JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., April 28 (UPI) -- Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon signed a compromise bill into law overturning a voter initiative to limit the state's rampant problem with puppy mills.
The new law -- which the Missouri Legislature declared an emergency act, so it became effective immediately and will be hard to overturn through another public vote -- repeals much of the Proposition B dog-breeding law voters approved in November, but sets new standards for veterinary care and housing, doubling the size of cages by January.