http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/ani...egulation.html
This thread was posted some time ago. If you review the thread you will find links provided, that provide some commentary to the issues at hand.
It is easy to look at any issue from just one point of view. Indeed as human beings it is truly hard to look at anything, from multiple points of view.
Nobody in their right minds wants to support "puppy mills" and most folks would agree they don't want to support bad breeders period. How does one reasonably go about trying to stop both? The key is how to do this, without putting out of business those, small passionate commited breeders? These folks are the cornerstone of prime protection for the purebred dog.
Then with this new "regulation" there are other practical matters to consider. Enforcement for example; how much will it cost, can it practically be administered? Who will pay for those costs?
What I have observed is that slowly and surely, state by state, province by province; the "rights" of an individual to own, to breed, to have pets is being eroded by sometimes "misguided legislation" and sometimes by legislation that is not misguided at all, but is a direct result of the pressures being brought to bear by groups whose agenda is quite different than the "normal pet owner;s".
Pet owners are Not organized, nor does the general population as yet "see" the need to get organized. We merrily go on our way, thinking the "right" to own and house a pet will be ours forever more. If animal rights activists get their way, that right will be taken away for good!