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03-10-2011, 01:42 PM | #1 |
Dreamin' of Dexter Donating YT Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: toronto, Canada
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| Please Speak Up Missourians!!! : Prop B Overturned It's a sad day not only for the battle against puppyimlls today, but for human rights also. The Missouri Sate Senate overturned many of the main laws that voters voted for in Prop B, the Puppymill Cruelty Prevention Act. I know this is not even in my country, but if it can happen there, it can happen here. we are supposed to live in a democratic society in North America...there is NOTHING democratic about Senators being able to adjust and overturn laws that were voted on as a majority. That is wrong and I urge everyone in Missouri to write to your senators telling them how you feel!!!! We can't sit back and let this happen...we have to speak up for not only the poor pups that will continue to suffer, but for ourselves. for us to be able to have a say in what goes on in our countries as we are supposed to. for us to know that our vote DOES count!!!! and to know that we aren't idly sitting back while puppies and dogs suffer tremendous torture in our backyards..... please speak up for these dogs because they can't do it themselves...but you can. Missouri State Senate Overturns Puppy Mill Law Favored By Voters | The Dog Files Is Democracy Dead In Missouri? Here's What Missourians Can Do To Show Them It Isn't. | The Dog Files |
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03-10-2011, 02:02 PM | #2 |
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| absolutely bloody disgusting!!! Citizens make their voices heard & are then over-ruled. I hope they get riled up about this and make their voices heard once again!
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03-10-2011, 03:40 PM | #3 |
Dreamin' of Dexter Donating YT Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: toronto, Canada
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| I hope we have a lot of YT representation letting their voices be heard over this. if people cause enough stink, changes CAN be made... |
03-10-2011, 04:34 PM | #4 |
and Khloe Mae's too! Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Eastern Washington
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| This is disgusting... Something needs to be done to change this!
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03-10-2011, 07:36 PM | #6 |
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| I filled out the form and emailed the state reps. I live in Central Missouri and this is just sad. |
03-10-2011, 11:56 PM | #7 |
Between♥Suspensions Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Vaissades
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| Pup Mill Capital USA...ugh...I just finished passing around a 100,000 signature petition on FB for this...stinking pup mills and their political lobbying!
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03-11-2011, 06:22 AM | #8 |
Dreamin' of Dexter Donating YT Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: toronto, Canada
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| thank you for speaking up for the pups! it may not feel like much, but if enough people do it, it WILL make a difference! |
03-11-2011, 06:23 AM | #9 |
Dreamin' of Dexter Donating YT Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: toronto, Canada
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| do you have a copy of the petition you could post here? i would love to pass it around! |
03-11-2011, 06:38 AM | #10 |
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03-11-2011, 01:19 PM | #11 | |
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and if you befriend Minimina Hate Pup Mills, Trillium Charter | Facebook she works with another national organization that generates all kinds of sharing petitions...looking over her site right now to see if there's another there but not seeing ...was a couple months ago when it was in the process of being repealed... ASPCA | January 7, 2011 Okay I don't know why it says trillium Charter there but it's linking to the correct page for me at least...
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03-11-2011, 06:17 PM | #12 |
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| WHOA guys!! I'm not sure where your information on Missouri's Prop B has come from but I think you have been given information that isn't quite correct. Prob B was NOT repealed or overturned. Prop B was "modified" in Senate Bill 113. I live in Missouri and just today attended a meeting where I listened to Senator Mike Parsons, Representative Jason Smith, & Representative Lincoln (forgot his last name) speak about Prob B and SB 113. In their opinion (and mine) this bill will improve Prob B, giving some "teeth" to it. Prob B had several things that could not be enforced and no money to fund the bill, had dog limits (unconstitutional), unsound husbandry rules, and only applied to licensed breeders (not animal shelters or unlicensed breeders i.e. puppymills). SB 113 has modification that actually adds more fees and will fund the bill to work. It will apply to shelters, hoarders, and all breeders, it adds more money to help catch the unlicensed breeders and more. I've included the bill below but anyone can do a search and see what was modified. This bill now has to go to the House of Representatives and if it passes the House must be signed into law by the Governor. So, Prop B wasn't repealed. I know lots of the media is saying this but it's just not correct and simply one more way misinformation is publicized. Here is a really good link to what this bill actually said and what it meant. http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/bre...oposition.html Teresa SS/SCS/SBs 113 & 95 - This act modifies provisions of the Animal Care Facilities Act (ACFA) and the Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act. Currently under the ACFA, the maximum fee for obtaining a license to operate certain dog facilities is $500 per year. The act increases this maximum to $2,500 per year. The act additionally requires a licensee to pay a $25 fee each year to be used by the Department of Agriculture for Operation Bark Alert. The act changes the name of the Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act to the Canine Cruelty Prevention Act and modifies many of the act's definitions. Anyone subject to the Canine Cruelty Prevention Act must retain all veterinary and sales records for the most recent previous 2 years and make the records available upon request. Current law prohibits anyone from having more than 50 dogs when the purpose is to breed them and sell the resulting puppies. The act removes this prohibition. The act removes the current criminal penalty provision under the the Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act and adds new penalty and enforcement provisions to the ACFA and the Canine Cruelty Prevention Act. Where the state veterinarian or an animal welfare official finds that past violations of the ACFA or Canine Cruelty Prevention Act have not been corrected, the director of the Department of Agriculture may refer such cases to the Attorney General or a local prosecutor who may bring an action seeking a restraining order, injunction, or a remedial order to correct the violations. The court may assess a civil penalty of up to $1,000 per violation. Additionally, the act creates the crime of canine cruelty, a Class C misdemeanor, which occurs when someone repeatedly violates the ACFA or Canine Cruelty Prevention Act in such a manner that poses a substantial risk to the health and welfare of animals in the person's custody or when someone violates an agreed-to remedial order involving the safety and welfare of the animals. A second or subsequent offense is a Class A misdemeanor. The act makes it a Class A misdemeanor for anyone required to have a license under the ACFA to keep his or her animals in stacked cages where there is no impervious layer between the cages, except if cleaning the cages. Last edited by Teresamag; 03-11-2011 at 06:18 PM. |
03-14-2011, 06:50 AM | #13 |
No Longer a Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Columbia, Missouri US
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| I just got a call from the state representative's office. The woman on the phone was really nice and told me he is opposing this. Yay. We need to get more people sending emails, letters and faxes in. I live in Central Missouri. Keep up the good work! |
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