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RavenousDeadlyZombieChins
So, it was just brought to my attention by a fellow chinchilla breeder that CA is passing a bill that pretty much kills the legitimate chinchilla breeders in CA. I'm told it has been signed and would be going into effect in January.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_0901-0950/sb_917_bill_20110218_introduced.html
This bill would provide, in addition and with specified
exceptions, that it shall be a crime, punishable as specified, for
any person to willfully sell, display, or offer for sale or give away
as part of a commercial transaction, a live animal on any street,
highway, public right-of-way, parking lot, carnival, or boardwalk.
The bill would provide that a notice describing the charge and the
penalty for a violation of this bill may be issued by a peace
officer, animal control officer, or humane officer. By creating a new
crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
It lets them seize the animals in question and then they become forfeited to the officer that seized them. The only animal shows exempt are dog, cat and bird shows.
I see what they are trying to prevent, but in doing so, they are killing legitimate business transactions. This will hurt the ARBA shows very badly since they already deal with "humane officers" patrolling their shows looking for anything "off".
There are still ways to sell animals, but it adds more stress to those of us selling and makes us jump through hoops to get our animals to good homes.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_0901-0950/sb_917_bill_20110218_introduced.html
This bill would provide, in addition and with specified
exceptions, that it shall be a crime, punishable as specified, for
any person to willfully sell, display, or offer for sale or give away
as part of a commercial transaction, a live animal on any street,
highway, public right-of-way, parking lot, carnival, or boardwalk.
The bill would provide that a notice describing the charge and the
penalty for a violation of this bill may be issued by a peace
officer, animal control officer, or humane officer. By creating a new
crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
It lets them seize the animals in question and then they become forfeited to the officer that seized them. The only animal shows exempt are dog, cat and bird shows.
I see what they are trying to prevent, but in doing so, they are killing legitimate business transactions. This will hurt the ARBA shows very badly since they already deal with "humane officers" patrolling their shows looking for anything "off".
There are still ways to sell animals, but it adds more stress to those of us selling and makes us jump through hoops to get our animals to good homes.