Congress considers cracking down on 'puppy mills'

McClatchy ^ | 062410 | Rob Hotakainen

[Artemis Webb]

As much as I HATE Puppy Mill breeders I don't want the fed's involved in this. It needs to be handled by the states.

[SCalGal]

This is an H$U$ bill. It's aimed at ALL breeders - everyone who ownes one intact female dog over 4 months of age.

It's a horrible bill.

[muawiyah]

The federales didn't want Americans to eat horsemeat any longer so they outlawed the slaughter of horses. The result has been hundreds of thousands of superannuated horses left to wander primitive forest regions starving to death.

You get Congress involved in this puppy mill stuff and next thing you know the law of unintended consequences will take over and we'll be serving puppy meat as part of the school lunch program.

[Jean S]

Fed authority is in the Constitution somewhere. Give them some time, they’ll find it.

[cripplecreek]

I’m not a fan of puppy mills but it isn’t the place of congress to fix them for me.

[allmost]

Kill the mills. I don’t like the feds.

[sodpoodle]

Interstate Commerce: So Feds should investigate the American Kennel Club for excessive litter registration & violations.

There surely must be some ethics on how many litters a bitch should be forced to have within a period certain.

Now we really are talking Amish!!!

[SCalGal]

I’m not a fan of puppy mills but it isn’t the place of congress to fix them for me.

There are already cruelty laws against sub-standard kennels.

If you read this thing, you'll that it requires every dog to have a minimum of 1 hour excercise outside daily. A 13 yr old dog outside in the heat? Or a blizzard? Sounds like cruelty to me......

[OneWingedShark]

How do you fit the puppies in?

[pissant]

The Puppy Mills ought to be in charge of regulating Congress instead.

[afnamvet]

This is an issue for the States not the Feds.

[DTogo]

And if you don't support the Feds regulating breeders, you must be a puppy-killing, right-wing, xenophobic, racist, tea-bagger.

Isn't it the dog's "choice" to live promiscuously?

[OldDeckHand]

"It needs to be handled by the states. "

Ditto. But, they've done such a great job with the Post Office, education, off-shore drilling and the lot, I can see why they'd be so eager to get involved with this. Plus, they've got all that extra time and money.

[grey_whiskers]

So Al Gore was getting some while the getting was good, was that it? /crazed sex poodle>

Cheers!

[Brilliant]

Another example of how the federal government is regulating the economy to death. They call them “puppy mills” in order to drum up political support. I think we should change Congress’s name to “Job Killers.”

[anniegetyourgun]

Dem congresscritters must be owing some payback to ALF, ELF, PETA, etc. If they had their way, there would be no pets.

[dajeeps]

I don’t recall seeing regulation of puppy mills in Article I, section 8 of the Constitution.

Besides, the country is going to the dogs real fast so I think Congress has much better things to do.

[JayVee]

Would it be asking too much that Congress pass a budget and secure our borders first?

[TribalPrincess2U]

Exactly, as most things do need to be handled by the states.
Too bad there are too many stupid unethical people running the states.

Animal cruelty of any kind should be harshly prosecuted.

[anniegetyourgun]

Why do the job (the are paid to do & took an oath to do) when playing politics is so much more fun for them?