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03-14-2011, 08:59 AM | #1 |
YT 2000 Club Donating Member | Summit Urban Animal strategies Your thoughts are appreciated. First you can go to their website; just google name and it will come up. I'm often useless in posting links. There are going to be four summit meetings across Canada and the topic is Voluntary Compliance and Best Practices for Breeders. They are parterning with PIJAC, Ontario SPCA, Petsmart Charities and PetSecure. The facilitator is Joe Mauro CEO of CKC. That is the Canadian Kennel Club. Background: The advent of the internet has allowed non-compliant sources of cats and dogs to escape detection and bring thousands of pets into our coummunities with homing episodes that are below acceptable standards. The companion animal industry has recognized this problem and has come together to develop a solution that will reduce or eliminate two sources of pets; unintentional and intentional non-compliant breeders: while providing official recognition for compliant sources. A new national seal of approval will help service providers like Kijiiji, pet stores and breeders to help pet families acquire a pet from a compliant source with confidence. I'm posting this information, as I know Canadian breeders are members here, and I feel like I have so many questions with respect to a) this alliance, b) the "agenda" the stated one, and potentially hidden agendas, c) missing partners? This narrative speaks about compliance and non compliance, to who and to what? What the heck is a "homing episode"? What is the CKC doing/being involved in this conference? Why is the Dept of Agriculture which is the overseeing body, under which the CKC is incorporated under not involved? Self Reflective questions: Do I really want a profit based, organization to come up with whatever guidelines for breeding and to "grab" for themselves the authority to do so? If these guidelines are less than what the CKC expects breeder members to adhere to, what then? If they are more, what then? As a CKC registered kennel, will I be expected to answer to two "masters", if so why so, and under whose authority? I plan on attending, and it is obvious that I need to do more research, but I'd like to go informed, and to make a meaningfull contribution to the discussion. Your thoughts are welcomed. And just so you know, I will be contacting the President(s) of my breed clubs to discuss this as well. On a non factual note, my stomach started to "roil" when I read this, I'm not sure why, but instinctual reactions I;ve learnt not to discount.
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03-14-2011, 11:16 AM | #2 | |||
I ♥ Joey & Ralphie! Donating Member | I may be able to help you with the "linking part". To link a page, just "copy" the address, and paste it in the thread. Put you mouse over the address at the top of the page you want to link, right click on it and choose "copy." When you want to paste the link, just right click again, and choose "paste." Here's one site I found. Summits for Urban Animal Strategies - the summit series They say: Quote:
I think it's great the the Candanian Kennel Club is involved, and breed clubs can do a lot to help with animal protection. I think a goal would be to protect the animals without making it impossible for good breeders to continue. For example, putting limits on the number of dogs a person has may sound like a good rule, but it actually could hurt good breeders more than puppy millers, so it's important that people who really know the problems on both sides to help make the rules, not just commercial breeders. That's why it's important to get good breeders input. It sounds like from what you posted, they are concerned about all the animals sold on the internet. It really is a tremendous problem, because people who sell over the internet don't have to have any home inspections, and in this country, do not have to be USDA inspected, NO MATTER HOW MANY DOGS THEY SELL. Much of the time, the dogs aren't registered with any legimate breed club, and are sold to anyone with the money to buy one. I'm not sure what a "homing episode" would be, perhaps dogs that have been sold to unsuitable homes? The conference also will address the Humane Movement: Quote:
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I'm for anything that helps the pet buyer be more informed, and I think it's great that they are trying to get input from many resources. I'm assuming compliance and non-compliance, means breeders who aren't complying with the regulations in place now, either because they aren't informed of the rules, or because they just don't care. While I don't believe in ignoring out "gut instincts", don't automatically assume this is a bad thing and will put good breeders out of business. I think you are wise to learn more about this.
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03-15-2011, 05:55 PM | #3 |
YT 2000 Club Donating Member | Thanks Nancy. I appreciate your comments.
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