Governor Glenn Youngkin signs a series of bills prohibiting the sale of dogs or cats for experimental purposes and penalizes animal cruelty. According to the Roanoke Times the so-called “Beagle Bills resulted from repeated and critical animal welfare violations uncovered at a beagle dog breeding facility in Cumberland County. The measures which passed with bipartisan support close loopholes in Virginia’s animal welfare code, and require more stringent recordkeeping for experimental breeders.