Comments on: Say No To HR 669 http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/04/13/say-no-to-hr-669/ <> Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:01:35 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Gaara1357 http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/04/13/say-no-to-hr-669/comment-page-1/#comment-5124 Gaara1357 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:14:08 +0000 http://www.housepetscomic.com/?p=598#comment-5124 sorry, meant ferrets sorry, meant ferrets

]]> By: Gaara1357 http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/04/13/say-no-to-hr-669/comment-page-1/#comment-5123 Gaara1357 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:13:40 +0000 http://www.housepetscomic.com/?p=598#comment-5123 not the ferrits!!!!!! not the ferrits!!!!!!

]]> By: Kirron http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/04/13/say-no-to-hr-669/comment-page-1/#comment-5103 Kirron Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:52:25 +0000 http://www.housepetscomic.com/?p=598#comment-5103 Horses are technically native, but the ones we see today are not. The original native horses all died out way before Native Americans could domesticate them. They weren't reintroduced to America until the Europeans came. Horses are technically native, but the ones we see today are not. The original native horses all died out way before Native Americans could domesticate them. They weren’t reintroduced to America until the Europeans came.

]]> By: Becvar http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/04/13/say-no-to-hr-669/comment-page-1/#comment-5096 Becvar Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:41:32 +0000 http://www.housepetscomic.com/?p=598#comment-5096 The problem here is that this is an attempt by special interest groups to get very irresposible legislation passed under the guise of stopping invasive species. The potential damage to the exotic animal industry, and our ECONOMY as a whole, is enormous! Imagine the damage if sudden;y you put every mom and pop pet store, PetCo, PetSmart, and every other pet chain OUT OF BUSINESS. Hundreds of thousands of jobs lost and BILLIONS of dollars gone from the national economy, just like that. Not to mention the boom in the exotic animal black market, which would make conditions for animals being brought into the country WORSE. All in all, this is a terrible bill as it is currently written. It does have the potential to be a good thing, but only with heavy revision and oversight be people who are not "activists" like PETA and HSUS. On the bright side, the initial push in congress has floundered, with the bill being defeated, but NOT GONE. It will be presented again in the future, revised, but probably still bad. So everybody needs to be ready to email, snail mail, and call their reps as soon as something else comes up. www.nohr669.com is a great resource to keep track of things and find all the info you need to make sure your representatives know where the people think this bill should be shoved. After all, it's their job to do what WE want, not what special interest groups want. The problem here is that this is an attempt by special interest groups to get very irresposible legislation passed under the guise of stopping invasive species. The potential damage to the exotic animal industry, and our ECONOMY as a whole, is enormous! Imagine the damage if sudden;y you put every mom and pop pet store, PetCo, PetSmart, and every other pet chain OUT OF BUSINESS. Hundreds of thousands of jobs lost and BILLIONS of dollars gone from the national economy, just like that. Not to mention the boom in the exotic animal black market, which would make conditions for animals being brought into the country WORSE.

All in all, this is a terrible bill as it is currently written. It does have the potential to be a good thing, but only with heavy revision and oversight be people who are not “activists” like PETA and HSUS.

On the bright side, the initial push in congress has floundered, with the bill being defeated, but NOT GONE. It will be presented again in the future, revised, but probably still bad. So everybody needs to be ready to email, snail mail, and call their reps as soon as something else comes up. http://www.nohr669.com is a great resource to keep track of things and find all the info you need to make sure your representatives know where the people think this bill should be shoved. After all, it’s their job to do what WE want, not what special interest groups want.

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