[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: [ SHOWGSD-L ] From Frank Losey - PUPS - - MISPLACED CONGRESSIONAL PRIORITIES - - THE “ART OF FINESSE!”
- From: "Pam Stoesser" <pkstoesser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:06:11 -0500
The full article has been added as a PDF to GSDCA.org where it may be
downloaded and/or printed. The link is
http://gsdca.org/images/pdf_items/PUPS_and_nursingHomes.pdf
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> CONGRESSIONAL PRIORITIES - - THE “ART OF FINESSE!”
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> Please contact me for the rest of the article (.doc)
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> PUPS - - MISPLACED CONGRESSIONAL PRIORITIES - - THE “ART OF FINESSE!”
>
> QUESTION: WHEN WILL NURSING HOMES BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THE SAME
> LEVEL OF CARE FOR LOVED ONES AS IS PROVIDED TO DOGS?
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> As of August 15, 2011, 128 Members of Congress (24%) have either
> sponsored or co-sponsored PUPS - - a Legislative Bill that would amend
> the Animal Welfare Act and establish even more stringent care
> standards for all Federally Licensed and Inspected Dog Breeders than
> currently exist.
>
> Here it is significant to note that if PUPS were enacted, it would set
> the stage for the HSUS to “push” and “pressure” the USDA to extend
> coverage of the Animal Welfare Act to hobby breeders as well.
>
> The existing standards for dogs, as set out in the implementing Animal
> Welfare Regulation, are very detailed as to the precise quality of
> care that must be provided for each and every dog and puppy, as well
> as exacting requirements that, among other things, include precise
> “comfort” limitations on the temperatures maintained for the sheltered
> housing of dogs. In this regard, Section 3.3 of the Animal Welfare
> Regulation provides that “sheltered housing facilities for dogs . . .
> must be sufficiently cooled when necessary to protect dogs . . . from
> temperature or humidity extremes and to provide for their health and
> well being.” This same provision further provides that the “ambient
> temperature must not . . . rise above 85 (degrees F) for more than 4
> hours when . . . dogs are present. The preceding requirements are in
> addition to, not in place of, all other requirements pertaining to
> climatic conditions in parts 2 and 3 of this Chapter.” Furthermore,
> to ensure strict compliance with all provisions of the Animal Welfare
> Act, and its implementing Regulation, the Department of Agriculture is
> required to ensure that all Federally Licensed Breeders are in full
> compliance with the Animal Welfare Act and its implementing Regulation
> through the use of a detailed Federal Inspection Program which
> includes periodic, no notice inspections by Federal Inspectors of
> every Federally Licensed Dog Kennel in the entire U.S.
>
> In contrast, while the U.S. Congress did enact the Nursing Home Reform
> Act in 1987, neither that Act nor its implementing Regulation that
> exists today - - nearly 25 years after Congress enacted the Nursing
> Home Reform Act - - establish Standards of Care for our Loved Ones,
> who must spend the twilight of their lives in Nursing Homes, with the
> same degree of detail as currently exists in the implementing
> Regulation to the Animal Welfare Act that explicitly establishes the
> required and detail care for dogs.
>
>
> Please contact me for the rest of the article (.doc)
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