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Originally Posted by wildcard  I have not heard any response as to why the UDSA regulations in place for either large or small volume breeders who sell to brokers, put in place pursuant to the federal Animal Welfare Act, are not adequate.
Basically, we have a situation where breeders who sell to brokers are covered by federal law. Then we have an animal neglect and cruelty statute that applies to all other animal owners, whether they breed or not. It is my opinion those laws are adequate. And so far, still no examples of a situation in which Indiana police officers or sheriff deputies or prosecutors were unable to investigate or pursue criminal charges against someone who operated what people would generally consider to be a mill because our laws were not good enough. |
Aren't there several Amish Puppy Mills, often the most cruel of Millers, in Indiana? You keep asking for examples of the failure of the law, yet, if not much is being investigated -or- if regular people cannot get on the property to even be aware of a cruelty situation (enabling them to report it) - how on earth could I tell you about a failure of an investigation that doesn't even exist? Do you see what I mean? To answer this question for you, I'd have to come to Indiana, visit the Mills and then tell you if I think the current law is working.
I think if the current law was working, we'd hear of many more of the Amish mills and/or other mills being shut down not just in Indiana, but all over the place - on an almost daily basis until only the cruelty free facilities remained. That isn't happening right now.
Both the lack of quantity of mill-busts and the ongoing quantity of cruel-Millers is enough evidence for me that the current laws are NOT working. So, to me, the current laws are not effective.