Yes from PETA
Posted on 04/12/2009 3:55:47 PM PDT by Onelifetogive
This part is frightening:
Dog wardens from the state showed up at Brown's Wolf Den kennel, repeatedly, for inspections.
"I was cited for a piece of kibble on the floor and five strands of dog hair. They took a picture of that, they walked around, snapped pictures and don't tell you why," Brown told the newspaper.
Are we hobby breeders supposed to hide?...
(Excerpt) Read more at malteser-buyingapuppy.blogspot.com ...
Yes from PETA
BS I say let’s see the citation. Anyone with a stupid blog can claim anything they want.
Sure. Palm Beach County recently passed a mandatory spay/neuter law. I have to pay $75 per intact dog at my house, and $150 fee to be registered as a breeder. I have not filled out the paperwork yet, but I suspect I will have to agree to wave my right to have them come into my home whenever they want to see if I’m within compliance. I have read the rules, and they are rather vague. I would imagine I will always be in compliance, but if I angered an AR person (and apparently they are the ones who do the inspections) I could lose my dogs (who are, btw my pets).
Yes, hobby breeders are in the crosshairs in many places around the country.
By the way....Don't breed....you kill a shelter pet.
Yeah, that’s a real incentive to obey the law. Registering and licensing just puts you on their radar. You may actually have more constitutional protection if you fly under the radar and deal only with trusted others. Nobody wants to see it get to the point of open warfare with the AR types, but they are fanatically dedicated to cutting humanity off completely from any connection with animals, as fervently as the Nazis sought the extermination of the Jews.
PETA seized the moment as an opportunity to blame the killing of shelter animals on people who buy from breeders. The organization’s TV commercial, “Buy One, Get One Killed” ran in Delaware after the Biden puppy story made headlines.
She was found “not guilty” for each citation, but hiring a lawyer for the court hearings has cost her $4,000 so far in legal fees.
Brown says she and Biden both received death threats from animal activists.
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Bidens-Puppy-Breeder-Never-never-never-again.html?yhp=1
I probably wouldn’t bother with it, but I worry that they will confiscate my dogs if I don’t. I just hope we don’t live here in this horrible place much longer!
The statement you are doubting is not from a blog, but from NBC News in Philadelphia. Not necessarily better, but not a stupid blog.
Peta are hypocrits...
What kind do you breed? How much do you get for a dog?
I can get a "new" collie, certified to have no eye or hip problems, for $500. Why in the world would I pay $450 for a "used" collie (that's what the local collie rescue charges) with no such certifications?
Golden Retrievers, and it depends. Why do you want to know?
Should I clean my plate because of hungry children in China too? Does buying a fine suit at Macy's starve those dependent on thrift shop sales of used clothes? The logic is ridiculous. Any and all actions other than adopting a shelter pet will result in the death of a shelter pet, no? By a computer to visit FreeRepublic...kill a shelter pet because that money could have gone to the pound instead of to Dell or Apple.
I recently bought a puppy. I wanted a freshly weened, brand new life of the breed I was interested in; not an adult animal from knows where. I searched around and asked people I saw with the breed I liked where they got their dog, and if they would recommend the breeder. The brand new, carefully bred puppy I brought home had absolutely nothing to do with dogs in shelters facing the needle. I didn't want one of them, and bear no responsibility for their predicament. I'm sorry they are unwanted and will likely die, but that has nothing whatsoever to do with me, my puppy, or the breeder that created him. Since when did getting a family pet become an exercise in forced altruism.
New and used? All heart.
Why do you breed them for money?
Yes it does.
I used the quote marks to distinguish between adopted and purchased. I notice you have no actual ANSWER to my question, just a gratuitous insult.
Why do you ask?
The AR folks simply like to shift blame. If Fawn wants to save them all, she should feel free to adopt them all. I donate to rescue, and I am responsible for the puppies I produce for the life of the puppy. So, I take care of what I do and in addition I help clean up other people’s messes. That’s simply not enough for some people. Of course, true AR folk will never be satisfied until there are NO PETS. Fawn, are you on that bandwagon as well?
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