Thank Ms. Claire McCaskill, State Auditor, for her report. As a constituent or concerned member of the public, express concern to the Governor. Please write a letter and reference the audit report and ask the Governor what is going to be done to follow the recommendations of the report. Ask that formal inspection procedures be in place and that penalties be issued. Indicate that you want violators to be closed down - not kept in business.
Bad breeders do harm Missouri's image.
You might even question why bad breeders are allowed to churn out puppies when Missouri municipalities are also paying to kill hundreds of thousands of dogs across the State in shelters. Approximately twenty percent of the dogs that show up at shelters are pure bred dogs. Also ask that the laws regarding conflict of interest be enforced. No relative of anyone in the Division of Animal Health program should be associated, even remotely, with licensed commercial breeding. There has been legislation introduced this session addressing this issue.