ST. LOUIS, MO — On Monday, June 14, 2021, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed suit against Laurie Lund of Cridder Creek Kennel for multiple Animal Care Facilities Act infringements and illegally operating the business since January 2021.
“The vast majority of Missouri’s commercial breeders comply with the Animal Care Facilities Act, however, when my Office finds repeat violations of the ACFA, we will swiftly file suit or take other legal action,” said Attorney General Schmitt. “We will continue to be vigilant in working with the Missouri Department of Agriculture to take action against substandard breeders across the state.”
A petition has filed on Monday morning that contains the result of eight inspections by the Missouri Department of Agriculture of Lund’s facility since June 4, 2020, and registered about 60 violations of the Animal Care Facilities Act.
The infringements include unclean facilities and lack of outdoor shelter, which fails to give proper veterinary care. In addition, Laurie Lund has been operating the facility illegally without a commercial breeder license since January 31, 2021.
The suit has 14 counts, including one count of operating without an ACFA license, two counts of uncorrected health and farming violations, one count of uncorrected surface and cleaning violation, one count of uncorrected primary enclosure violation, one count of uncorrected identification violation, two counts of uncorrected record-keeping violations, one count of uncorrected outdoor facilities violation, two counts of uncorrected veterinary care violations, one count of uncorrected outdoor housing violation, one count of uncorrected fire detection violation, and one count of failure to allow access for inspection.
The Attorney General’s Office is seeking an initial and permanent injunction for each count followed by a $1,000 civil penalty for each count. Access the petition at https://ago.mo.gov/docs/default-source/press-releases/petition-final(12517043-1).pdf?sfvrsn=f197e54f_2.
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