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Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom  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. |
Just because Indiana has a lot of Amish Residents, doesn't mean they are all raising and selling dogs. That is just another stereotype, Wouldn't you agree?? A lot of the Amish around here have many other ways to make money, They have built a lot of our surrounding homes, and have great work ethics.
I think the lack of mill-busts in Indiana may have something to with the fact that puppy mills are not a rampant problem in Indiana...
You agree that the USDA is over most of what we would call puppy mills, people selling their puppies at wholesale, so they do not have to deal with the public, or answer questions about their facilities?
If the USDA is over only puppy brokers, and they have the lack of staff, and money to visit and revisit all USDA liscensed people, that if the state of Indiana, passes a law to keep in check not only brokers, but puppy dealers and commercial breeders, They would actually be able to effectively do this? Why not add a section in Indiana just to help enforce the laws that already exist?