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Originally Posted by jeanief  [[I]I]One thing that stands out to me is that this bill has the stated intent to stop puppy mills. The requirement for anyone that sells, or offers for sale, more than five puppies to register belies that intent. But just say that this bill passes in its current form. First off, there would have to be a window of time for any breeder, dealer or broker to register. Secondly, how can anyone force compliance unless they know who these people are in the first place? It's likely that those that are running a shady operation simply wouldn't register. So what you are left with are inspectors inspecting mostly 'good' operations once inspections do take place. The typical 'miller' would not have registered and you would still be relying on citizen complaints to get at them. How is that so different from what is in place now? Wouldn't it be simpler (and faster) to clearly define animal neglect/abuse, stiffen penalties for violators and use the USDA list as a starting point in identifying commercial breeders? Or does that make too much sense 100% RIGHT ON !!!!!! |
Because people selling dogs, have to keep a record of
where they purchased the dog from, consumers would able to learn where their dogs were bred, even though the actual breeding kennel never registered. This would allow authorities to learn the whereabouts of the kennels that aren't registered.
An awful lot of people are buying sickly dogs and this gives authorities some power to find out where these dogs are truly being bred. Maybe kennels producing sickly dogs would be the ones inspected first? You can have laws for neglect/abuse, but sometimes you need a system of check and balances to find the abusers.