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by ZVZW on 26 April 2009 - 10:04
by mobjack on 26 April 2009 - 14:04
As an NRA member, long time hunter and former breeder I'll toss out my .02 on this particular article and the bill.
The bill itself has good intent. It is flawed, but most legislation is. You simply can not pass a law that will make everyone happy and cover all the bases. The NRA article has it's usual alarmist "spin".
Where I live, most large packs of dogs kept for hunting are deer dogs. Some are privately owned, some owned by the hunt club. There's a few rabbit hunters left, but not many. Most hunters care for their dogs, search for them and do all they can to round them up after a hunt. The the dogs stay kenneled, food may not be the greatest in the world, but they're fed, watered and cleaned up behind several times daily. A pack of 15 or more at one place is pretty rare.
Too many times I've seen walker dogs lying dead on the road with the expensive tracking and ID collars removed. The collars are more valuable than the dogs. One year I witnessed a couple of men taking an entire pack of eleven dogs out of their trucks, shooting them and throwing them in a ditch next to the road. Their reason? It cost less to buy new dogs next season than to feed and maintain them. These are the kind of people that need to be stopped.
IMHO There's nothing in this bill that will affect the average hunter, hobby breeder or trainer. Maybe a few minor inconveniences for a large scale kennel or shelter but nothing they shouldn't be able to live with easily. There are exceptions written in for boarding and training facilities. I think it's a good bill and hope it passes.
Link to actual bill www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H733v1.pdf
The bill itself has good intent. It is flawed, but most legislation is. You simply can not pass a law that will make everyone happy and cover all the bases. The NRA article has it's usual alarmist "spin".
Where I live, most large packs of dogs kept for hunting are deer dogs. Some are privately owned, some owned by the hunt club. There's a few rabbit hunters left, but not many. Most hunters care for their dogs, search for them and do all they can to round them up after a hunt. The the dogs stay kenneled, food may not be the greatest in the world, but they're fed, watered and cleaned up behind several times daily. A pack of 15 or more at one place is pretty rare.
Too many times I've seen walker dogs lying dead on the road with the expensive tracking and ID collars removed. The collars are more valuable than the dogs. One year I witnessed a couple of men taking an entire pack of eleven dogs out of their trucks, shooting them and throwing them in a ditch next to the road. Their reason? It cost less to buy new dogs next season than to feed and maintain them. These are the kind of people that need to be stopped.
IMHO There's nothing in this bill that will affect the average hunter, hobby breeder or trainer. Maybe a few minor inconveniences for a large scale kennel or shelter but nothing they shouldn't be able to live with easily. There are exceptions written in for boarding and training facilities. I think it's a good bill and hope it passes.
Link to actual bill www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H733v1.pdf
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