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| Katwoman |
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 | I received an email from the North Carolina Federation of Dog Clubs, about a bill that is trying to be passed in NC. Since many members on here live in or around NC I wanted to post the email. H733 Dog Breeder License bill - North Carolina The breeder-licensing bill introduced in the NC House of Representatives may come before the House Agriculture Committee as early as next Wednesday 4/22/09. Provisions of this bill provide for warrantless search and seizure of a dog breeder's premises and limit the number of female dogs over the age of four months a breeder is allowed to own. To defeat this bill we need Emails to the committee members over the next week to assure our voices are heard prior to this committee meeting/vote. As a pure bred dog owner and exhibitor please help all concerned dog breeders in NC defeat this animal rights inspired legislation. A full position statement on this bill can be found at Click This Link. Below is a sample message you can cut and paste to the House committee members. Please put "Vote Against Puppy Mill Bill" in the subject line. Below the sample message is a listing of House Agriculture Committee members email addresses and phone numbers. Messages may be personalized, but please send to all committee members listed before Tuesday 4/21/09. Telephone numbers are provided in case you want to follow up your email with a telephone call. Thanks, Steve Wallis - President NC Federation of Dog Clubs Raleigh, NC Dear Representative ___________: As a responsible dog owner I am opposed to Rep. Pat McElraft' bill to license dog breeders. Please vote to give H733 an unfavorable report out of the House Agriculture Committee. NC has statutes which adequately regulate dog breeders. In the recent Wayne County puppy mill raid, civil and criminal charges could have been brought using these same statutes. Historically, convictions of animal abuse and neglect have been very successfully prosecuted under existing laws in North Carolina. Those laws were not used in the Wayne Co. raid solely because of the need to create support for this anti dog breeder legislation prior to its filing. This is animal RIGHTS legislation and has nothing to do with animal WELFARE. Thank you. (Insert your name and mailing address here) List of House Agriculture Committee member email addresses and phone numbers: (include the period between the names) Email Address 919-733-5905 Email Address 919-733-5863 Email Address 919-715-3017 Email Address 919-733-5772 Email Address 919-733-5784 Email Address 919-733-5605 Email Address 919-715-3019 Email Address 919-715-4466 Email Address 919-733-5830 Email Address 919-733-5609 Email Address 919-733-5849 Email Address 919-715-3015 Email Address 919 733-5654 Email Address 919-733-5780 Email Address 919-733-5931 Email Address 919-733-5881 Email Address 919-733-7727 Email Address 919-715-3024 Email Address 919-715-3021 Email Address 919-733-5853 Email Address 919-715-3023 Email Address 919-733-5906 Email Address 919-733-5662 [ Edited Wed Apr 15 2009, 06:22PM ] Kathy Johnson Lady of the Lake Kennel Click This Link | |||
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| stareintothesun |
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 | Thanks for the post Kat. The link says there are similar bills being being proposed in 25 more states! The HSUS is using puppy mills to further it's agenda all over the country. If these bills can be defeated in the first couple of states that vote on them, it'll be easier to defeat them in other states. Start writing those letters and making those calls! Beth beth. | |||
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| mich_tidw |
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 | Apparently Oklahoma passed something similar (BH1332) recently called the Oklahoma Pet Quality Assurance and Protection Act. I wasn't aware of it until I started searching for similar bills in our state today. Michelle | |||
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| Anna |
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 | I understand why breeders and exhibitors would be upset by this bill, and even why the AKC would be against it but I don't know if I buy that it will be as detrimental as many of the other bills going around (mandatory spay in Chicago, crop/dock legislation, and of course all the towns/cities/states with breed bans) I read the entire bill, and it gives breeders/exhibitors a limit of 20 intact females. Really, I'm not sure if I know many breeders who both have 20+ breeding females AND are respected as a quality kennel. I'm sure that will outrage someone, and I'm not saying it CAN'T exist, I just don't know of any. That feels like SO many dogs, even being involved with 2 different breeds I couldn't imagine caring for 20 females PLUS the studs PLUS how many litters 20 bitches could produce in a year. That said, I do live in puppy mill central and am probably jaded by the experience. I truly would love to see action taken against people who house 200+ dogs of multiple breeds and sell them at livestock shows around town. It's not just how many dogs they have, it's how little time they have to care for them because there are so many. And how easy it's been thus far for those people to slip through the cracks in the USDA system. I guess it all depends on whether these bills will elicit actual action, or if they will become empty promises that mean more money spent and paperwork done on the part of those who ARE doing the right thing. I'd almost like to see them in action before I assume it will hinder what I or anyone else in the purebred community is doing. Ok, let the chastising begin! "Mais tu ne dois pas l’oublier. Tu deviens responsable pour toujours de ce que tu as apprivoisé." - Le Petit Prince | |||
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