When Colleen O'Keefe, DVM, approached Illinois legislators about licensing horse rescue and shelter facilities around the state, the lawmakers were surprised.
"Usually, industries don’t want to be regulated," said O'Keefe, Division manager for food safety and animal protection for the Illinois Department of Agriculture. "But this initiative came from the rescue operators themselves."
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