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Date Posted: 10:09:01 10/06/05 Thu
Author: Mj
Subject: Re: PAWS made easy
In reply to: Mary 's message, "PAWS made easy" on 09:53:31 10/05/05 Wed

>Subject: PAWS Made Easy
>
>Easy Paws
>by Walt Hutchens
>
>A lot of confusing stuff has been written about PAWS.
>This
>is an easy-to-read explanation.
>
>'PAWS' is the Pet Animal Welfare Statute of 2005, a
>bill
>in the U.S.Senate (S. 1139) and House of
>Representatives
>(H.R. 2669). The bill is sponsored by Senator Rick
>Santorum (R-PA) who previously sponsored the two ‘Puppy
>Protection Acts.' PAWS is being backed by HSUS (the
>Humane
>Society of the U.S.) and DDAL (the Doris Day Animal
>League), who also backed the two PPA's. Surprisingly
>it is
>also strongly backed by the American Kennel Club. More
>recently PETA has announced that it supports PAWS.
>
>Under the current federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA)
>anyone
>who has over three breeding female dogs and sells any
>dogs
>at wholesale, is considered a dealer and must get a
>license from the USDA. Breeders who sell only retail
>(that
>is, direct to the pet home) are not dealers and are not
>required to be licensed. This 'retail exemption' is why
>hobby breeders are not covered now.
>
>If PAWS passes, you will be a dealer unless you sell
>25 or
>fewer dogsand cats together or you sell six or fewer
>litters of dogs and cats bred or raised on your own
>premises and no dogs or cats not so bred/raised. If you
>sell a 'puppy back' (stud fee puppy, etc) or you take
>in
>and sell a rescue cat or dog, you must stay under the
>25
>total dogs/cats limit or get a license.
>
>Selling over $500 worth of several other kinds of pets
>--
>rats, mice, rabbits, birds (many birds sell for over
>$500/each) also makes you a dealer and subject to
>licensing.
>
>To get a license you must pass an inspection. There
>are 90
>pages of regulations. These regulations are written for
>farm-type raising of dogs. All surfaces touched by
>animals
>must be waterproof, you must sterilize surfaces every
>two
>weeks (one allowed way is by spraying with water at 180
>degrees temp.); you must have a food preparation space
>separate from your (human) kitchen; animal pens or
>cages
>must be considerably larger than the standard sizes of
>crates used for dogs; puppies, as well as bitches that
>will whelp within two weeks, must be kept separate from
>other dogs; and much more.
>
>It is generally impractical to comply with the
>regulations
>in your home. You might be able to do it with a walk-in
>basement set-up, but most will have to build a kennel.
>Expect costs in the $100,000 ballpark. You may need a
>zoning variance (you may not be able to get one) and in
>some areas, being a USDA licensed dealer will
>automatically make you a business required to collect
>sales tax and obey other laws for businesses.
>
>Being USDA licensed is harder than 'you get it right
>and
>then keep it that way.' The regulations change and each
>inspector has his own ideas about what's important and
>what compliance means. You WILL have violations,
>regardless of how hard you try.
>
>The AKC tells us that the USDA will have to write new
>regulations allowing in-home breeding. It won't happen
>because the large wholesale breeders who are already
>licensed don't want any new competition getting a
>low-cost
>set of rules. Those big dealers have a lot more clout
>than
>we do. The AKC seems to be supporting PAWS for two
>reasons: First, they believe that by making many small
>breeders subject to licensing, they'll get more who can
>meet AKC requirements for registering their dogs, so
>they'll get more registrations. Second, PAWS would
>double
>or triple the number of dealers to be inspected and
>there's no chance that the USDA will get a big budget
>increase. The AKC hopes it will be allowed to do
>inspections for them. Of course it would charge a fee
>for
>doing so. However if the AKC is allowed to do
>inspections,
>very likely HSUS would be too.
>
>The numbers allowed without licensing -- 25 animals or
>six
>litters sold(whichever is more) are much more
>restrictive
>for cats because of their different reproductive
>patterns.
>Some experts believe that PAWS will end the breeding of
>purebred cats by fanciers; the same probably will
>happen
>to hobby breeding of birds and some other small pets.
>
>Many dog and cat rescue groups take in and adopt out
>hundreds of animals per year. These animals are kept in
>ordinary (foster) homes during rehabilitation. In law,
>'adopting' for any compensation is selling. PAWS will
>force rescuers to choose between building a shelter and
>limiting themselves to selling a total of 25 per year.
>
>Nonprofit status does not matter and there is no way to
>write an exception for rescue. What will actually
>happen
>is that incorporated rescues will dissolve, leaving the
>various foster homes and rescuers to do the best they
>can
>on their own. Unfortunately many shelters will allow
>only
>incorporated groups to take animals. PAWS would do
>great
>damage to dog and cat rescue.
>
>Most home dog breeders will not be affected at first.
>However, PAWS will make many breeders afraid to fight
>new
>bad laws. More of the state and local breeder licensing
>laws that are proposed now will pass. Many of these
>have
>one or two litter and 6 to 12 animal limits without
>licensing; some require everyone selling a dog or cat
>to
>be licensed.
>
>HSUS has said that they consider PAWS a first step.
>They've also said that they believe all breeding of
>pets
>should be federally licensed. If PAWS passes, steps
>two,
>three, (and so on) will be even worse. The AKC's
>lobbyist
>admits that the numbers 25 and 6 probably would be
>lowered
>in the future.
>
>PAWS is said to be needed because of large and growing
>importing of dogs and cats; this seems to be a complete
>untruth. It is also claimed that growing use of the
>Internet allows direct retail selling without people
>being
>able to see how pets are bred and raised. This is true
>but
>nobody is required to buy this way and the net allows
>asking many questions and comparing sellers' answers.
>The
>AKC allows puppy advertising on its web site; if they
>think it's bad, why are they doing it? There is almost
>no
>commercial selling of purebred cats. The real purpose
>of
>the bill is to make it harder to breed cats, dogs, and
>other pets at home.
>
>WE MUST BEAT PAWS. The bill is currently waiting for
>hearings in the agriculture committees of Congress.
>Sen.
>Santorum plans to hold a Senate agriculture
>subcommittee
>hearing after the August recess. PAWS could pass in
>September or October.
>
>The most important thing to do to beat PAWS is to call,
>write, or visit your Senators and your Representative.
>Tell them you OPPOSE S. 1139 (the Senate bill) or H.R.
>2269 (the identical House bill). Ask friends, family,
>and
>animal businesses to do the same thing. PAWS will be
>bad
>for dogs, bad for cats, bad for pet rescuers, bad for
>pet
>owners (who will have fewer choices), and bad for our
>country.
>
>An easy way to write your Congressmen is to go to:
>
>http://www.congress.org
>
>Click 'ignore this ad' near the center of the screen
>and
>type in your zipcode where they ask for it. They'll
>show
>you your three congressmen; click 'e-mail', 'compose
>your
>own letter' and follow the directions to enter your
>message.
>
>Please help!
>
>"Easy Paws" written by Walt Hutchens, Timbreblue
>Whippets
>
>Get Easy Paws in PDF format for printing and
>distributing.
>
>http://www.pet-law.com/paws/easypaws.pdf
>
>Source: http://www.pet-law.com/paws/easypaws.html

I remember this Mary and its a scary thought with all the Breeders out there what are they gonna do ...I think if you breed in a well manner way and with great care you should be allowed,But thats just me some ppl out there are just out to make a fast BUCK! Hugs Mj & my flock

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