[Marty]

DEFEAT PAWS!!!!! MAKE the CALL! DO IT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

S1139/H2669, the Pet Animal Welfare Statute (PAWS)

This is the first step to regulate hobby breeders who sell their dogs to the public. If you have more than 6 litters or sell more than 25 dogs per year you will have to be USDA licensed and inspected. Once the principal of federal regulation of hobby and show breeders is established these numbers can be changed.
THIS BILL WILL AFFECT ALL BREEDERS NO MATTER HOW SMALL!

HOW DOES PAWS AFFECT YOU???

• You will not be allowed to keep your dogs on chains or cable runs.

• You will not be allowed to have your brood bitch in your house to have her puppies.

• You will have to supply the USDA with your records, which would include who you sell your dogs and puppies to.

• You will have climate control regulations on your kennel. You will also have to follow more than 80 pages of USDA regulations.

• A USDA compliant kennel with 10 runs will cost more than six figures.

• You will have to develop, document and follow an appropriate exercise program and have your plan approved by the attending veterinarian. No swimming, treadmills or carousal-type devices will be acceptable means of exercise.

• Your kennel could be inspected at any time by the USDA during their business hours.


CALL NOW – OPPOSE PAWS
202-224-2035 (Senate Agriculture Committee)
Hearing on PAWS is scheduled for November 8
– be part of the record of opposition!!!

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ATTN: SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION
AND FORESTRY

RE: SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING ON S1139 (PAWS)



I am OPPOSED to SB 1139, the “Pet Animal Welfare Statute” (PAWS).

PAWS IS A PETA SUPPORTED BILL! This is a group with terrorist ties with ELF and ALF. PETA is being investigated in North Carolina for the illegal killing and dumping of dogs and cats. PAWS is a step straight from the Animal Rights Agenda, which states: “We strongly discourage any further breeding of companion animals, including pedigreed or purebred dogs and cats.” I strongly oppose the attempt of animal rights groups to use government to further an extremist agenda which will redefine breeders as commercial activity and restrict the rights of responsible breeders and animal owners. PAWS will lead to more restrictive local, county and state regulation AFTER it has been proven impossible to enforce at federal level.

PAWS is the first step to governmental control of all breeders. The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) has publicly stated that this is the “first step” in their goal to have all breeders required to be federally licensed. This is a government intrusion into hobby breeders’ private homes. We do not need governmental control over hobby breeders. In fact, adding thousands of dog hobbyists to the existing assignment of the U.S. Dept of Agriculture will greatly over burden the Department, making it harder to properly enforce the Welfare Act at all.

PAWS limits on how many dogs sold (25) and how many litters (6) does not improve living conditions for animals. In fact, there has been no substantial proof that these numbers of 25 dogs and 6 litters have any connection to the quality of care or the need for regulation. To invade the homes of hobby breeders based on these numbers is wrong. This legislation will be detrimental to those who are doing the most to help animals such as the show/hobby breeders who breed selectively for the betterment of the br
eed. They are already health testing their animals and breeding for good conformation and temperament according to the breed standard. Their animals are raised in their homes and well socialized. PAWS would take away this option from hobby breeders and severely limit or possibly with some breeds, eliminate the best and most reputable source of puppies to the public. Home –based breeding programs offer mentally healthy dogs because they are raised in homes (some with children) and are handled regularly. These breeders are the optimum source of well socialized pets.

This bill is unfair to all the ethical dog breeders in the United States who love their animals and take great pride in their care and well-being.

I respectfully urge you to reject the PAWS bill.


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FAX to (202) 228-8282 or (202) 224-1725

[JennKBM]

Here is a printable word document for the FAX

This could effect everyone, please get involved!!

[apbtluver]

Originally Posted by Marty

Hearing on PAWS is scheduled for November 8

Any more news on this?

[Marty]

I'm not sure but will try to find out something and post it asap

[Stark]

I am glad this was posted hopefully those who say I'm full of BS will read it and learn. This is only one way that pet owners are being backdoored. As I've said before a lot of the humane societies are receiving donations and supporting PETA under the disguise of other organizations.

[DiggityDogs]

I would be supportive of a very modified version of this- simply because it's too easy for puppy millers to get off after all the BS they pull. I would be supportive of not keeping dogs on chains or cable runs, of requiring a certain amount of REASONABLE climate control, of some sort of breeder licensing or registry, and fines imposed for breaking the law. This bill is a little too much, though. We have a serious problem with overpopulation, scamming, and unethical breeders, and I'd be supportive of something that would help curb these problems. Unfortunately PAWS is not the solution

[evelyna]

Trixie is a fence jumper. If I do not tie her up she will jump over the fence. I worry about her getting hit by a car and she could be nabbed by an unscrupulous person.
The bill is too much regulation.
Overbreeding is a big problem but I do not agree with a lot of the bill.

[maura]

I HAVE CALLED I HAVE HAD MY FAMILY CALL AND ALL OF MY FIRENDS AND CO WORKERS. HOPE IT PASSES. IF YOU ARE A GOOD BREEDER WHAT DO YOU AHVE TO HID? EXACTLY PUPPY MILLS ARE SO SAD

[DiggityDogs]

If you are a good breeder and this bill passes, you'll be out of business. They expect you to build a kennel that will cost 6 figures- most breeders never see that much money as a result of their breedings. As I stated earlier, I'm for parts of the bill, like no tying out, and requiring human contact, and also limiting the number of dogs that are allowed to be bred as well as the licensing, but the rest of it is BS. GOOD breeders would no longer be able to keep their bitch and puppies in the house- a major detriment to all breeds, but especially those that are already given a bad rap for temperament- those dogs need heavy socialization and that starts with the breeder. This bill will prevent that. Puppy buyers privacy will also be violated as the breeder will have to provide records of everyone who bought puppies from them. PAWS will be the death of the hobbyist and will most likely serve to aide puppy mills, since to cover costs of what this bill will incur on breeders they'd have to mill puppies to make ends meet.

What we NEED are regulations regarding which dogs can be bred- dogs should be REQUIRED to pass health testing before a person could breed or sell. THAT would put puppy millers on their asses.

You see, it's not a matter of whether or not a breeder has something to hide- it's whether or not they'll have something to show after this bill gets through with them.

[catcher T]

I can't imagine there is anyway to enforce these rules and regulations,,its ridiculous