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Advocate urges Paducah to adopt local breeding ordinance to reduce shelter strain
Summary
Kimberly Yates, Paducah Human Rights Commission member and executive director of Hands of Hope, urged the commission to enact a local breeding ordinance requiring licensing, veterinary approval, microchipping, limits on litters and spay/neuter before sale to reduce shelter overcrowding and shift costs from taxpayers to breeders.
At the public-comment portion of the Nov. 25 meeting, Kimberly Yates, who identified herself as a Paducah Human Rights Commission member and executive director of the nonprofit Hands of Hope, urged the commission to pass a local breeding ordinance to curb unregulated backyard breeding.
Yates said Kentucky has no statewide breeding regulations and described consequences for shelters and…
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