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Originally Posted by babsie1952  I respect that you guys are reputable breeders but some of the facts you guys bring in here convalude the issue.
Prop B is not about HSUS, the other associations for or against this.
It is meant for the animals that are not being monitored because USDA cannot and does not regulate and correct problems, for those of you that state laws are already in place.
I beg you to go to the USDA site and see the repeated violations of licensed breeders that continue and keep on being non compliant.
Breeding is a business that is regulated and the federal regulatory association is USDA, and it is not working so the state is stepping in because Missouri has the highest instance of puppy mill abuse.
I respect your right to make and income and this bill is about the animals, it is about the animals and NOTHING else.
It is not meant to pick on breeders, or the conspirancy theory of the HSUS, ASPCA.
Take a few hours on YOU TUBE or the Facebook Account Let Me Go and Love Me-Opposition on Commercial Breeding.
It you are fair and balanced, and who you say you are, it is time to protect the animals and I am sure you can put up with the regulations to see them monitored.
Don't compare apple and oranges. When you see there are only about 20 USDA inspectors US wide to regulate, you can understand how this can happen. These legislatures have passed in other states and breeders did not drop dead the day they were passed.
Look at all the violators on the USDA website, the inspection dates and compliance rates. |
For every human born, 7 puppies and kittens are born.
One female cat and her offspring can produce 420,000 cats in 7 years.
One female dog and her offspring can produce 67,000 puppies in 6 years.
More than 12 MILLION dogs and cats are euthanized in shelters each year. Millions more are abandoned in rural and urban areas.
As many as 25% of dogs entering shelters each year are purebreds.
Approximately 61% of all dogs entering shelters are killed.
Approximately 75% of all cats entering shelters are killed.
It costs approximately $100 to capture, house, feed, and eventually kill each stray animal -- a cost which you, the taxpayer, eventually pay.