What is wrong with Connecticut? - Page 7

Hate to say this 'cos on balance I've always been a fan of Petting Zoos
as a way for kids to see animals and processes they normally wouldn't -
but given that it seems increasingly the norm for parents to have no idea
how to guide their children and keep them out of danger, generally, is it
now time to restrict public access to these poor horses, cows, sheep and
pigs etc, to protect them from stoopid little humans who have no common
sense, and their adult relatives who have even less ?

^ No.

Would you need to be told, not to feed the bears...lol
 

Horses,
Ever see this one?








Moons.

Moons If I was six years old and I could even reach a bear to
feed it, I might wind up being grateful for advice not to do so.
[ I surely would have tried to pet it, knowing what I was like as
a kid !]
But I wasn't talking about 'wild' animals.


City children do not have the day-to-day sight of / contact with
horses that their forebears did.  So there isn't an ongoing learning
process just by observation.  So if a kid goes up and pokes a pony
when s/he does get the opportunity, and Mom & Pop are too busy
talking on their I phones or whatever,  the kid may well get bit or
kicked, without having any idea why. 

Seems to me, the parent would have to be holding such a young child up to the horse in order to get a bit taken out on his cheek. Dumb parent, IMHO

Moons, that was a great kick! LOL

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Now they want to go after pet stores to stop the mid-western states' puppy mills. 
 

"If the purpose of this task force is to deal with the bad actors, the bad breeders, we think that we have common ground and that we could develop recommendations for the Legislature which would go after them," Sewell said. "If the purpose of this task force is to eliminate legitimate businesses that operate in the state of Connecticut and get their animals from responsible breeders, regulated breeders, breeders that are inspected by the USDA, then obviously we don't think you've solving the problem."

The task force will hold at least two public hearings before drafting recommendations for next year's General Assembly, which meets in February.

There are currently 130 pet stores in the state, but only about 16 of those sell dogs.

"Every family should be able to make a choice on what kind of pet fits their family best and they shouldn't be dictated (to) by the government," Sewell said in an interview.
http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Pet-shop-owners-want-say-on-task-force-4843357.php

 

Hundmutter,
It is always the parents, no you would not expect a child to know better.
It is not taught in schools, you only learn from others and experience.
As a child I was warned and educated by parents, relatives, and owners of animals.
Go around the cows not through them, watch out for the bull, watch out for the rooster, never go in the feed lot (hogs), if a wild animal doesn't run from you back away because there is something wrong with it.
City folks are doomed plain and simple, all around the world people were tricked and forced to leave their homes and the land to move into cities, the trap has been sprung and there is no going back for most of them.
Ignorant, over populated, and without resources, dependent, they are doomed.
That is why in America there are signs saying Do Not Feed The Bears, right next the Smokey The Bear signs saying, Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires.
Next to the signs buried in trash saying No Littering.


 

Bee,
you could not drag me to Connecticut, but that's no different from some other states as well.

One more law, one more piece of legislation and sooner or later we'll get it right, maybe, sorta, probably not?
It's been a mindset that destroyed our lives and robbed us of our freedom.


 

Moons, where this happened isn't exactly "city". Well, maybe to you it is, LOL And the thing is, if you don't want to come to CT, that's okay, we are such a dinky state, there just isn't room for everyone. You know what I find ironic? Out west where the states acreage gets huge, they build these huger homes on postage stamp sized lots. Here, in the burbs, we got to have our acre. Anything less, well, you might be talking a city. Most towns have a one to three acres zoning law in order to keep a horse. No one would dream of a corral for them in the front yard, either. Occasionally you will see someone grazing their horse on a lead in the front yard, but they will have a barn for shelter, too, in the back.

What people who have never been to CT say, is wow, all the green. All the trees! Winding roads! And the seabreeze. Oh well, I am a damn Yankee to the core.  

It is just the lawmakers making their noise. Common sense will prevail in the land of Steady Habits! 

Spent some time in CT over the years. It's got its good and bad just like anywhere else I suppose. New Haven and Hartford for instance, I wouldn't miss if I nevef visited again. Lime Rock on the other hand, was beautiful as I remember it.