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Meeting aims to ban dog and puppy auctions in Ohio
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Several elected officials and animal-welfare representatives will meet next week to review a ballot initiative aimed at banning dog auctions in Ohio.
The meeting is set for noon Wednesday at Angels for Animals, state Route 165.
Dog auctions are employed by puppy mills and unscrupulous large-scale dog breeders to anonymously get their dogs to the open market. Dogs and puppies sold through dog auctions often live in terrible conditions.
Dog auctions in Ohio occur primarily in Holmes County.
The initiative would affect only dog auctions. Livestock auctions would not be affected.
If passed, the bill would end dog auctions on the Internet and would ban the giving of dogs and puppies as raffle prizes. Ohio is one of the last seven states that allows dog auctions and ranks 43rd in general
animal-care laws.
Pennsylvania recently banned dog auctions.
State Sens. Joseph A. Schiavone and Capri Cafaro and state Rep. Ron Gerberry have been invited to the meeting. Confirmed guests are the Mahoning County commissioners; Mahoning County Auditor Mike Sciortino; Columbiana County Commissioner Penny Traina; Dave Nelson, Mahoning County interim dog warden; and Dawn Croft, Columbiana County dog warden.
For the full story, read Saturday's Vindicator or Vindy.com.
Comments
Censoredship, I know exactly what you mean. Alot of these shelters are in it for the profit. Some are selling dogs for more than what a purebred puppy would cost and with severe medical problems that end up costing the new owner thousands of dollars in vet bills. My mother-in-law recently applied for a dog thru one of these agencies. Now she was raised on a farm, with many animals, primarily horses, and has had at least 2 dogs at all times throughout her life. Now she wanted an older dog because she will turn 72 soon and didn't want the extra work of training a puppy. Now she has a fenced-in yard and a good income. All of the grandkids are 12 yrs old or older. She thought she met every requirement. She was rejected because of her age. They told her she would die before the dog, so they wouldn't let her adopt. So besides being saviors of animals, they can also tell how long a person will live by these applications. Of course for an additional fee, they would reconsider.
Responsible breeders are in favor in stopping puppy mills because they know they give breeders in general a bad name. The fact is that mixed breeds are much less likely to have genetic medical problems than puppy mill dogs.
Breeders are not going to want to sell you a dog either with your attitude. And how exactly are these unnamed shelters supposed to know if you are responsible and know how to take care of their dog they are adopting out w/o asking you questions? Because you say so?
You can make up nonsensical generalized stories about unidentified shelters if you'd like, but it doesn't change the facts that dog auctions are not good for dogs. That is why the people who operate the auctions won't let them be filmed. What do they have to hide?
Shelters exist because of irresponsible people who have mistreated and/or overpopulated the dog/cat population. They want to make sure the animal gets a good home and doesn't end up used as research, bait for dog fighting, or at a location where it will have poor treatment.
If you think that treating a dog poorly is part of "rural agriculture" then you are in need of counseling.
Angels for Animals has to be the worst. They want donations galore, but yet, if you see their posts inside their shelter, they kill everything that walks through their drop off site. Whats the sense in donating if they dont even try to save some.
As far as dog auctions, I know someone that did win one and its the love of their life. So, there is good and bad everywhere.