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Originally Posted by Nancy1999  Politicians are our servants and they will do what the majority of the people want, but most people just don't care, and many are uniformed. Also, lots of times the commercial breeders put out propaganda that scares people into thinking that more laws will hurt small breeders and so some people actively fight these laws. After Oprah's puppy mill show, Pennsylvania enacted some of the toughest kennel laws in the country. So politicians do listen, but lots of people have to speak up. Again, none of the laws they made applied to breeders who sold directly to the public or over the internet, and since most buyers no know that buying from a pet store is a no no, they are turning to the internet to buy. We really opened a can of worms when we told people, “Don't buy from pet stores”. |
I think that purchasing puppies over the internet is fairly new in the big scheme of things. Look how long it's taken to get the "don't buy from pet stores" point across to the general public. There has to be some way to monitor this type of internet "business". It will probably take years - and many more people speaking up & taking action - to set laws in place to control purchasing living, breathing animals via the internet. Grrrr
