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Originally Posted by Dingo
This is why I suggested something like a "large-scale commercial pet breeder" license.
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They tried that here, but trying to get politicians to actually
look at the problems and
understand can be nearly impossible. The bill that went to committee was so restrictive in some ways and so vague in others that it wouldn't have touched the puppymillers (other than perhaps gotten them more breeding stock), but made it very difficult for ethical breeders. The bill died on the table when the session ended, thankfully.
Just because someone proposes legislation and licensing doesn't mean it will help in the long run and in our case, it would have made things worse.
I'm not saying that it isn't possible to legislate for this problem, but really good licensing regulations for this type of thing can be hard to come by.