[ SHOWGSD-L ] PUPS Bill CAPWIZ for your convenience

From: Stormy Hope <Stormy435@xxxxxxx>
To: The List <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 08:34:04 -0700
http://capwiz.com/pijac/issues/alert/?alertid=15109501
Action Alert
PUPS Bill Reintroduced In U.S. Congress
** Animal Welfare Act To Be Amended **
The Issue.
Senator Richard J. Durbin (D-IL) and Representative Samuel S. Farr (D- 
CA) introduced companion bills in the Senate and House of  
Representatives, respectively, titled the Puppy Uniform Protection and  
Safety Act (PUPS).  This legislation amending the Animal Welfare Act  
(AWA), which was introduced in similar form in the 110th Congress,  
would modify the current retail exemption relative to "high volume  
breeders" and incorporate new requirements for the exercise of dogs,  
including facility standards for exercise areas. In introducing the  
bill, Senator Durbin specifically pointed to the recently released  
USDA Inspector General's report addressing AWA enforcement by the  
federal agency, saying the bill "will close the loophole that allows  
large breeders to sell puppies online, escaping inspection and  
oversight."  Although there are no reliable figures as to the extent  
of puppy sales online in the United States, such sales have been  
raised as a concern in recent years.

The Impact.
When the AWA was first amended to regulate pet dealers , an exemption  
for pet retailers was included in the law. This exemption has stood  
for 40 years, notwithstanding other amendments to the Act. Subject to  
limited exceptions, persons who breed and sell warm-blooded animals as  
pets at wholesale are required to be licensed with the Animal and  
Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), while those selling such  
animals to the public (as retailers) are not. If PUPS is adopted into  
law, this longstanding retail exemption would for the first time be  
modified in the federal statute to bring a certain group of retailers  
under the AWA. Specifically, anyone qualifying as a "high volume  
retail breeder" would be required to become licensed and be subject to  
applicable provisions of the AWA.

Under PU PS, a high volume retail breeder is defined as any person  
"who, in commerce, for compensation or profit,

(i) has an ownership interest in or custody of 1 or more breeding  
female dogs; and


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