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Originally Posted by wildcard  HB 1468 does not provide for inspections of commercial breeders. Any investigation under the bill would have to be complaint driven. So yet again, back to an enforcement issue. Gee I am repetitive.
Where are you getting the information that Indiana is rampant with puppy mills? At least two of the Indiana law enforcement officers I spoke with have large Amish communities in their jurisdictions and they are not aware of the existence of puppy mills there. I am NOT claiming that bad breeders don't exist in Indiana, but I guess I am not sure how you can claim we have all these horrible mills if you are also saying no one can get on the property to see the conditions in which dogs are kept? |
If the kennels are great than commercial dealers shouldn't have a problem with the regulations. Seems to me, this bill would allow a pet buyer to learn where the dog was acturally bred. This in turn could lead to knowledge of some of the kennels, and perhaps a camplaint. This is probably terrible news for puppy brokers (those that don't breed, but just sell others dogs), and I can see why they wouldn't like this law.