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Committee asks law department, health and animal control to draft rules on cat breeding after residents report sick, dead kittens
Summary
After residents reported multiple sick and deceased kittens linked to a local breeder, the Holyoke Ordinance Committee voted Aug. 6 to direct the law department, Board of Health and Animal Control to develop draft ordinance language to extend breeder regulation to cats under Chapter 14.
The Holyoke City Ordinance Committee on Aug. 6 voted to ask the city law department, the Board of Health and animal-control officials to draft language to regulate feline breeding under Chapter 14 of the city code.
Councilor David Bartley introduced an order to amend Chapter 14 after receiving a letter from resident Leah Maldonado alleging multiple deaths and infections in kittens she purchased from a local breeder. Bartley said the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR) told him breeding of dogs is regulated in the state but breeding of cats is not, and that…
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