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Originally Posted by Michael Romanos
So that's 60 percent of all Americans who are in the lonely bracket or without any kind of circle of friends. A lot more people could do with a Corgi for company. Those figures show there is a good reason for Governments promoting dog ownership.
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It is "government gone mad" mandating dogs be microchipped, but yet you are suggesting governments get involved in promoting dog ownership.
Of those reportedly 60% of lonely Americans, how many of them would a dog be the right pet for them? let alone a corgi actually be the right breed for them? The only involvement in pet ownership the government needs to have is in regards to welfare - cruelty, for example and public health issues. They don't need to be involved in which collar I use for training or how I identify my pets or how many times a day I feed or what my breed of choice is or etc, etc. and so on that they are getting their noses into.
For a good overview of government involvement with our pets check the number of legislative alerts on the AKC page:
<http://www.akc.org/news/sections/legislative_alerts.cfm>
Other spots around the country:
Texas: <http://www.responsiblepetowners.org>
Louisville, KY <http://www.akc.org/news/index.cfm?article_id=2860>
North Carolina: (H. 2098/ S. 1554) <http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/ByChapter/Chapter_19A.html>
H. 2098 / S. 1554 will permit ANYONE who even thinks you are mistreating your pet the right to take away your pet. It gives them the right to take your pet for all types of medical care, needed or not, wanted by you, or not. YOU will have to pay it. Those of us with show dogs and cats, it gives this person who is “accusing” you of mistreating your pet the right to have your show dogs and cats spayed or neutered, WITHOUT your consent, and all in the name of protecting the animal. It takes on 19A -45 & 19a 45 & gives a whole new meaning to “Animal Cruelty Investigator.” Now, one would not even have to be appointed by the commissioners. Anyone can accuse you of animal cruelty and you’ve lost all your rights. As it is, 19A-45 gives commissioners the powers to appoint anyone an Animal Cruelty Investigator, and that person doesn’t even have to be trained.
Now, we add H. 2098/S. 1554 and the language within it. The person who makes the complaint against you becomes the plaintiff AND Animal CUSTODIAN. We have animal rights language thrown in here. So, that person becomes the “custodian” of your animals and that “custodian” can essentially do whatever he/she sees fit in order to “protect” your animals, right down to spaying that $2,000.00 bitch or queen or neutering that $3,000.00 dog or cat.
You are being found guilty and lacking before any trial. Your animals become NOT your property. You do NOT own your animals. They could be taken away at anytime for the smallest of infractions, like simply leaving a dog in a kennel. WE have all seen how animals have been let loose at shows in the name of “freedom” and letting animals have their “rights.
And in Albuquerque, New Mexico the HEART ordinance:
More Information About HEART:
Many provisions in HEART are so absurd it is inconceivable that any city councilor who has ever owned a pet could vote in favor of such a law. But, it happened - it passed on a 6 to 3 vote and was signed by the mayor. The ordinance’s author, Sally Mayer, reports that it took 3 years to prepare the HEART ordinance. The ordinance has such obvious flaws that one has to question what went wrong. For example, under HEART everyone who owns a cat or dog in Albuquerque will at some time violate its animal cruelty provisions.
HEART trivializes animal cruelty, making the concept of cruelty meaningless through provisions such as these:
Withholding water for any reason is ANIMAL CRUELTY (including a tipped over water bowl, veterinarian instructions, or crating overnight).
-HEART says that walking a dog on a lead that exceeds 8 feet is ANIMAL CRUELTY.
-Animal crates for temporary use in homes will have to exceed commercial standards for kennels. A crate for a 66 pound dog to sleep in at night will require 24 square feet of floor space and must be at least 3 feet high; anything smaller is ANIMAL CRUELTY.
-ANIMAL CRUELTY includes PSYCHOLOGICAL pain (which is undefined).
-HEART specifies bird perch diameters. Not meeting the diameter requirement is ANIMAL CRUELTY.
-Failure to report running over an animal as small as a snake is ANIMAL CRUELTY.
Under HEART, an individual guilty of ANIMAL CRUELTY (for example walking a dog on a leash longer than 8 feet) can no longer own an intact dog or cat. But the repercussions of a charge of Animal Cruelty will go further than that.
-Any one with a charge of Animal Cruelty in their record cannot adopt from most public shelters.
-A charge of Animal Cruelty can prevent people from getting security clearances for their job.
- Any charge of Animal Cruelty will also stop anyone from being able to participate in AKC authorized dog shows.
HEART will require mandatory spay/neuter of all existing intact dogs and cats over six months old unless a $150 permit is obtained for EACH intact dog or cat (maximum of four permits). All puppies and kittens, unless permitted, must be spayed or neutered by 6 months of age. However, the mayor can declare a moratorium at any time for intact animal permits, in which case intact animals could be seized and spay or neutered by the city.
HEART repeals numerous sections of Albuquerque's current animal control ordinance and adds new sections. Inexplicably, HEART repeals provisions for Off Leash Dog Areas (Dog Parks) and the Animal Welfare Board -- no provisions for either have been incorporated in HEART. Under HEART, letting a dog run loose at a Dog Park will be ANIMAL CRUELTY.
HEART is based on invalid ideas about animal care. Here are some examples of the wrong ideas at the base of HEART:
-Albuquerque Residents are NOT HUMANE AND COMPASSIONATE toward animals, but COMMIT UNFETTERED, CALLOUS ACTS that cause pain and suffering to animals.
-STRICT LAWS WILL INCREASE COMPASSION toward animals, so the GOVERNMENT must exercise complete control over dog and cat populations
- Albuquerque’s current laws treat animals as LIFELESS chattel property
- Laws AGAINST CHAINING will help to ELIMINATE DOGS ROAMING at large because CHAINED ANIMALS are more likely to RUN AWAY
- Animal control has NO CHOICE BUT TO EUTHANIZE DOGS at the shelter
- Albuquerque has an OVERWHELMING SUPPLY of animals that exceeds demand
- Crowding at the animal shelter (referred to as overpopulation) ENDANGERS HUMANS
- GOVERNMENT must identify and track every dog and cat, as well as its owner
- Except as permitted by the GOVERNMENT, every dog and cat must have its reproductive capacity eliminated
- GOVERNMENT must establish arbitrary, generalized standards of animal care that IGNORE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS
- ANIMAL CRUELTY MUST BE REDEFINED TO INCLUDE TRIVIAL ACTS such as walking a dog on a leash longer than 8 feet
- ANIMAL CRUELTY when trivialized to leash length and bird perches, is ASSOCIATED WITH DOMESTIC ABUSE, CHILD ABUSE, AND ELDER ABUSE
- Dog and cat permit fees that could exceed $600 PER YEAR FOR A HOUSEHOLD are in the public interest and DO NOT OVERLY BURDEN responsible owners
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So what governments are promoting in the laws that are being proposed and passed, is making things as difficult as possible to even own a pet. I prefer the government keep their paws off pets.
Debbie