Columbus, OH—Reps. Laura Lanese (R-Grove City) and James Hoops (R-Napoleon) will introduce legislation Wednesday to ban puppy mills and other commercial dog breeders from performing painful procedures such as cutting off puppies’ tails and pulling out their dewclaws. Lanese and Hoops will host a press conference to discuss the legislation on Sept. 21 at 1 p.m. in the Ladies Gallery of the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus.
Current Ohio law defines tail docking and dewclaw removal as vete...