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Eating dogs and cats banned in U.S. in House-passed bill
WFMY News ^ | 9/13/2018 | Erin Kelly

Posted on 09/13/2018 4:59:06 PM PDT by MarchonDC09122009

Eating dogs and cats banned in U.S. in House-passed bill

https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/nation-now/eating-dogs-and-cats-banned-in-us-in-house-passed-bill/465-040343ab-080f-46e2-8274-9cc075d3a8b8

Eating dogs and cats banned in U.S. in House-passed bill

Eating dogs and cats banned in House-passed bill

NATION-NOW

Author:Erin Kelly

Updated:1:59 PM EDT September 13, 2018

WASHINGTON – The House has passed legislation that would outlaw the slaughter of dogs and cats for food – a practice that, although rare, is still legal in 44 states.

The bipartisan bill by Florida Reps. Vern Buchanan, a Republican; and Alcee Hastings, a Democrat; would amend the federal Animal Welfare Act to ban the slaughter of dogs and cats for human consumption in the United States. It was passed Wednesday by voice vote.

The bill makes it illegal to knowingly slaughter, transport, possess, buy, sell or donate dogs or cats or their parts for human consumption. Violators would be fined up to $5,000.


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KEYWORDS: 2manylaws; alceehastings; ban; cat; cats; dog; dogs; eating; food; foodcontrol; hotdogs; meat; vernbuchanan
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To: MarchonDC09122009

Damned,that ruins my dinner party this weekend!


21 posted on 09/13/2018 5:08:46 PM PDT by Chickensoup ( Leftists fascists today plan to commence to commit genocide against conservatives soon)
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To: Snickering Hound

Hilarious and True to your handle!


22 posted on 09/13/2018 5:09:09 PM PDT by MarchonDC09122009 (When is our next march on DC? When have we had enough?)
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To: Carl Vehse

Very true about their misplaced priorities and humanity.


23 posted on 09/13/2018 5:10:38 PM PDT by MarchonDC09122009 (When is our next march on DC? When have we had enough?)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Some say it all started with Lincoln and went downhill from there.


24 posted on 09/13/2018 5:11:36 PM PDT by MarchonDC09122009 (When is our next march on DC? When have we had enough?)
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To: Snickering Hound

Braim Trump.


25 posted on 09/13/2018 5:12:23 PM PDT by dforest (Never let a Muslim cut your hair.)
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To: MarchonDC09122009

Real “pressing” issue they’re tackling right here. I know when I see Gallup polls of the things that concern Americans the most, ‘eating cats/dogs’ usually comes in first, just above ‘the economy.’


26 posted on 09/13/2018 5:14:59 PM PDT by Trump20162020
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To: Cyclops08

Exec power brokers recently overheard saying there’s an awful financial reset ahead.
Maybe this measure will at least ensure our pets are safe from starving neighbors...

RE: “Must be getting ready for She Guevara’s socialism. When we go all Venezuela you can’t eat Fido.”


27 posted on 09/13/2018 5:15:09 PM PDT by MarchonDC09122009 (When is our next march on DC? When have we had enough?)
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To: MIchaelTArchangel
Oh, my! I can hear the Chinese and the Koreans wailing at the unfairness of this bill.

I am totally against the government telling people what they should or should not eat. This is yet another instance of conceding power to the federal government. We are not like the authoritarian muslim arab nations who ban eating of pork, or India, where the Hindu fundamentalist government banned eating of beef.
28 posted on 09/13/2018 5:15:23 PM PDT by ThinkingBuddha
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To: Artemis Webb

I think it’s that that it was legal. I think the concern was that it wasn’t illegal, yet. Sooner or later some Third Word person would try to sell Cat &/or Dog for eating and it would end up going through the courts. And even worse, the treatments given these poor creatures before being killed is simply horrific. Glad someone with a semblance of sanity is thinking ahead.


29 posted on 09/13/2018 5:16:23 PM PDT by Notthereyet (Notthereyet)
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To: dforest
p49
30 posted on 09/13/2018 5:16:51 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: MarchonDC09122009

Obama and Hillary are the most affected by this.


31 posted on 09/13/2018 5:17:37 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: FoxInSocks; MarchonDC09122009; ConservativeMind
The House has passed legislation that would outlaw the slaughter of dogs and cats for food – a practice that, although rare, is still legal in 44 states.

So, why do we need this law? We want to have a federal law to prohibit something that rarely happens? Forty-four states haven’t found it enough of a problem to legally prohibit the practice, why is it so necessary for the feds to get involved.

Doesn’t this law need a statement like ‘may not be transported across state lines for human consumption’ to fit within the limits of the constitution?

32 posted on 09/13/2018 5:18:01 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Carl Vehse

While I dearly wish Abortion were illegal, it’s a separate issue. I wish the folks in the House were as concerned for the Children as well as the furbabies.


33 posted on 09/13/2018 5:18:27 PM PDT by Notthereyet (Notthereyet)
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To: MarchonDC09122009

They musta been worried those muzzies would start kidnapping and chomping down on people’s boofies.


34 posted on 09/13/2018 5:20:11 PM PDT by dforest (Never let a Muslim cut your hair.)
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To: MarchonDC09122009
While on a business trip to the Philippines in the mid 70s I was forced by circumstances to eat a dog meal.

As “The Patriot” said, “Dog makes a fine meal.”

35 posted on 09/13/2018 5:20:16 PM PDT by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Note to all foreigners: GET OUT and STAY OUT!)
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To: BatGuano
“feline fricassee”

From YT: Michael Landon Pulls Funny Prank on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show, ~2.6 minutes

BTW, "fricassee" is French. There's an area of Italy that's big on cat meat dishes.

OTOH, French markets sell rabbit with the head still on to help the consumer make sure it's really rabbit, and not a kitty cat.

And in China, one province holds an annual dog meat fest around the Summer Solstice.

36 posted on 09/13/2018 5:20:55 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: ConservativeMind

[ I am completely against this law. ]

I am against this law as it is a WASTE of FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RESOURCES!!!


37 posted on 09/13/2018 5:22:17 PM PDT by GraceG ("Q is not a Cult, you can safely leave at any time, unlike Islam")
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To: MarchonDC09122009

Booker admitted he ate chinese and is sparticus!

38 posted on 09/13/2018 5:23:49 PM PDT by GraceG ("Q is not a Cult, you can safely leave at any time, unlike Islam")
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To: MarchonDC09122009; All
Thank you for referencing that article MarchonDC09122009. Please note that the following critique is directed at the referenced lawmakers and not at you.

”… would amend the federal Animal Welfare Act to ban the slaughter of dogs and cats for human consumption in the United States."

FR: Never Accept the Premise of Your Opponent’s Argument

The states have never expressly constitutionally delegated to the feds the specific power to make such a law. It’s up to the individual states to make such laws with their unique, 10th Amendment-protected powers.

"From the accepted doctrine that the United States is a government of delegated powers, it follows that those not expressly granted, or reasonably to be implied from such as are conferred, are reserved to the states, or to the people. To forestall any suggestion to the contrary, the Tenth Amendment was adopted. The same proposition, otherwise stated, is that powers not granted are prohibited [emphasis added].” —United States v. Butler, 1936.
So this bill is an unthinking attempt to unconstitutionally expand the already unconstitutionally big federal government’s powers imo.

Corrections, insights welcome.

39 posted on 09/13/2018 5:27:02 PM PDT by Amendment10
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To: MarchonDC09122009

I love cats!
But I can never finish a whole one.


40 posted on 09/13/2018 5:31:09 PM PDT by Ignatz (Winner of a prestigious 1960 Y-chromosome award!)
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