VPR's Jane Lindholm talks with Joanne Bourbeau of the Humane Society of the United States about the trend of animal cruelty investigations in Vermont in the last few months, and the laws that protect animals from abuse and neglect.

Humane society agents in Vermont are calling for stricter legislation regulating large-scale breeders, a day after the Vermont State Police rescued dozens of malnourished dogs from a home in Bakersfield. Earlier: Humane Societies Take Lead On Animal Abuse  

VPR's Jane Lindholm talks with Joanne Bourbeau from the Humane Society and Steven Fesmire from Green Mountain College about the issue of animal cruelty.

We discuss animal cruelty from legal and philosophical perspectives, and then we talk to to Brian Lindner, team leader of the Waterbury Backcountry Rescue Team.

A Vermont woman who pleaded guilty to animal cruelty charges has been accused of keeping animals in violation of a court order.