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From Terri, Oklahoma: I have been trying to keep up with this piece of legislation. A challenging process. I have a question and some comments.
#33 and #34 Illegal entry. Excellent challenge and question. Is the OK congress really not asking this question? I am not against inspections but it has protocol that is based clear cut guide lines. It can not be based on the mood or perception of any given person in any given moment.
#40 How is this a violation of the first amendment? #54 and #55 I agree no due process.
#58 heavy handed and punitive. Actually I think there are many aspects of this bill that seem heavy handed and punitive. On and on pretty much everything you have highlighted I have questioned
#92 If this bill passes they don't intend to allow you to have a choice of whether you participate or not. If you are dealing in more than 35 dogs/cats in a years time you have no choice.
You have voiced many of my concerns. I am not opposed to guidelines for breeding and regulation of puppy mills. I would love it if there was a way to encourage responsible pet ownership. I think it is shameful that we have so many homeless pets in our state. Many are put to sleep each year. Many are abanddoned. Some are killed by cars. Some starve to death. Some are killed by natural predators such as coyotes and bobcats. Some are shot by livestock owners protecting their livelyhood. All of that is something we humans have created through our negligence. Fortunately some are rescued by people and groups and given a second chance. That said I am not opposed to appropriate legislation. If there is a way to create responsible, intelligent legislation that respects the constitution, current federal law and uses guidelines that are clearly defined and rational that facilitates humane and responsible care of animals I would support it. HB 2745 is not that.
I called Denny's office on several occasions during 09 with questions. Her staff were very pleasant but not very helpful. Mainly they listened to me voice my concerns. One of her staff did ask her a question for me. My question pertained to the bills impact on rescues. For some of them I fear it will be cost prohibitive. I see them as part of the solution not part of the problem. All of the ones I know get the vet work done prior to adoption spay and neuter/shots/ heartworm check or treatment and prevention/general worming and any other health issue that needs to be addressed prior to adoption. They are not making a profit and they are saving the state money. She did not answer the question. She claimed the bill would only effect puppy mills. NOT according to her definitions that she uses in the bill. PERSONS refer to ANYONE that deals in more than 35 dogs or cats. I am not opposed to rescues having guidelines but I think it is wrong and inappropriate to lump them in with puppy mills.
Thank you for making the bill available and for your comments. I will be contacting my Senator.
(Reader sent a photo playing with a wonderful puppy. The child is a minor and as such we will not print the image) Yep that is one of the poor helpless, starving, confined, puppy mill animals that is raised in this puppy mill (what a load of crap). Take a look at that Denney, Anderson!!! Oh by the way that little girl will be on welfare with her grandmother that supports her. Just so you know, the state will again have to support the little children that people like me are working so hard for so we do not have to ask the state who is so far in debt for help.
No I don’t think some "big city" reporter (what a joke she is) would like a picture like this plastered all over the news. Well Thanks OKR for being the kind of paper that will publish the TRUTH not some crap that will win some moron an election. I am exhausted by this endless rampage of stupidity by our Senators and Representatives. But of course they will have a pension paid for by the state so what do they care. They in their infinite wisdom will only put the state deeper in debt. Wonder how some back woods hick figured that out and they can’t.
You know, I can’t help but wonder how the native’s felt, when some idiot took all their land and moved them to some place to let them starve. Welcome to Oklahoma. Well guess what they are at it again. The native’s after 100 years are a strong nation. Hum, how long will it take the working class of Oklahoma to figure it out, 100 years. Seems to me it will take that long for some people to realize their constitutional rights are being violated and stand together and so NO to the very government that is going to kill an entire industry.
Thanks for letting me vent my frustrations since no other media source wants to hear the truth. I would hope that some of the so called "State Representatives" would open their eyes and see the future. And another thought along these lines, when some poor individual that is only trying to do their jobs (because the wisdom of the state cannot create any) gets shot, well hum, wonder what the State will think of that. But as I was once told by a Representative for the State of Oklahoma. "I don’t care about your rights". Of course you don’t it will not be YOU who takes another man’s property or you who sends an entire family to the welfare lines.
YOU didn’t do it, did you? I so wish someone would ask these people these questions. But of course they are all knowing, because they have the largest voting district and "WE are Rural and don’t matter anyway". Well, as the OKR pointed out we are a nation of war. My grandfather protected his property with a Smith and Wesson, which I now own (try to take it), and I think now is the time in history for me to do the same.
I say to you, YOU WILL NOT VIOLATE MY RIGHTS, and yes I do know what they are, because unlike you (Representatives) I do care and will protect my own, my children, grandchildren and my rights as an American. As for the Governor, Shame on you. What are you thinking????
Thanks I feel all better now. from Oklahoma
From PJ, Oklahoma: Okay, let me see if I have this straight. At this time, in this economy, Oklahoma is in the hole, monetarily operating in the red. And this legislative session someone in their infinite wisdom thought it was a good idea to borrow against next year’s budget? Then on top of that, they felt that using half that borrowed amount on a dog breeders bill was a good idea! Who are these people!?
What did Oklahomans do? Did we in our ignorance vote in Burger King flippers and ditch diggers to take care of us because they bought us hot dogs one day at voting time? Rather than voting in the right person for the right job? So we actually voted for someone to take care of business for the state of Oklahoma without making sure they were qualified, such as someone with a BUSINESS DEGREE. So we voted in someone to take care of the tax money of Oklahomans and didn’t make sure he was someone with oh say an ACOUNTING DEGREE. This good old boy voting system Oklahoma has only being able to vote Republican or Democrat has come back to bite OK in the butt!
The only people voting now are the politicians. The rest of us don’t have a chance of saying who we feel is best qualified. And they could give a crap for anyone but the special interest groups that line their pockets. It is like voting in an entire family, retards and all! If you vote for the dad, you have to take the bi-polar mom, and retarded son with him. Im sorry, but this whole thing makes me wonder why we are even paying the people in charge of Oklahoma in the first place. Just to run things in the ground, hell we could do that on our own for free. With them making choices for "us", we are screwed. So without them, we certainly couldn’t do any worse. I cant wait for the rally day of "lets all not pay our taxes for one year" and see what happens. Are they going to put us all in jail, no, they cant afford it!
As someone who has raised animals all of my life, I can say (without a degree) that this is the most ignorant thing I have heard of yet. Oklahoma is an agricultural state where the animal husbandry education is passed on from generation to generation. And has been honed to perfection in most cases, not my opinion just because I live here. I have never asked anyone to take care of me, and have worked hard all of my life to be a proud, productive and functioning part of society. But Oklahoma urbanites have decided that they no longer want us to do that. Our rural skills and talents are no long appreciated. And they would rather follow the rambling lunacy of some special interest group such as the Humane Society of the United States for their insightful information. You are all being played for suckers. Oklahoma, are you stupid or what? And Gov. Henry is at the top of the list! Family values my ass, more like line my family's pocket is more like it. He is paying attention to those lunatics rather than you, and he is using your money to do it. Check out his little group of HSUS friends (not from Oklahoma by the way) he will be entertaining in the Capitol Mar 2, and doing it all with your money right under your noses. Give him a call and see if he will throw a party for you sometime.
My point is this… it is sad that in these economic times the people in charge of Oklahoma are making decisions with our borrowed money not to boost the economy or to make our lives better. No, instead they are making decisions for "US" with our money to give dogs rights! And they are people with ANIMAL HUSBANDRY degrees? NOOOO, they are ditch diggers and dry cleaner operators! Can someone slap them and let them know that there are so many other more important things to spend our money on?
Here is a thought, try investing our tax dollars in something that will BOOST our economy, not KILL it. And if anyone is paying attention… we do have one senator with an ANIMAL HUSBANDRY degree who is trying to do just that. Is anyone paying attention to that one?
Call your Governor and tell him what you think of his little party with HSUS out-of-towners. Tell him that you want him to support YOU, the taxpayer, and not some special interest group from Washington DC! Tell him you want him to support SB1340 if you think that animals will be treated fairly along with….and hold onto your seats for this concept… people being treated fairly! It was sponsored by Senator Ellis, with a devotion to Oklahoma agriculture, Oklahomans, and he has a degree in the subject. And is the ONLY ONE with your concerns and with Oklahomans in mind!
In conclusion OKC & Tulsa, think about this one… if Anderson and Denney don’t get run out of town for this one, and their bills are signed by the Governor, I will sell every animal I have and will jump on the welfare band wagon with everyone else who raises animals in rural Oklahoma.
In case you don’t get it… you people in OKC, and Tulsa better hold on. Your tax base is going to go through the roof this next year to pay for all the welfare recipients that those two idiots alone have run out of business. We all still have to eat, and you will be the one feeding us. And you will be the only ones burdened with the borrowed money for a state operating in the red.
Hope you will be happy that there are no more puppy mills in Oklahoma. Cause your all gonna be the ones paying the bill for it. BEFORE YOU VOTE, CHECK OUT THEIR CREDENTIALS! It will always cost you more than a free hot dog in the long run.
(Told You!)
Jennifer Loren Interview, Truth
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