GNU Free V1.2 ~ Kathy "Siamese kittens ready to sell"
The HB 1258 has passed the House committee on Wednesday, January 27th, 2010. Now it moves for a full House consideration. If this bill is completely passed it will create much needed work for the pet stores. This bill will require the pet stores that are selling cats or dogs to provide information on each one in their store and it must be visible to each patron. The information that must be displayed is the breeders name, address, how many litters they produce in a year, medical history on the dog or cat and what type of food the pet is receiving.
Some pet stores are already doing this but they are not providing the information until that person buys the particular pet. The pet stores are nervous about this bill due to providing their breeders information may create a privacy problem for their breeders. Animal activists that see the breeders name could start harassing the breeder as being a puppy mill type facility. If the pet shops were truly not getting their puppies from puppy mills then they should have nothing to worry about when providing information. Other shops are fearful that by customers seeing who the breeder is that they may go to the breeder direct and cut out the pet store altogether.
This HB 1258 bill is also making people that attend a dog fight will be subject to a Class D Felony. Right now it is only a misdemeanor if charged and convicted. Once the bill goes through it will carry a three year prison term. There are already 27 states that consider a dog fight spectator as a felony.
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Many people that breed an occasional litter are not treated any differently by animal rights activists than larger volume breeders. Analogy- giving your home address and phone number to pedophiles while having many children at home. Breeders of even one litter have been vilified in the name of "adopt" the shelter dogs. Immaculate conception is not a viable alternative. Check out Nathan Winograd's concepts (a known animal rights activist) while still allowing others their choices.
Thanks Amy for your comments. I do write about the news even if I don't fully agree with it. Yes I do agree that the information should be able to be seen or what not, but only if the person wanting to buy the dogs asks for it. Not to copy, get a copy of or anything else unless they actually purchase the dog or cat. I do agree that some pro-adoption and anti-breeding people would take things to the extreme.
But I do feel the people that are buying should be privy to the breeders information.
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