Joe “The Plumber” Wurzelbacher Rants About Proposition B For Breeders
Written by Vegetarian Star on October 8th, 2010 in Animal Issues.
Joe The Plumber is back, not as the McCain/Palin sidekick, but a supporter of the Tea Party and a group called the Alliance for Truth, who is against changing legislation that would require dog breeders in Missouri to up their care for animals and eliminate breeding practices that are detrimental.
Proposition B will be voted on by Missouri residents in November and Joe The Plumber wants them to know no one should keep a dog owner from leaving a piece of food in the water bowl. Or something like that.
“Missouri’s Proposition B makes it a “crime of cruelty” for a piece of dog food to be in a water bowl or for a dog breeder to treat their own pet if they become ill… (No folks, I don’t make this stuff up.)”
“This would almost be comical if it weren’t for the OTHER, more insidious parts of this bill that hit at the very core of our liberties. This bill forces breeders to limit the number of dogs they can own – regardless of care. Think about this a minute . . . . Should the government have the right to limit the number of houses a realtor can sell? Or the number of cattle a rancher can raise?”
Looking over the details of Prop B, it does mention that anyone with more than 10 breeding dogs should, “Provide the dogs with access to food at least once a day and potable water continuously.” There’s no mention that if a kibble-n-bit lands in the potable water bowl, the breeder will land in jail. Maybe if two kibbles were in the bowl though…
Government doesn’t like to get involved in business until the industry refuses to regulate itself in a responsible manner. Sell as many homes as you’d like, but don’t get involved in predatory lending practices or build on known dangerous land. Maybe it’s time for Joe The Plumber to take the plunger off his head and carefully read just what Prop B would like breeders to start doing, starting with eliminating those painful wire floors in cages, resulting in cysts on the dog’s paws and potential difficulty walking on normal floors in the future.
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October 9th, 2010 at 10:27 am
Proposition B is an inferior set of proposed regulations as compared to what is already in place. The following link shows a side by side comparison for those who are intelligent enough to decide for themselves.
http://www.showmedaily.org/2010/10/would-prop-b-really-help.html
October 9th, 2010 at 10:34 am
“Looking over the details of Prop B, it does mention that anyone with more than 10 breeding dogs should, “Provide the dogs with access to food at least once a day and potable water continuously.” There’s no mention that if a kibble-n-bit lands in the potable water bowl, the breeder will land in jail. Maybe if two kibbles were in the bowl though…”
This is funny to you, the thought of imprisoning a citizen because their dog spits food into it’s water dish?
Proposition B: ”Sufficient food and clean water” means access to appropriate nutritious food at least once a day sufficient to maintain good health; and continuous access to potable water that is not frozen, and is free of debris, feces, algae, and other contaminants.
What qualifies as debris? Anything that isn’t water? Supplements? Medicine? Food? What about grass clippings from the day’s lawn mowing? Some dog’s stand in their water bowl, if freshly cut grass is stuck to it’s paws bingo! Criminal offense.
October 11th, 2010 at 1:49 pm
Prop B provides clear, enforceable standards for basic care of dogs at large puppy mills — including regular veterinary care, enough space to stand up and turn around, sufficient food and clean water. This is a common-sense measure that’s being supported by Missouri veterinarians and vet clinics, responsible dog breeders, animal protection groups and many others.
Groups opposing Prop B (like the “Alliance for Truth”) spread baseless claims about Prop B because they’re financially supported by puppy mill operators. They don’t want voters to realize the cruelty that goes on in Missouri’s puppy mills, but you can see a few reasons why Prop B is needed at http://www.humanesociety.org/news/news/2010/10/missouri_dirty_dozen_100610.html
October 11th, 2010 at 6:40 pm
There is no common sense behind constant and unfettered access to the outdoors, or indoors. I didn’t allow my child to come and go at will and I don’t allow my dog to do it either.
I’d like to ask you, Liz HSUS, if Proposition B is better for dogs why did you exempt yourself from having to follow it?
October 13th, 2010 at 11:00 pm
‘These laws are designed in ways that now allow the seizure of our dogs with NO cruelty charges or criminal behavior TO dogs. It’s all just in the numbers.50/25. In IL it was 6; in MN it was 3. Several times the sale of one puppy has been the definition of a commercial kennel. Simply HAVING intact dogs is now a crime.’
http://www.saova.org/news/PUPS/future_of_dogs.pdf
http://www.thedogplace.org/LEGISLATION/Anti-PUPS-Initiative-10081_Kelsey-Losey.asp#SAMPLE%20LETTER
http://tnpetlawnews.blogspot.com/2010/07/what-pups-bill-could-mean-to-you.html