The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s rule banning puppies younger than six months from entering the US will stay in place, after a federal judge on Tuesday declined to block it.
Judge Paul L. Maloney of the US District Court for the Western District of Michigan adopted a recommendation from a magistrate judge—who said in February the rule’s challengers are unlikely to succeed in the lawsuit they filed last August—and denied a request for a preliminary injunction. The rule, which also requires that imported dogs be microchipped, is designed to prevent an outbreak of canine rabies in the ...