I  oppose  the fast  track approval  of   repeal of   Humane  Investigator  Guidance  regulations,  and the  withdrawal of the   state veterinarian.   Enforcing  the humane treatment  of animals  is  part of the  state veterinarian's   job!

Virginia  needs humane  investigators.   They cost  the state nothing,  and   are a  great asset  in helping  to take  some of the  load off   animal  control officers.  We  need  a program  in which  humane investigators  will be  added,  not  taken away,  and  this program  should  NEVER  have  been   downsized  in the first place!

Mollie  McCurdy

Waynesboro, Virginia

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