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http://www.naiaonline.org/articles/article/the-usda-proposed-rule-and-you
I've seen several alerts on this and the questions seem to be:
Proposed rule changes:
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-05-16/pdf/2012-11839.pdf
USDA Fact Sheet on Proposed Rule
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/publications/animal_welfare/2012/retail_pets_faq.pdf
I've seen several alerts on this and the questions seem to be:
- the definition of breeding bitch;
- how the regulations would treat shared ownership interests in breeding bitches between parties living on separate premises;
- how the consequences of these rules could prove fatal to the rarer breeds, where maintaining genetic diversity is so critically important;
- practices, which under the proposed rule would cause a breed enthusiast to lose their exemption;
- selling even one dog remotely, even to a repeat purchaser, even in a rare breed where consumers and breeders are separated by hundreds or thousands of miles.
- selling even one puppy taken in lieu of a stud fee or from a co-owned breeding bitch (selling puppies not bred or raised on seller’s premises).
Proposed rule changes:
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-05-16/pdf/2012-11839.pdf
USDA Fact Sheet on Proposed Rule
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/publications/animal_welfare/2012/retail_pets_faq.pdf