For Immediate Release:
September 7, 2023
Contact:
Brittney Williams 202-483-7382
Iowa County, Iowa – A damning U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) report simply obtained by PETA reveals that an Iowa County breeding facility operated by John Beiler has been cited once more—this time associated to dogs with matted fur—for violating the federal Animal Welfare Act, marking not less than the 18th violation on the operation since 2014. Despite this sample of repeated violations, the USDA has but to rescue a single animal or search any penalties towards Beiler, so PETA rushed a letter to District Attorney Zachary P. Leigh urging him to have a veterinarian go to the ability with investigators and file acceptable fees towards these answerable for the neglect.
According to the report, on August 1 a USDA veterinarian found three dogs with matted fur—a painful situation that pulls the pores and skin tightly and may result in pores and skin infections and different well being issues. Similarly, in October 2016 six guinea pigs had been discovered with pink and crusty pores and skin and one other animal had a lot “crusted material” on her ft that the majority of her toes weren’t seen. Additionally, between March 2014 and April 2017, Beiler was cited on 5 totally different events for holding animals in filthy circumstances, together with on “excessively soiled bedding,” amongst an “excessive amount of black flies,” and amid an odor of ammonia so robust that it burned the USDA veterinarian’s throat and eyes.
“Miserable mills like this one deny animals proper care and treat them as nothing but commodities,” says PETA Vice President of Evidence Analysis Daniel Paden. “PETA is urging Iowa County authorities to prosecute those responsible for this persistent neglect and calls on everyone to avoid buying animals from breeders or pet stores, which keep operations like this one in business, and to adopt from shelters instead.”
PETA is pursuing fees below state legislation as a result of the USDA doesn’t render reduction or assist to animals throughout its inspections and—as Beiler’s nine-year historical past of violations present—these infractions carry no federal felony or civil penalties.
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PETA’s letter to Leigh follows.
September 7, 2023
The Honorable Zachary P. Leigh
Iowa County District Attorney
Dear Mr. Leigh:
I hope this letter finds you properly. I’m writing to request that your workplace (and the correct law-enforcement company, as you deem acceptable) examine and, as appropriate, file felony fees towards these answerable for neglecting dogs at a breeding facility operated by John Beiler at 726 Turnbull Rd. close to Rewey. PETA hopes investigators will go to the ability with a veterinarian who has experience in canine well being and welfare in order that they will establish any animals in want of care and opine on the circumstances of and for roughly 70 dogs there.
Over not less than 9 years, a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) veterinarian has documented neglect on the facility within the hooked up experiences, the latest of which was simply made public. On August 1, the veterinarian discovered three dogs with matted hair. Beiler apparently tried to clarify the mats by stating that his operation’s clippers had “stopped working.” (In October 2016—when Beiler possessed greater than 1,700 guinea pigs—six animals had been present in want of veterinary analysis for pink and crusty pores and skin and a lot “crusted material” on one animal’s ft that the majority of her toes “could not be visualized.”)
In June 2021, the veterinarian discovered animals uncovered to “rusted out and rough” feeders in roughly 37 cages, which “could injure” them. (Beiler had been cited for related harmful circumstances in October 2016 and March 2014.) The findings in August and in 2021 could violate Wisconsin Statute §§ 951.02 and 951.14. The latter requires that enclosures for animals be “structurally sound and maintained in good repair to protect the animals from injury.”
You can also have an interest to know that in August, Beiler was cited for using expired medicines and—for not less than the fourth time—missing correct identification and/or information of his animals. Furthermore, between March 2014 and April 2017, Beiler was cited on 5 totally different events for holding animals in filthy circumstances, together with on “excessively soiled bedding,” amongst an “excessive amount of black flies” and an odor of ammonia so robust that it burned the veterinarian’s throat and eyes throughout an inspection.
The USDA renders no assist or reduction in any respect to animals on web site, and these experiences carry no felony or civil penalties and don’t preempt felony legal responsibility below state legislation for neglecting animals. If you’d wish to be taught extra concerning the company’s findings, please see the contact info for its workplace in Riverdale, Maryland, here. Thank you in your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Daniel Paden
Vice President of Evidence Analysis
PETA
