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Lawmakers Consider an Animal Abuse Registry - Twitchin Kitten - 04-06-2010
I think I can live with a law like this if they enacted it here. I think it would help reduce puppy and kitten mills and open the abuses that are not even talked about regarding hamster, rat, mouse, guinea pig and all other small pet mills that are flying under the radar due to them being done in basements and closed buildings.
Lawmakers Consider an Animal Abuse Registry <-- click for full story
SAN FRANCISCO — California may soon place animal abusers on the same level as sex offenders by listing them in an online registry, complete with their home addresses and places of employment.
The proposal, made in a bill introduced Friday by the State Senate’s majority leader, Dean Florez, would be the first of its kind in the country and is just the latest law geared toward animal rights in a state that has recently given new protections to chickens, pigs and cattle.
Mr. Florez, a Democrat who is chairman of the Food and Agriculture Committee, said the law would provide information for those who “have animals and want to take care of them,” a broad contingent in California, with its large farming interests and millions of pet owners. Animal protection is also, he said, a rare bipartisan issue in the state, which has suffered bitter partisan finger-pointing in the wake of protracted budget woes.
“We have done well with these laws,” he said.
Last fall, California became the first state to outlaw so-called tail-docking of dairy cows, where the tail is partly amputated to ease milking. In 2008, voters in the state passed Proposition 2, which gave hens, calves and pigs more room in their crates or cages. That law has upset many in the California egg industry and prompted some agriculturally-minded residents to even talk about seceding from the state...... CLICK HEADLINE TO READ THE FULL STORY
RE: Lawmakers Consider an Animal Abuse Registry - Flamethrower - 04-06-2010
But what would concern me is where would the checks and balances come from? Laws such as these are enacted with all good intentions but have the elements of extremism built in from the core.
One acronym needs be mentioned: PeTA
RE: Lawmakers Consider an Animal Abuse Registry - Twitchin Kitten - 04-06-2010
Did you read the article? They already have laws like this for sex offenders, other areas of the farming community, and pyromaniacs. Why not animal abusers who are convicted of felony charges of animal abuse?