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The Pet Safety and Protection Act will ensure that all dogs and cats used in research are obtained through legitimate channels and are obtained legally. It will stop unscrupulous dealers and bunchers who obtain animals from "free to a good home" ads or stealing and then sell them for a profit. Tell Congress to support this bill.

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RedRiverJ
May 20, 2007, 2:07 a.m.
What people will do for a buck! Makes me livid. Good Article thanks Bubba.
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lvrofwolves
May 20, 2007, 8:18 a.m.
I'll be glad when and if the day comes where animals aren't used for testing. I know it's a neccessary thing to do sometimes, but at least they should be made to treat the test animals with care and obtaining animals illegally should be eraticated as much as possible. Of course there should be BIG fines and or jail time if they break the law. If you read the story..can you just imagine the horror of finding out what happened to your pet??? I'm for the bill!
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puffin
May 20, 2007, 9:56 a.m.
People can speak, animals can't. We can only guess and "surmise" what will happen from using animals for testing. It's never 100%.
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evelyna
May 20, 2007, 9:56 a.m.
I cannot believe someone would willingly give up an animal they have homed for a year to research.
Is this law good? It will encourage people to breed animals for the purpose of research.
I think they will find a way around the law.
I wonder if people can sign their dog up for a rescue or something in case something happens to the owner.
On the other hand- a friend has a husband who was useless and now even more so since he had his stroke.
I think she should sign him up for clinical trials. He will know no different.
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bubba2
May 20, 2007, 11:58 a.m.
Actually, people DO already breed animals for research.
While I disagree with that, if they are conforming to federal and local laws (not a "puppy mill", animals are properly sheltered, fed, etc.), and the animals are legally 'sold' to the buyer (whoever they are), then there is little to be done about that.
A Class B (I think) dealer in Arkansas was shut down about a year ago. That dealer was "acquiring animals" that were sold to research labs, but most of that "acquiring" was from people who were stealing pets or were getting them from the "free to a good home" ads. Also, the animals in that dealer's "care" were in horrid shape, poor health, lousy conditions. It took an animal rescue group going undercover there for 6 months and then presenting the evidence to the USDA to get that creep shut down.
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bubba2
May 20, 2007, 12:04 p.m.
It is the scenario of that Arkansas "dealer" that this law should minimize or hopefully eliminate - mainly, the stealing of animals and the "bunching" of animal "dealers" (as described in the article).
Also - and pass this info to everyone you know - ANYONE who is trying to find a home for a dog or cat or for a litter of pups or kittens, NEVER NEVER advertise as "free to a good home"!
In addition to people taking those animals and selling them to research labs, they may be taken and used for fighting dog bait, for ritual sacrifices, or even for food for large snakes or other wild animals.
Even if someone does just want the dog or cat as a pet and is glad there is no fee - it is a good bet that they also can't afford a vet or good food or good shelter, etc., and it likely would be a BAD home for that animal.
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CarlaJean
May 20, 2007, 1:39 p.m.
Why are we as humans using animals anyway? In what way does
that help in the products that humans use? To my way of thinking, they are just doing it to harm the animals anyway
they can and that isn't right.
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Rigel
May 20, 2007, 3:22 p.m.
Testing on animals seems like such an old-fashioned and out-dated way to do research- with all of today's technology there has got to be other ways besides torturing animals for data that doesn't even really prove anything when it comes to the same tests on humans.