So this morning at work I saw an article that really made me mad. Congress is trying to pass a law that would make nearly all pets excluding cats, dogs and other "domesticated" animals, illegal. All Non-native species would be illegal.
I work at Petco and there we have many animals in the store, so after reading this article I looked over the store and came to the realization that out of the 30 major animals that we sell in the store, only about 5 would be allowed to be there under the bill. On top of that, these animals would each have to be evaluated to see what there impact is on the environment to see if they could allow them in the county. That means tax payer’s money going towards testing and research to see if they would be allowed to own a Hamster.
Take a look at the animals that you normally see as pets, Hamsters, Guinea Pigs, Ferrets, Parrots, Parakeets, Cockatiels, Ball Pythons, Bearded Dragons, Iguanas and nearly all aquarium fish just to name a few, all of these animals are not native to the US and would not be allowed. This would take so long for each animal to be evaluated that thousands of people would be affected. The pet stores and pet supple stores would see a dramatic halt in their sales, people would not be able to purchase a new bird or hamster and the stores like Petco and Petsmart rely on the non cat and dog owners just as much for there prophets, that would mean people could lose there jobs. Not only the pet industry would be affected but also farmers could be affected, those that raise and farm more exotic animals like ostrich or alpaca. They will be allowed 36 months to approve of the illegal animals but even in the first year there is a huge chance that pet stores will go out of business.
This bill would be all around bad news for everyone so please take a look at this site and watch the video and tell your congressmen that you want your pets.
Here is a web site against the site
http://nohr669.com/index.htm
And here is the Bill
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h111-669
Here are some other good videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65zX...952D7EE8F&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=2
I work at Petco and there we have many animals in the store, so after reading this article I looked over the store and came to the realization that out of the 30 major animals that we sell in the store, only about 5 would be allowed to be there under the bill. On top of that, these animals would each have to be evaluated to see what there impact is on the environment to see if they could allow them in the county. That means tax payer’s money going towards testing and research to see if they would be allowed to own a Hamster.
Take a look at the animals that you normally see as pets, Hamsters, Guinea Pigs, Ferrets, Parrots, Parakeets, Cockatiels, Ball Pythons, Bearded Dragons, Iguanas and nearly all aquarium fish just to name a few, all of these animals are not native to the US and would not be allowed. This would take so long for each animal to be evaluated that thousands of people would be affected. The pet stores and pet supple stores would see a dramatic halt in their sales, people would not be able to purchase a new bird or hamster and the stores like Petco and Petsmart rely on the non cat and dog owners just as much for there prophets, that would mean people could lose there jobs. Not only the pet industry would be affected but also farmers could be affected, those that raise and farm more exotic animals like ostrich or alpaca. They will be allowed 36 months to approve of the illegal animals but even in the first year there is a huge chance that pet stores will go out of business.
This bill would be all around bad news for everyone so please take a look at this site and watch the video and tell your congressmen that you want your pets.
Here is a web site against the site
http://nohr669.com/index.htm
And here is the Bill
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h111-669
Here are some other good videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65zX...952D7EE8F&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=2