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Opponents tell Ohio House panel proposed wolfdog rules would punish owners, urge inspections of fur farms
Summary
Opponents of House Bill 676 told the Ohio House Agriculture Committee that proposed rules singling out wolfdogs would punish responsible owners, risk property liens and forfeitures, and fail to address abusive fur/urine farms; witnesses urged inspections and broader animal-welfare standards instead of breed-specific restrictions.
Opponents of House Bill 676 told the Ohio House Agriculture Committee on March 30 that the bill’s breed-specific rules for wolfdogs would unfairly penalize responsible owners and would not have prevented the abuses uncovered at an Ashtabula fur and urine farm.
"This bill is concerning because it is discriminating against wolfdogs without merit," Susan Vogt, president of the Red Riding Hood Rescue Project in Middletown, told the committee. Vogt said her sanctuary, a USDA-licensed wolfdog rescue, had taken three wolfdogs from the Ashtabula site and described severe injuries and neglect she witnessed there.
Vogt and other witnesses said the public-safety and welfare problem in Ashtabula was the operator and the lack of inspections, not the animals. "The only danger to the community was…
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