I'm very glad to see this:
It was a good day for dogs at the General Assembly.Without debate, the House of Delegates passed bills on Tuesday cracking down on dogfighting and so-called puppy mills.
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The [dogfighting] bill applies to all forms of animal fighting and makes cockfighting a felony for the first time in Virginia. The vote was 93-2.
The puppy-mill measure passed 91-6. It would regulate and license large commercial dog breeders, whose operations would be subject to inspection by animal control officials.
On the dogfighting bill, only two members voted against it -- Charles Carrico and Clarke Hogan. On the puppy-mill bill, these six members apparently hate puppy dogs: Watkins Abbitt, Clarke Hogan, R. Steven Landes, Edward Scott, R. Lee Ware, and Thomas Wright.