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Originally Posted by wildcard  What federal agency do you think would be better suited to administer the Animal Welfare Act and the related regulations? |
What I think would be most effective isn't even on the table so it hardly matters. I think breeding should be regulated like most professions that take a certain set of skills and operating without said skills can result in harm. The states' professional licensing boards. Then the guidelines for breeding dogs would be governed by experts in breeding dogs rather than farming and agriculture.
I've posted this before but I have nothing but total respect for responsible breeders. It takes a lot of hard work to be one (as I'm sure you know) and I think that given the harm that does result from irresponsible breeders, it makes sense to assure that those who are breeding have the knowledge and the follow through to do so properly. The people who are best able to determine what those guidelines should be are breeders who are deemed experts among other breeders.
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