To: Representatives, governor, city mayors, Arizona Humane World for Animals
Outlaw backyard breeding and mandate licensing requirements in Arizona
I would like to see backyard breeding and selling of dogs, be outlawed by the state.
In addition, mandating licensing regulations, such as, limiting numbers of litters and requiring high standards promoting the health of the mother and pups.
Licensing should follow current and changing data on breeds that are being overbred.
It should be an earned privilege to create life.
In addition, mandating licensing regulations, such as, limiting numbers of litters and requiring high standards promoting the health of the mother and pups.
Licensing should follow current and changing data on breeds that are being overbred.
It should be an earned privilege to create life.
Why is this important?
Arizona doesn't have as big of a problem as some states do, but we are still high on the list and could set an example for other states to follow.
I would also argue that many, in our state, go uncounted due to heat related death on the streets, alleys, and junkyards.
All rescues and shelters are full or over capacity in the dead of the summer heat.
If you rescue a dog and are unable to keep it with you for a period of time, you literally have no option but to let it go out on it's own, to suffer and die in the heat, starve, and/or get hit by a car.
The burden placed on those in the community that try to help with this issue, in terms of the difficulty in caring for these dogs, is immeasurable. Not to mention the heartbreak and moral injury incurred every single day.
As the economy gets weaker, the problem gets worse. More folks in need of a way to make money, turn to breeding. At the same time, folks losing jobs and housing, having to surrender their loved pets to be caged indefinitely in a loud, cold, and lonely environment, going against the grain of their very genetic makeups. The genetic makeup that we have bred into them as humans for human companionship.
We are ignoring our responsibility for their well being as a whole. And beyond that, many of us perpetuating the problem.
I would also argue that many, in our state, go uncounted due to heat related death on the streets, alleys, and junkyards.
All rescues and shelters are full or over capacity in the dead of the summer heat.
If you rescue a dog and are unable to keep it with you for a period of time, you literally have no option but to let it go out on it's own, to suffer and die in the heat, starve, and/or get hit by a car.
The burden placed on those in the community that try to help with this issue, in terms of the difficulty in caring for these dogs, is immeasurable. Not to mention the heartbreak and moral injury incurred every single day.
As the economy gets weaker, the problem gets worse. More folks in need of a way to make money, turn to breeding. At the same time, folks losing jobs and housing, having to surrender their loved pets to be caged indefinitely in a loud, cold, and lonely environment, going against the grain of their very genetic makeups. The genetic makeup that we have bred into them as humans for human companionship.
We are ignoring our responsibility for their well being as a whole. And beyond that, many of us perpetuating the problem.
