Originally Posted by Belle Noir  It's not dog owners rights to do this in PA. And I am VERY glad of it.
Those pictures though, I really think are photoshopped. At least I really hope it is.
Here is the thing.. If we don't stand against things that are obviously cruelty, we will have the animal rights activists pushing the government to MAKE those choices for us.
All of us in the show world are well away of what Pedigree Dogs Exposed did in the UK show scene, and what has happened in this past years Crufts. THAT is what happens when we, the people who are supposed to be "IMPROVING" the breed get stupid and breed for unhealthy extremes, that is in it's essences, torture breeding.
THIS is why when something like that pops up, we MUST stand against it. It's wrong. Period. And by condoning it, you make the ARs push even more to enact laws that satisfies their better dead than fed agenda.
Oh, and the whole tail dock/ear crop thing.. That goes with what I am saying. That is the government making choices for you and your dog. Because the government decided with the help of AR lobbiests, that tail docking and ear cropping is cruel, you can no longer do this.
And in some places there has been an upswing in tails that have to be docked because the dogs keep breaking them. Of course, these are adult dogs that have gone through numerous tail breakings, now having to have an amputation, which is far worse than having a 3 second procedure at 3 days old, that they forget about in 3 minutes.
I can think of a few things that piercing falls under. Veterinary procedure without license for one. Cruelty, because it's done without anesthesia. Maiming perhaps, because it could be considered disfiguring by the law.
Trust and believe, as this spreads, IF it spreads, you WILL see laws specifically naming this as being animal cruelty. And tucked up in there will be laws about MSN, and the number of intact bitches you can own, and a few others they can stick in there, as pushed by the AR lobbies of that ares, and supported no doubt by the HSUS.
But it IS animal abuse in the state of PA, and if you pierce your dog, and the humane society sees your dog with pierced ears, I have 50 bucks that says they will take your dog and put you in jail.
Want to take me up on it, since you're so in for it.
Yes you damned well believe it IS my business what someone does with their dogs. I won't let someone kick their dog in the street, and if I see this I WILL report it to the proper authorities. |