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Why AKC's Support of PAWS is So Wrong (and What to do About It) by Cindy Cooke They Can't Enforce PAWS, so Why Do You Care? by Genny Wall Getting Your Club on SAOVA's Official List of PAWS Opposition
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Why Pet Lovers Oppose PAWS PAWS does nothing to improve the welfare of pets. PAWS is poorly written and has been interpreted by different attorneys to mean entirely different things. No legislation should be passed for which the meaning is not absolutely clear. PAWS will invade the privacy
of thousands of Americans who breed and sell a few dogs or cats
each year. USDA regulations are impossible to meet under home breeding conditions, in which puppies and kittens are raised in the house, socialized with the family, and treated as pets. PAWS would require thousands of small-scale breeders to meet commercial standards of care, inspections and record keeping. Small scale breeders are already subject to local and state cruelty and neglect laws. Animal control officers are able to enforce those laws as needed. Many small-scale breeders will
be forced to stop animal breeding entirely. PAWS will reduce or
eliminate the best sources of healthy home-raised, well-socialized
kittens and puppies. The federal government has more important things to do with tax dollars than to inspect citizens who want to breed their pets. This legislation is obviously a "foot in the door" for animal rights organizations that want to see all breeders registered and inspected, and eventually to end pet breeding altogether. We can be sure they will be lobbying to lower the numbers as soon as the bill is passed. |