 Make it a law!
This is very harsh to read of course. I have read in the local newspaper of a woman who "rescued" many of a puppy mills purbred puppies by buying them from the "breeder" and then turnedd them all in to a local shelter to save them........
My suggestion is, make owning a dog as easy as getting a car license. Make it a law that the person or family has to take a class in owning a pet, be it a cat or a dog,hamster,bird,rabbit,snake,etc. Classes should be in nutrition,house training,etc, and other people friendly behavior,not just fetch. Make these quality classes taught at local community colleges. Then when the owner/s successfully complete the course/s then they can take some kind of test and get thier pet license or some kind of permission of somekind to be able to go out and purchase a pet. Also make breeders do the same,having to get a license by way of taking courses in higher learning in the biological sciences concerning breeding and medical problems common to thier breed/s. That would take out many back yard breeders to start out with. Not saying that many of the more responsible breeders need to take such a course, but there has to be a way to get the back yard dog/cat/etc factories out of buisness.
While I am at it, if it is against the law to own a tiger, lion, bear,wolf, why is it okay to keep pythons and other dangerous reptiles???? Those things get big and one day, where will the owner put it, how and what will be its food? I think many are just dumped out and one day, like they are already being seen in Florida, they will just come out and be eating something they shouldn't. They shouldn't be allowed to just dump them in the wild as they are not native to this country and would be dangerous to most animals and especially children and even some adults!!! People should not be allowed to just turn thier animals lose to run wild.
I'll get off of my soap box now. |