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8 Jun 2005 - 5:45
Lily Rice :
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. |
| 402 |
8 Jun 2005 - 5:56
Diana K Bogart :
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| 403 |
8 Jun 2005 - 5:59
GARY ROON :
I HAVE NOT BEEN IMPRESSED WITH MANY AKC IDEAS , I THINK THEY HAVE FINALLY
MADE A DECISION THAT WILL PUT THEM OUT OF BUSINESS |
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8 Jun 2005 - 6:04
Lissette Rosengrant :
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. |
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8 Jun 2005 - 6:07
Lisa Simmons :
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8 Jun 2005 - 6:25
Michelle Sostar :
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| 407 |
8 Jun 2005 - 6:26
paul schmitt :
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8 Jun 2005 - 6:26
Roger Sostar :
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| 409 |
8 Jun 2005 - 6:39
Kay Zimmerman :
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8 Jun 2005 - 6:41
evelyn mager :
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8 Jun 2005 - 6:52
Marge Weems :
Do not allow Animal Enterprise Terrorists to change the laws of the United
States when it is their goal to overthrow our government. |
| 412 |
8 Jun 2005 - 6:53
Kathy Burke :
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| 413 |
8 Jun 2005 - 7:04
Marion Higginbotham :
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8 Jun 2005 - 7:08
Jean James-Betz :
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8 Jun 2005 - 7:11
Sharon Rankin :
Please vote no on this bill. We are losing our freedom bit-by-bit.... |
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8 Jun 2005 - 7:13
Janet Clark :
Focus on the real issues, Puppy Mills!, that is what you are PAID to do,
not try to pass laws one size fits all! |
| 417 |
8 Jun 2005 - 7:19
Meghan VanBenthuysen :
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8 Jun 2005 - 7:23
Kim Osbon :
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8 Jun 2005 - 7:39
Joanna Dixon :
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. |
| 420 |
8 Jun 2005 - 7:53
Gail DeMeola :
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8 Jun 2005 - 7:54
Teresa Campbell :
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). |
| 422 |
8 Jun 2005 - 7:58
SANDRA FUTCH :
PLEASE DO NOT SIGN THIS BILL.. YOUR HURTING THE GOOD PEOPLE.. NOT THE WRONG
DOERS.. |
| 423 |
8 Jun 2005 - 8:03
Margaret H. :
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 !!!!! |
| 424 |
8 Jun 2005 - 8:04
Stormi Nell :
Don't punish the responsible hobby breeders. |
| 425 |
8 Jun 2005 - 8:22
Jessica Kelly :
Please do not pass this bill! |
| 426 |
8 Jun 2005 - 9:30
Tracey Donathen :
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8 Jun 2005 - 9:31
Tracy Smith :
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8 Jun 2005 - 9:32
Kat :
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| 429 |
8 Jun 2005 - 9:41
Shannon Peterman :
DO NOT PASS THIS BILL |
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8 Jun 2005 - 9:48
Robert E. Marciszewski :
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8 Jun 2005 - 10:04
Kirsten Andries :
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 |
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8 Jun 2005 - 10:19
Kris Kuhnhenn :
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8 Jun 2005 - 10:27
Joanne Cava :
This bill will hurt the responsible hobby breeder! Stop this bill please!! |
| 434 |
8 Jun 2005 - 10:35
Susanna Bjornsson :
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8 Jun 2005 - 10:38
Pamela Soper :
Good breeders will be harmed by this bill, not the puppy mills I'm sure
you intended to target. |
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8 Jun 2005 - 10:41
Marj Spilker :
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8 Jun 2005 - 10:47
Theresa Lange :
This will only hurt the small breeder. |
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8 Jun 2005 - 10:56
Sandy Woodall :
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8 Jun 2005 - 10:56
Natalie Clawson :
We don't need more goverment intervention into the lives of honest
people. Basic humane care is all that the gov. should be able to enforce. |
| 440 |
8 Jun 2005 - 10:58
Alison Garrett :
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 |
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8 Jun 2005 - 10:58
Anne Edwards :
I support the AWA as it is and suggest that expanding it to include
hobby/show breeders helps no one and certainly not the animals. |
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8 Jun 2005 - 11:16
Alice Kitchen Sheen :
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| 443 |
8 Jun 2005 - 11:21
James Sheen Jr. :
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8 Jun 2005 - 11:32
Petrine Bronson :
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8 Jun 2005 - 12:02
Lindsey Kamrath :
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. |
| 446 |
8 Jun 2005 - 12:08
Lori Kamrath :
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. |
| 447 |
8 Jun 2005 - 12:58
giselle simonds :
I will support all efforts to defeat this bill |
| 448 |
8 Jun 2005 - 13:03
Laura Essenmacher :
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8 Jun 2005 - 13:15
Richard Chavez :
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8 Jun 2005 - 14:34
Barbara Redalia :
This bill hurts responsible hobby breeders and would allow a loss of
privacy and security in the home, to no good end. |
