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Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals

posted by martyb on Monday December 31 2018, @02:28AM   Printer-friendly
from the can-you-lease-a-pet,-instead? dept.

takyon writes:

Californian law change means pet shops can sell only rescued animals

California is set to become the first state in the US to ban the sale of non-rescue animals in pet shops.

The new law, known as AB 485, takes effect on 1 January. Any businesses violating it face a $500 (£400) fine.

The change means cats, dogs and rabbits sold by retailers cannot be sourced from breeders, only from animal shelters.

Animal rights groups have heralded it as a step forward against so-called "kitten factories" and "puppy mills".

Previously: California Commercial Pet Breeding Law Passed, Signed

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  • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 31 2018, @10:15AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 31 2018, @10:15AM (#780207)

    Just like every other breed of dog? You don't like pit bulls because you're racist, not because they're actually bad dogs.

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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by Sulla on Monday December 31 2018, @09:37PM (1 child)

    by Sulla (5173) on Monday December 31 2018, @09:37PM (#780392) Journal

    https://www.dogsbite.org/dog-bite-statistics-multi-year-fatality-report-2005-2017.php [dogsbite.org]

    Summary: In the 13-year period of January 1, 2005 to December 31, 2017, canines killed at least 433 Americans. Pit bulls contributed to 66% of these deaths. Rottweilers, the second leading canine killer, inflicted 10% of attacks that resulted in human death. Combined, two dog breeds accounted for 76% of the total recorded deaths. [Table 1]

    This report examines the breeds of dogs involved in fatal attacks on humans, age groups and genders of the victims, the number of dogs involved, family and dog relationships, property statistics, household and time factors, criminal prosecutions following lethal dog attacks and states with the most occurrences. This report also examines the changing metrics in U.S. fatal dog attacks since the CDC last examined this issue (1979 to 1998).

    Today, when averaging the last 3 years (2015 to 2017), pit bulls comprise about 6.5% of the total U.S. dog population. This is a 63% rise since the 3-year period of 2010 to 2012 when the total U.S. pit bull population was estimated to be 4%.

    Pit bulls appear to be an especially violent breed. Maybe they are just prone to a genetic illness that we yet haven't confirmed that makes them snap. When talking about German Shepherd or Rottweiler (15% of the deaths) people often remark that you must train them especially well to make them a good family dog, yet when it comes to pit bulls everyone bats their eyes and says they are all loving and innocent. Pit bulls need to be viewed in the same light as the other two breeds. Shepherds are known for getting problematic in their old age when their senses start to fail and they start getting aggressive, probably their defensive mechanism. Pit bulls can be kind and loving for a couple years then decide they want to kill the kids, babysitter, or teenager.

    A breakdown of adults fatally attacked by pit bulls follows: Pit bulls inflicted 91% (21) of all dog bite deaths in the 10-29 age group; 72% (36) in the 30-49 age group; 74% (56) in the 50-69 age group; and 66% (50) in the ≥70 age group.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 02 2019, @12:18AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 02 2019, @12:18AM (#780797)

      But the death statistics imply that pit bulls are less violent than human beings, given that they only resulted in a few hundred deaths among their race (which has to have a few hundred thousand to million members in the US)

      As others said, you're racist, for the same reasons other people are racist against humans: Because a combination fo the culture the other humans were raised in, and because the establishment is selling you a narrative.

      I can tell you for a fact, while some does will go crazy, the majority of them only do from psychological trauma inflicted when they were younger. I've had three dog who had things that scared them from running and barking at it, to running and hiding under a table.

      A friend has a dog that was owned by meth heads who abused it frequently until his mom stole it away. The dog has only ever warmed up to him and her in the years since, being scared of every other person it meets unless they have been kind to it for weeks or months, and avoids other dogs as much as possible (and yes he has attempted to socialize it, its fears are deep rooted and cause increasing anxiety if kept around others for prolonged periods.)

      Pitbulls in particular seem to get abusive owners, as did rottweilers and dobermans in the past, likely leading to more violent outbursts from them than others due to deep seated psychological trauma. Just because they aren't human doesn't mean they can't remember traumatic experiences and last out accordingly. That is a simple ,matter of neurological biology.