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[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 53 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Along with mandatory spay/neuter. Make it a crime to intentionally avoid spaying and neutering cats and dogs.

Oh, you're a breeder? I used to work at a no kill animal shelter. You're the bane of my, and every stray animal's, existence. FUCK animal breeders.

[–] Alto@kbin.social 28 points 1 year ago

Remember folks, adopt, don't shop. Not only is it just significantly more moral, mutts are far less likely to have health issues from inbreeding that will shorten their lives. You get more time with your four legged loved ones

[–] Rhaedas@kbin.social 17 points 1 year ago

And the pet stores that buy from those breeders.

[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, if such a campaign is ever completely successful, along with one for capturing or fixing stray and feral animals, there would need to be some amount of breeding of them or they'd eventually go extinct. Perhaps with regulation on both practices that lead to unnecessary health problems (like inbreeding or breeding for harmful traits like squashed faces) and on numbers to avoid breeding more of a specific sort of animal than there exists demand for.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Maybe add a safeguard to it, so that when local animal shelters are at 10% capacity the regulation is temporarily lifted or something. Realistically, it would never be totally successful anyway.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are you confusing 'breeder' with 'pet mill'? Ghetto breeding was horrible to my family involved in animal care and salvation. Actual breeders, though, not so much.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm talking about anyone who intentionally takes an unneutered male animal and an unspayed female animal and intentionally puts them together to make and sell babies. Especially inbreeders. The only purebred animal that I can accept is sheepdogs, because they aren't bred for looks, they're bred for intelligence.