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And just who-and HOW-do you determine who gets to keep animals and who doesn't, Jdubz? Do we trust the politicians and the HSUS/PETA folks to make that determination? If we do, we can kiss our animals goodbye. How do you determine if the little old lady down the street is "intelligent or educated" enough to own a Toy Poodle? Is a cattle rancher who had to drop out of school in the ninth grade to support his family "educated" enough to continue to raise cattle or have dogs to help control those cattle? If my sister's Great Dane has been bred for size, is that a bad thing? Should someone come take her dog away and kill it because it's large? Should my aunt's Jack Russell Terrier be destroyed because these dogs were-and still ARE-bred to hunt and KILL other animals? Is a mentally-challenged person not "intelligent" enough to have a service dog? What is the minimum IQ to be able to keep an animal, Jdubz? 90? 120? 140? Suppose I were to be the one to decide who is intelligent and educated enough to keep dogs, snakes, tarantulas, or whatever, and I set that minimum at 138 IQ, with a minimum of a Master's Degree...would YOU still get to keep YOUR animals? "Intelligence" and "Education" level have NOTHING to do with RESPONSIBILITY, and never will. Horses kill around 40 people per year in the US alone; that's NOT a very "clean" record, as you put it. Should we prohibit people from owning such animals due to the risk? While snake bite deaths are rare in the US, worldwide that is NOT the case, so does this mean that no one is "intelligent or educated" enough to own a snake?to add my own two cents to this some animals are more dangerous than other, i have never read in the news about an escaped and crazed T attacking and killing dogs, children and any other object in their path. Simply put many dogs have been bred for one reason, size, aggression and as sadly as it is fighting. The name pitbull is a prime example, a name derived form dog fighting, the "bull" of the "pits", and the pits are what people use to fight dogs in. Some species that are imported have a negative effect on wildlife by taking over and killing native plants/animals. The bans should focus on one thing, THE OWNERS OF SAID CREATURES, form dogs to invertebrates. To ban animals who have such a clean record is unusual and ridiculous. Only intelligent and educated owners should be aloud to purchase any kind of pet to ensure the safety of themselves, the animal, and others.
Jdubz
Mr. Internet closed it. He said it was worthless at the before bill "questioning stage." He said he would treat it seriously and fight it when it was a bill. So now that it really is I posted it.Did you not post this already?
Animals are my livelyhood. This is serious. If we spend five minutes to e-mail the sponsors we will get our way. If we do nothing there will be a far better chance of it passing because to be against something you have to state your opinion. Nobody is going to read your mind or come up and ask you. Why are you telling people not to fight a ban of the hobby you love anyway? Sometimes fighting is your only chance.But neither is this bill serious (in it's possibility of being passed)
Thank you for proving my point. Its not in committee any more it is about to be voted on by the house.There is a quote in this from Mr. Internet, you should read it, its the 25th quote
http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=129310
I'm sorry PBL. I don't think your animals should be banned and I respect your right to keep them. Both our animals of choice are for the most part innocent and gentle creatures. My problem is that when politicians want to fight pets its always my animals that take the hit.
I didn't know that either. Guess I'll have to find many, many more people to e-mail today.One of the things they COUNT on in their court is that most people do not, or cannot, see the big picture, and only get upset or choose to act when a bill comes up that affects THEIR choice of animal. They know that the old lady with the Toy Poodle probably will not be upset when they ban "pit bulls" or "wolf-hybrids" or large snakes, while many snake owners could care less if all cats and dogs have to be "fixed", if they don't have a cat or a dog. In this way, they can isolate animal owners and create a false sense of security, a "but it doesn't apply to ME" mentality, when in fact it DOES.