I don't think Sen. Santorum has thought through the ramifications of this bill. I hope the rest of the Senators and Representatives take the time to see how this will affect responsible breeders.
It is about time multiple pet owners stop being demonized. We spend mor time and money caring for animals than the people who claim to be so interested in "animal welfare." If they really cared, they would help improve substandard conditions instead of attacking and confiscating. For some people, animals are their lives.
Please DO NOT support this bill.
The way it's written it will only put more unnecessary laws on those who abide by them. The people that it is trying to reach will find ways around it anyhow. Enforce the laws already written---don't destroy the small hobby/show breeders who raise nice healthy animals.
Senator, I believe your bill may have it's merits but it also has major drawbacks; the bill needs more citizen input and to be revised. Any bill that needs to be re-written before it is passed if a bad bill. Pull your bill and obtain more information!
Lumping all breeders in a federal program will bring to an end the Sport of AKC dog shows and the entire Dog Show Industry. The Paws 2005 proposed legislation will also infringe on our rights to dog ownership. Please do not pass this bill.
This bill will only hurt responsible breeders. Senator Santorum needs to educate himself on the difference between animal Rights and animal Welfare! This bill will only hurt responsible breeders. It will not end puppy mills. I am disgusted that AKC would not stand up for it's breeders by opposing this bill.
This is supposed ot be the land of the free, but what is free anymore, and more and more rights are taken away, please let us not control those of us who enjoy our animals, our pets and our companions. Please rethink this issue as it is not in the best interest that it might have meant to be.
This bill only hurts pets and responsible breeders, not the puppy mills who already isolate them.They have too many to properly socialize them and give them the proper medical attention, as well as the the love they need.
This bill only hurts pets and responsible breeders, not the puppy mills who already isolate them.They have too many to properly socialize them and give them the proper medical attention, as well as the the love they need.
This bill is set up to hurt pets in a variety of ways, including helping the people that hurt them and hurting the people that help.Please stop this bill.
I am totaly appauled at the idea that AKC supports this bill and that the goverment is taking away another one of our constitutional rights. I thought that is what our country is all about, FREEDOM. If this bill passes, then our government is no better that any other. We soon will be a coommunist country being told what we can and cannot do. Please do not let this bill pass.
You want to do something go after the large volume puppy millers! That should give you something to keep you Very Busy for a while. Leave the little hobby and show breeders alone. Please STOP this bill.
Am I the only one who feels that our tax dollars are already stretched to the limits? Are we going to impose new taxes to monitor all of this? I strongly oppose this bill--let's concentrate on things that matter, not PETA's agenda and its no-breed nation.
The last thing we need is more government intrusion into our lives. There are already laws to protect animal welfare, and this is nothing more than beaurocratic rhetoric. I strongly oppose this.
This Paws Bill has the backing of the animal rights activists (AR's) who
have printed in their sites that their goal is the extinction of man
made species. The bill is just a legal foot in the door for them to
achieve this goal. It is not about caring about animals or licencing of
breeders. If this unjust bill were to pass, the next step would be for
legal sueing to reduce the numbers of litters of dogs or cats to one,
with the USDA being required to inspect any person (intimidation tactic)
who breeds one litter of dogs or cats. This type of law suit is under
way currently in a state, according to AKC's legal email warning sent
out to it's members.
A strong leader in the AR's has advocated and
printed on their site that they feel justified if some people are killed
in the process of eliminating man made species. How sick is that??
This is no more than a legal cover to gain legal power over any one that
breeds dogs or cats. Then it will be amemded to all man made pets and
man made species as time passes. They (AR's) have written into the bill
that the animals that have seven or more litters or 25 babies are to be
removed from their loving families and homes
and must be housed in a building separate from the house if more than
six litters or 25 babies are produced. THE AR'S DO NOT CARE ABOUT THE
ANIMALS in this manuver. They are trying to put impossible barriers in
the way of the dog/cat fanciers who are responsible breeders. Animal
experts have published that there is only a crucial,very limited time
for puppies to gain social skills to become normal, well adjusted pets.
Take the babies out of the responsible breeder's homes over some number
of litters and you will be destroying not only the reputable breeders
but MALAJUSTED, UNABLE TO BOND DOGS WILL BE THE NORM. The worst poms I
purchased were from two USDA inspected kennels. The poms had grade four
patellas. One kennel would not stand
I am not a breeder. I have been looking for a puppy for quite some time now. Only recently have I found a few breeders who will sell their show quality pups to someone like myself who just loves the breed. I always thought that AKC was the top of the line, that if people had AKC pups, than I could find a quality purebread puppy. When I see puppys being raised in the home and not kenneled, I think WOW that is a good owner. Do not take that away. Why doesn't AKC endorse a bill to stop all of the irresponsible breeding that changes, distorts and mutates the beautiful features of purebread dogs. Why doesn't AKC go after these back door puppy mills that do keep their dogs outside in conditions that their representative could not stay in for fifteen minutes much less live in. I am glad that there are hobby breeders out there and I appreciate the fact that I can have a chance to enhance my family with one of their puppys that are well socialized because they have been a part of a family from the start.To those breeders that are reading this who produce beauty and love and put your heart into what you do, I appreciate that you are here. I myself would like to enjoy the miracle of having a litter one day. Not for the money, for the principle of keeping a beautiful bloodline going. To see those babies and nurture those babies and love those puppies from day one. What an awesome opportunity. That is why some people breed. Those puppies are their children. They truley love it. Taking that away from them would be like telling them not to breathe. I hope AKC does not make it so hard to register with them that I as the consumer will never get a puppy that has all of the qualities that I am looking for. I hope that I do not have to get a CKC puppy instead because AKC is only for the elite. What is really really sad here, is that AKC could and does have the power to do house visits on every single puppy mill that is registered with them. They do not. I have seen dogs for sal
Why do you feel you need to go after the small hobby breeders and show people, all of whom family raise their litters, when you cant even regulate the real problems with puppy millers who lock helpless dogs in tiny cages, and breed them to death? I myself do not breed, but I do help rescue and foster dogs that would otherwise be put to death just because an irresponsible people didnt care for them. These are my children, and will NOT see someone tell me how to treat my children. All my baies are altered and very loved by my family and I want that right left to me, not some suit, in some office, who has no clue. KILL this BILL !!!!!
Instead of adding legislation crippling responsible pet owners, hobby breeders and legitimate rescue organizations, focus on enforcing the AWA as it exists presently. Catering to Animal Rights Terrorists emphatically does not help animals. Do not lend your support to SB1139/HB2669 (PAWS 2005).
Please do not Pass this Bill.It will only open the doors for the Puppy Mills to go on selling dogs.I think yall need to really crack down on the Puppy Mills.Leave the smaller in home hobby breeders alone.Please do not pass this bill.
Your hurting the wrong people - the small hobby breeder that does care about his animals not the big puppy mills which should be the ones you go after.
This bill is horrible, a blatant violation of the rights of large volume breeders (and small-time breeders). Forcing kennel inspections like USDA mandates will significanly raise pet prices and cut into returns.
