Brown's original version called for a mandate that all cats and dogs be vaccinated for rabies. An amendment by Rep. Tom Loehner, R-Koetzltown, called for this to be dropped and the replacement language to dictate that licensed veterinarians be in control of examination at the time of a biting instance.
"If you talk to someone who isn't involved in farming very much what farming is, the first impression is of a tractor, a combine or something in grain farming," said House Agriculture Policy Committee Chair Tom Loehner. "You hardly ever hear about the cattle farmers or the hog farmers, it's all about the grain."
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