Op/Ed: Bills wrongly protect inhumane pet stores instead of pets in Indiana
Public records show Indiana pet stores recently sourced puppies from puppy mills with terrible animal welfare records, including one Iowa mill with 444 dogs on its property and a history of denying veterinary care to dogs with abnormal eye conditions. Other kennels supplying puppies to Indiana pet stores were cited for having dogs with open wounds and filthy conditions, including excessive feces and dirty feeders and water bowls.
The case against the new legislation is simply stated. SB 134 and HB 1121 would protect and reinforce this cruelty by requiring communities to allow these puppies to be sold in local pet storesVocal opposition from local elected officials, animal control officers, shelters, veterinarians and concerned residents resulted in amendments concerning “breeder standards” for pet stores.
Proponents of the amendment seem to think that local animal control officers and police officers have the resources and expertise to track where puppy-selling pet stores source their puppies from and then determine if those sources meet the proposed law’s standards, even though many of the suppliers are out-of-state breeders and brokers. It’s neither smart nor fair to place such a burden on these public servants.
There’s word that the legislation will be further amended to allow existing humane pet store ordinances to stay in place. This is an easy enough concession because this bill is about protecting the interests of one out-of-state corporation whose pet stores are unaffected by existing ordinances. Who cannot see that this is bad policy? If it’s a problem to void existing ordinances that protect animals and consumers, it’s a problem to stop future ones too.
We don’t need pet stores operating in such a callous manner in our state, especially when so many Hoosiers are working tirelessly to manage pet overpopulation in our communities. Indiana residents have plenty of options to obtain their next pets, including from shelters, rescues and our state’s humane, responsible breeders who sell directly to the public and have nothing to hide.
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