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07-04-2008, 10:46 AM | #1 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2008 Location: West Chester, PA, USA
Posts: 323
| If you live in Pennsylvania, PLEASE read this message. HB 2525 has stalled in the House because of a lot of ridiculous amendments. PLEASE contact your representative if they aren't already a cosponsor. I'm pasting below the note I sent to my representative (Steve Barrar, who has already said he's going to vote for the bill). Steve, Thanks so much for this. I can't tell you how much I appreciate your support on this, and I also can't tell you how angry I am right now. I just sent a note to the Governor's office, which probably wasn't necessary since he already supports the bill. I am infuriated by the article in the Inquirer today. Art Hershey is a waste of oxygen other people could be breathing. I simply cannot believe he added that asinine amendment about keeping dogs in a dishwasher. There is NOTHING funny about this situation and I can't imagine that introducing sarcastic amendments is going to endear him to most of his constituents. I personally believe that the dishwasher is not an appropriate place to keep a dog. I would like to see included in that amendment the refrigerator, oven, washer, dryer, the area under the sink in the kitchen, the bathroom vanity, the bathtub, shower, any type of closet, the attic, the microwave, kitchen cabinets, bathroom cabinets, the pedestal drawers of a waterbed, any sort of other drawer in the house, in the fireplace, on the roof, anywhere in a car/truck/SUV, inside your entertainment center, in a fish tank, on a bookshelf, in a toolbox, in a laundry hamper, in the china cabinet, on a windowsill, or in any kitchen appliance that is big enough to hold them. Although that won't apply to some animal owners, my dogs would fit in my electric skillet, but I've chosen not to keep them there. If all this could be put into a single amendment, it would get it all out of the way at once. I doubt there would even be any opposition from current kennel owners since most of these things, including dishwashers, aren't things you'd typically find in a kennel. I'm completely on board with you accepting Hershey's amendment about not keeping dogs in your dishwasher no matter how much in need of a bath they are. This bill should not be a "distraction" in the House, as Johnna Pro put it. It is, however, a distraction for me because I keep having to write e-mails to moronic politicians (I don't count you among those) who seem to think it's okay to keep a dog in a small cage for its entire life and many other more horrible things that I just can't bear to talk about anymore. I understand that they're "trying to pass a budget for 12.5 million Pennsylvanians," but I happen to be one of those 12.5 million. I pay taxes here, and I want something done about this. I just don't know what more I can do about it. I do not have the least bit of sympathy for breeders who "will have to redo their kennels." Had they done it right to begin with, they'd have nothing to whine about now. I also completely discount this argument about interfering with peoples' "livelihood." People can't just do whatever they choose to do in whatever way they choose to do it to make a living, and despite the harm it causes. If that were the case, drug dealers could never be convicted. Again, thanks so much for your support on this. |
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