Rise up against puppy breeders, support new bill

I support the puppymill bill, HB 538, and believe all Virginians should as well. The following is from the Virginia Voters for Animal Welfare: One pet is killed every four minutes for no better reason than they lack a home.

HB 538 is a major step toward slowing that flow, and needs your support immediately. It says, in part, that those who have 20 or more breeding females may be required to have a business license and be inspected by animal control; it requires pet shops to purchase dogs from registered dealers.

See the bill in full here: http:- //legl.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?ses=081&typ=bil&val=hb538. We need the progressive, compassionate multitudes to be more numerous and vocal than the breeders. This bill must be passed by the entire House of Delegates, and then sent over to the Senate for another fight. You need to be sure that you and everyone else you reach will be heard on this bill, and that you fight every bit as hard as breeders are fighting.

The contacts should be from anyone, not just dedicated animal people, but anyone who cares that life is being indifferently produced for profit and far too often snuffed out, and that taxpayers throughout Virginia absorb this cost and allow our state to act as the slaughterhouse.

Get your neighbor to make contacts, get your uncle to do this. Ask your child’s teacher, get your vet, too. Please contact your delegate. If you aren’t sure who your delegate is, go here: http://- conview.state.va.us/whosmy.nsf/main?openform. Calls are best, but e-mails work, too. If you e-mail, make the subject line: Support HB 538 And in your message, you needn’t say more than you want your delegate to support HB 538.

Warning: Do not side with breeders by doing nothing. We can do better than breeders in reaching legislators. There are more of us. And cross-post this message, cross-post the messages you send, and get volumes of messages to the House of Delegates. Overwhelm the delegates with expressions of
support.

John Witt
Wytheville, Va.