The Pet Industry Just a Few Highlights

I'm not exposing anything new here but sometimes it's good to have a re-fresh on info because people think that it's old news that they can do nothing about but the issues are still there.

Highlights

Surprisingly, issues about animals here in North America and in countries far away like Cambodia, Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand are similar. Let's look at how.

Macaque Monkeys are being sold to governments by the thousands worldwide to laboratories at up to 20k apiece for research that let's face it - is reduntant (this never stopped, they just found different trade routes). In an effort to sway public opinion by drawing attention to a lesser aspect of the industry fingers are pointing all over the place at....pet owners. Those "nasty" people who have taken in orphaned monkeys and raised them as pets since infants. These are Macaques abandoned by the mothers or left to die by poachers who took the parents, an abominable practice but legal. Yet people, even North Americans who support "Rescuers," in the pet industry on this side of the world, seem to be taking sides against the pet owners who - gasp, dress them in clothing (oh my!)

That people are against them is shocking. That governments are also taking sides over people's and pets rights is more shocking. Blah, blah all over the place - no one is doing anything. Their answer? Take the innocent pets and put them in cages, in danger.

What does this have to do with breeders' rights? It all has to do with Animal Rights.

In defense of the monkey owners: they raised, domesticated, and socialized those pets. They love them, treat them as family members and take great care in promoting proper monkey care by posting videos on social media. These should not be confused with the black market abuse videos which are very different and usually taken off social media fairly rapidly, and reported. People at times, seem confused by the issue and the actual content they are viewing - be discerning, watch years of the family videos and you will see the difference. Do not blindly follow what someone else says.

A huge effort is on social media now to save Kaka and Mit, Puka and Cutis who were forced to give up the pets they had raised since infants. People are petitioning the government overseas, informing animal rights organizations, and some are boycotting products over there. You can look up any of these pets on videos on YouTube and see how lovingly they were cared for. I am not sure that they can even do that to pets in those countries either but it is difficult to research the difference in laws among "municipalities," overseas. Some say flat out, there are no laws against pet monkeys, perhaps because there is a trade industry for them also.

While some argue that primates don't make good pets and might attack owners when they are older, others who have raised them for decades argue that is not the case for small monkeys and many successfully have with Capuchins or Macaques without any problems. The ones that attack are most often ones that are in the wild, not raised since infants and the difference in size. There are in fact more dog attacks of large breed dogs.

Real Animal Advocates do not support efforts that subjugate or affect rights - they support the right of the pets to be in their loving homes.

Animal Activists go further, they block transport trucks of cows or pigs on the way to slaughter because they should be in a field chewing on grass. The problem still exists, if you successfully block that truck you better have a field to bring them to, if you can stop it or it will end up in a government stall with the same fate.

The answer is Privatization so that you can or at least there is an option. Farm Sanctuaries are one idea.

I'm not an Activist, I'm an Advocate. I'm a Writer also and write about what I am passionate about, whether it's fiction or poetry, an article or a blog. I can do that.

If someone walked into your home and said we're taking your child or pet for any reason - would you allow that? No!

Rights Rights Rights

The same issue is apparent in breeders who have had their sales affected by Ads being blocked by misdirected "advocates," or whoever, causing a backlog. That's one reason why there are no stipulations in numbers. A litter can be six puppies or 18. The science of understanding breeding as in ages, numbers, health, gene pools, types of breeds etc has already been studied for approximately 200 years. Registries are professional organizations that know the industry. Breeders are Pet Professionals also. (I have already covered the difference of "backyard breeders," in a former article. This is the 3rd of mine on the topic.)

Taking puppies from purebred registered parents is illegal. All Registries use the same process. One registry does not have rights over another one, or a monopoly on the industry.

Two Pet bylaws are ancient and are they necessary today with valid arguments against Euthanasia? A lot of people would love to have 3, 4 or 5 dogs because they are dog lovers. This would drastically reduce the need for euthanasia and if they are spayed or neutered then backyard breeding is not going to increase. Why is there such a rule? Two Pet bylaws do not apply to Breeders who are home-based either. Many municipal bylaws have never been revised to match the Charter of Rights, some are almost a hundred years old.

Any action to take pets from owners is illegal based on property rights, pets are property...for a reason. As soon as those laws are relaxed it opens the doors for anyone to harass or take. This would include someone who just wants a free or lesser priced dog, someone who wants to turn around and sell it themselves or worse, a psycho who just wants a pet, and what controls are there for that? That's why breeders have extensive application forms and terms such as "return to breeder," if for unforeseen circumstances they can't keep them, or the breeder can recall if the person lies on their application or dies and there is no one to take the pet. They do that because they care. They don't want them in kill shelters and most all shelters are. Correct homing means they will never end up in a shelter. Elder homes exist also for pets in some areas, where there is no euthanasia.

Harassment is a criminal offence. So is electronic hacking of Ads or manipulating sales.

The next and topic in this series of the pet industry is the difference between what a real Rescue is, what a Sanctuary is and what happened to Retail? Also, Pet Retirement homes, Alternatives to Euthanasia, and some good ol' dog stories.

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Educational Videos of Puppies

Videos of Puka, Cutis, Kaka & Mit