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Originally Posted by Nancy1999  If a small breeder thought that was going to be a huge risk, they should quit breeding. Honestly, they should select homes carefully, and maybe do some health testing. We need to find a way to stop killing millions of dogs. I know people say it's wrong to "cull" puppies, but that's what we are really doing with dogs, breeding them haphazardly, and killing all the ones that aren't healthy or cute enough. This just seems so wrong to me. |
I wholeheartedly agree with you that something needs to be done, but penalizing breeders if a dog ends up in a shelter might have the unintended effect of bolstering mass-producers who will happily pay fines or find a way to get exempted while discouraging small hobby breeders who don't have $$ to risk fines -- no matter how carefully they screen buyers, there is a risk of getting burned, and all it would take is one bad case.