Indiana cracking down on puppy mills with new law

Indiana dog breeders and brokers who breed and sell dogs for commercial purposes must register with the state under a new law the takes affect Jan. 1.

The law, passed by the Indiana General Assembly last April, requires commercial brokers to register with the State Board of Animal Health if they sell more than 500 dogs per year. The law requires breeders to register if they have more than 20 unspayed dog over the age of 12 months.

Brokers pay a flat rate of $1,ooo a year and breeders pay based on the number of female dogs they have.

Animal shelters, rescue operations, hobby breeders, or anyone who breeds at least 75 percent of there dogs for sporting, service, law enforcement, or military purposes are exempt from the law.

- The Indy Star

Cat cams show cats nap only six percent of the day

Fifty house cats in Los Angeles were given collar cams so that researches could see just what cats do all day when there owners are away.

Topping the list was looking out windows which is done 22 percent of the day. 12 percent was used to interact with other family pets and eight percent was spent climbing on chairs or kitty condos. Just six percent of their hours were spent sleeping. Playing with toys came it at five percent, and eating and/or looking at food came in at four percent.

"What surprised me was how active the cats were. I believed my three cats were sleeping during the day," said Jill Villarreal, an animal behavior scientist who collected the data for Nestle Purina PetCare's Friskies brand of cat food.

According too Villarreal the cats may be equipped with movie cameras next but it is still being debater.

Courtesy of The Associated Press and news Chanel 25