MISSOURI lawmakers will have at least one bill to consider next year that would repeal the Proposition B vote on dog breeding regulations.
Sen. Bill Stouffer, R-Napton, said the proposition that passed by a narrow margin statewide — it failed in rural areas, but won overwhelmingly in St. Louis and Kansas City — misled voters.
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Shortly after the Nov. 2 election, dog breeders started receiving letters from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Breeders were told that the HSUS filed a Freedom of Information act request on Oct. 4, to get access to information on USDA licenses for use in a civil lawsuit.
“These are the people who said ‘trust us’ we’re only worried about the puppies,” said one Northeast Missouri breeder who requested anonymity. “Now they want private information on all of us.”
License forms include information such as the number of dogs purchased, the number sold, the gross revenue and income after expenses. […]
In the meantime, some pet shelters are concerned about being deluged with dogs as breeders either go out of business or have to reduced the number of dogs they own.
David Martosko, director of the Center for Consumer Freedom, has suggested that the HSUS provide money to Missouri shelters to be used for animal care.
“Last year the HSUS took in $100 million but made only six grants to Missouri pet shelters, totaling less than $43,000, according to its filings with the IRS,” Martasko said.
from the link:
” The state has only 11 inspectors in the field doing checks on animal breeding operations. That is down from 25 inspectors a few years ago. A tight state budget led to that reduction. ”
but, but, isn’t it a GOOD THING to have fewer govt inspectors? you know, ‘butt out revenooer’ syndrome.
cant have it both ways SDA, either you support GOVERNMENT regulation and followup done by GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS or this is the result.
make up your mind. we’re waaaaaaaiting !!!
You should consider posting under your real name, Beagle, to receive full credit for your genius.
@ Kate:
You should know by now that ‘beagle’ enjoys chasing his tail…for endless hours of amusement.
Crazy beagle chasing tail
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQXgwc8xzc8&feature=related
Cheers
Hans-Christian Georg Rupprecht, Commander in Chief
1st Saint Nicolaas Army
Army Group “True North”
First they came for the puppies, then they came for the beagle!
It passed narrowly but won overwhelmingly in St. Louis and Kansas City.
Proposition B calls for licensed breeders to be limited to no more than 50 breeding dogs. It establishes the size of indoor and outdoor areas for dogs, requires rest time between breeding cycles and duplicates some food and water requirement rules that already are part of state and federal laws.
In other words it’s city folk lording it over the country folk…again.
“It does nothing to solve the problem of dog abuse. It only targets licensed dealers, and people that are ignoring the law now are not affected by this,” Stouffer said in a release.
The city folk wanted to deal with “puppy mills” but ended up only targeting properly run breeding operations.
Why?
Just so that the politicians could look like they were “doing something” even if the “something” was nothing good.
Might as well have fewer inspectors if it’s only about looking busy in the end.
“Officials with the Humane Society of the United States are crying foul. They say the voters have spoken and legislators should live with it.”
Typical Leftists.
‘We got the result we were working for’ so the issue is now settled, for ever and ever and ever.
Reminiscent of gun control legislation.
Me thinks some one has confined their education to the state run schools. Poor canine, never taught to think critically, for themselves or the basic art of reading comprehension.
You know the urban folks are just plain stupid when it comes to nature. I figure a six month stint on a real farm for graduation, would dispel a lot of foolishness right quick. In the brain washed enclaves of Elitist socialists.
JMO
Oz says it well.
I think the beagle must have caught its tail a few times.
“Reminiscent of gun control legislation.”
actually this is more reminiscent of the notorious 3 strikes law which came out of the terrible Klassen(sp) case. resulting in 20 year prison sentences for (gasp!!!) shoplifting.
does anybody here at SDA know of a politishun that ever played devil’s advocate with their own legislation proposals?
excuse me while I take 1 more run at that elusive tail. LOL !!!
The ways in which this legislation reminds me of gun registration laws:
a)like gun registration laws, this law only makes life onerous for the law abiding who have met the legal requirements and are already predisposed to live within community standards.
b)like gun registration laws, this law was passed because city folk saw something that made them ‘feel’ and politicians pandered to those feelings in a way that has nothing to do with targeting the actual problem.
c)like gun registration, the city folk perceived a problem but the legislation disproportionatley impacts country folk and does nothing to deal with the problem the city folk have.
d)like gun registration where there are already laws against shooting or threatening people with a firearm, there are already laws dealing with cruelty toward animals.
e)like gun registration laws which have the hidden agenda of banning firearms from law abiding citizens, this law has the hidden agenda of banning dog breeds and is a step toward banning dog ownership.
f)as with gun registration laws, criminals will not register their guns and operators of puppy mills will not stop operating puppy mills.
As I said, this law is reminiscent of gun control laws.
Whatever we are paying politicians who pass such laws, it’s too much.
I don’t see a big problem with this. This is the puppy mill state. Limiting them to 50 animals is reasonable. Pretty hard to groom, socialize, etc. etc. many more dogs than that at any one time. And as for the animals ending up in shelters…”normal” breeders don’t put their dogs into shelters when the “go out of business”. Puppy mills do.
Usually, MMM the net effect of this type of legislation is to weight things in favour of the factory breeding facilities.
Rules for 50 dogs are amended to 25, then 10 and before you know it, the only way a hobby breeder can legally raise a litter of puppies is if their dogs are housed according to “regulation” – 24/7 in small pens on concrete or wire.
I wonder how many “breeders” were all for the long gun registry?
Not fun when the long arm of the law eventually swings your way, no?
beagle>
Sooner or later, they will be coming for something you own or enjoy.
Keep laughing at others discomforts, your day will come. Just remember on that day that you were an enabler of your own misfortunes.
Your full of it Kate!!!! There is no way that someone who knows nothing about something will ever regulate it … ever … they are experts!!!!
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I wonder how many “breeders” were all for the long gun registry?
My guess is not many.
I live in Missouri and a similar thing happened when concealed carry was put to a statewide vote. Outstate went for it overwhelmlingly but St. Louis County and Jackson County had enough numbers to vote it down. The General Assembly eventually pushed it through anyway much to the disgust of St. Louis which hates Missouri and always has(as I like to put it, St. Louisians are Missourians in the same way that Basques are Spaniards. Just because someone drew it that way on a map doesn’t make it true).
Now, I’ve never set foot in Missouri but the dog rescue group I do work for is constantly pulling dogs out of Missouri. These animals are always coming out of dog pounds that are full of animals turned in from or seized from puppy mills. A dog in rural Missouri to many people is nothing more than property to be bought, sold or destroyed at the whim of the owner. I know that not everyone in Missouri is a animal hating jerk that pretends to be a “breeder” but god as my witness, I’d wring a few necks if I caught any of these degenerates harming a dog. We’re doing what we can here in Winnipeg to give these animals real homes. The fewer breeders/puppy mills in the world, the better!