Posted
June 15, 2007, 12:16PM
by
mkl
From looking at the photo, it seems that many of the Schmucker supporters are Amish or Mennonite; I am very surprised that they have not caught on to what is going on down there ... they are usually pretty in tune with nature and right and wrong.
Posted
June 17, 2007, 10:22AM
by
Joy
magazine ran a feature article on the Amish and puppy mills in the
September 2005 issue.
Posted
June 05, 2007, 8:59PM
by
ruthy92
What about the fact that this breeder did not report income or pay taxes for those many years that it was unlicensed?
Why do local governments allow illegal businesses to steal.
if God said we have dominion over animals i really don’t think he meant for us to hurt them for the bible states every living thing is God's creation so to harm any creature for any other use then food is like spitting in the face of God.
Posted
June 12, 2007, 2:25PM
by
kendra
hmm....God also supposedly gave dominion of the British people to the royal family. I guess that makes it okay for Queen Elizabeth to lock her people in cages with their own filth and breed them over and over. And I guess it also makes it okay to do experiments on them until they die horribly painful and lonely deaths. Oh and of course, let's not forget, it also makes it okay for her to ship them off to the butcher's and turn them into hamburger meat, right?
Ugh, I am so tired of that excuse. The exact same bull-arcky was used for slavery as well as child and spousal abuse. That still doesn't make them okay, though, does it? I don't understand how we can go to countries like Iraq and tell the leaders there that they are torturing their people when we are still doing worse to our animals. Grrrr!!!
Posted
June 05, 2007, 9:5AM
by
dayala
does anyone know what the outcome was from the
hearing.
Denise
Posted
June 06, 2007, 11:30AM
by
laura
The outcome is set out in the latest update at the top of the story. The Commn voted unanimously to allow the permit but included 14 requirements including that cages must be 40% larger, something Best Friends advocated in the event they did issue the permit. Best Friends also advocated limits on breeding and maybe if the Board of Supervisors agree the Schmuckers should get a permit, they will vote to limit the breeding of female dogs. Let the Bd. know they should not issue this permit and if they do, they should include limits on breeding. For more information read the story above and the updates.
On the taxes, yes, there are allegations of unpaid taxes and that may be pursued before state agencies as well. Laura
Posted
June 14, 2007, 5:58PM
by
ruthy92
Just wanted to point out that in some of these areas, child labor has been an issue and a question
(referring to earlier comment about belief that God gives dominion also over spouses, children, etc)
I've heard (sorry, can't remember where) that the translation of the original texts ended up with "Dominion" however people studying the ancient languages said that a more literal (or accurate) translation really should say "care taker".
Also, I have seen a number of references to Amish regularly associated with Puppy Mills. For example
http://www.religioustolerance.org/amish8.htm . I have no idea if it's a religious thing or a society or lifestyle or what... or if it really isn't any more prevelant in their culture than in any other one.
Since the BF Magazine has been running religious articles, perhaps an article that compares and contrasts the statements that people make, with religious texts as a back up, and how they are either wrong, inaccurate or not applicable in the "modern" age would be a good topic.