bunch of Nazis) needs to be shut down and reimagined. Same with the BLM, which kills wild horses, though its supposed to protect them.
Since when did ANY government agency EVER do anything right or good?
We, as human beings have duty of care, to each other, ALL animals and the planet. If we fail in this duty we fail our humanity.
The USDA employees are less than worthless. Horrible puppy mills have bee n ongoing for years but they do nothing but collect a paycheck. I suspect these “inspectors” get kickbacks from the mill owners to look the other way. How else could you ignore such cruelty unless you are a total loser yourself. DO YOUR JOB USDA! And Congress, DO YOUR JOB OF OVERSITE OF THIS AGENCY!
these positions need to be filled by people who give a damn. who have compassion and heart not just cold and callous regard for all living things. they hire lazy feckless zombies whose sole purpose is to get a paycheck to do nothing. until that happens many more goldies will follow. poor little one, i hope she is at peace at last.
It drives me mad even to think about how many animals die or suffer because of not caring people who should protect them.
Another thing, why are those puppy mills still permitted to operate?
shut down this Concentration camps for animals
IMMEDIATELY
Please Shut Down These crappy ass camps 4 animals permanently & Indefinitely!!!!,Prayers 4 Goldie❣❣❣❣🙏🏾❤
DOES THE USDA OR OTHER INSTITUTIONS DOES ANTHING AFTER WRITTEN SO MAY LETTERS TO THEM??? OR THE MINISTERS??? I REALLY WONDER! OR IS IT SUCH AN INSTITUTION WITH A BEAUTIFUL NAME WHO DOES NOTING EXCPT COLLECTING THEIR MONEY??? THEN SHAME ON YOU.
I MEAN MANY LETTERS!
And this is our Government taking care of animals. They can’t even take care of kids in their custody.