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Originally Posted by livingdustmops  American Kennel Club - Investigations and Inspections Department
The AKC is the only purebred registry in the United States with an ongoing routine kennel inspection program. The AKC has a dedicated team of field inspectors who visit kennels to ensure the proper care and conditions of AKC-registered dogs and verify that breeders are maintaining accurate records for their dogs. In 2009, AKC field inspectors conducted approximately 5,300 inspections nationwide. The AKC dedicates nearly $6 million annually to its compliance programs to ensure the accuracy of its registry and the care and conditions of dogs raised by breeders of AKC dogs.
• The standard penalty for anyone convicted of animal cruelty involving dogs is a 10-year suspension and a $2,000 fine. • AKC inspects breeders who register seven or more litters per year. AKC also randomly selects some breeders who register between four and six litters a year for inspection.
PETA is a world wide organization and animal shelters is not their only cause. We just happen to be a country that can't figure out a humane way to breed dogs..$$$ came into the picture and we have volume breeders...
I first started reading about PETA when they threw blood on people for wearing real fur and I remember thinking, that is not right. If they wanted to wear a fox coat who am I to say anything...well fast forward and now we are all better educated about many of these cruel things done in the name of beauty. I also will never forget seeing pictures of apes in cages and what was going on with them. There is so much more that PETA does to help bring awareness to the world i.e. the China trade in dog fur. We would never know they are skinning dogs alive if it was not for PETA...
In the 4 plus years that I have been on YT over 20 million pets have been euthanized in this country...I have stated every year that I have been on YT that 5 million pets a year are euthanized and I have yet to see one breeder say WOW...I am not going to breed this year...but having people like the two woman at the dog show raise their signs will make people try to understand what is going on. |
How many Akc dogs are euthanized in shelters? I don't know why you go after them. And they aren't the dog police. This fine is on top of whatever jail sentence or fine they had to pay for their conviction by the actual legal authorities.
They don't have anything to say about mixed breeds and those are the most often surrendered. The most difficult to find homes for. The unwanted.
PETA is a political organization. They use the suffering of animals to solicit donations from good people and they use that money to further their political agenda. They don't want us to own dogs.
And they don't own the label of people who want animals treated ethically. Just because you don't support PETA doesn't mean you don't care about the ethical treatment of animals.