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Professional breeders are not the problem. It is not in breeders' interests to flood the market and collapse prices. The problem is irresponsible pet owners w
by ScottBurson 14y ago
Professional breeders are not the problem. It is not in breeders' interests to flood the market and collapse prices.
The problem is irresponsible pet owners who fail to neuter and spay their pets.
Santa Cruz County, California, where I used to live, enacted in 1995 a law requiring neutering and spaying of pets. (A breeder's licensed can be purchased for something like $100 annually, IIRC.) The numbers of animals in the shelters dropped dramatically.
Efforts to pass a similar bill at the state level failed, however.
- pbiggar 14y agoI doubt it's an either-or situation. However, I'll note that all shelter neuter and spay, so if it irresponsible pet owners who are responsible, than it is limited to those owners who did not get their dogs from a shelter.
- pbiggar 14y agoI doubt it's an either-or situation. However, I'll note that all shelter neuter and spay, so if it irresponsible pet owners who are responsible, than it is limited to those owners who did not get their dogs from a shelter.