From as early as 2004, complaints against Bill Lambert, a hybrid wolf-dog breeder operating out of Kemp, began rolling in. His business, StarCross Wolves, claimed to produce high-quality wolf-dog hybrids at lower costs than other hybrid breeders, but in reality, the wolf-dog pups he was producing were sick, inbred, and raised in inhumane conditions with very little human interaction. Unfortunately, the full extent of his cruelty and neglect did not come to light until he took his own life on the property a few weeks ago. His death left his dogs to fend for themselves and rescuers to pick up the pieces.
There is no evidence Lambert was ever licensed by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulations, the agency that oversees the Texas Licensed Breeder Program, and we know that if the current requirements were lowered from 11 breeding females to five, Lambert would have been caught in violation of the law much sooner.
The only way we can prevent this from happening again is by improving the program, which is facing a premature end. Read the full story by following the link in our bio, then sign our petition to tell our legislators that Texas needs MORE animal protections, not less, at thln.org/puppy_mill_petition.
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