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Goodbye to Hounds Part II
(continued)
Oregon
Oregon House Bill 2470 would:
• Prohibit anyone from owning, possessing, controlling or having charge of more than 25 sexually intact dogs over the age of four months. This requirement would destroy the life work of many dedicated hobby breeders, and drive almost every professional handler, trainer and boarding kennel operator out of business.
• Require anyone who owns, possesses, controls or has charge of 10 or more sexually intact dogs over four months of age to follow standards of care designed for commercial breeding kennels. These include removing a dog from its kennel twice a day for two hours of exercise.
• Define anyone who raises three litters of puppies a year, or sells more than 20 dogs or puppies a year, as a pet dealer. Kennel owners who are classified as pet dealers (which includes the majority of serious hobbyists) must provide veterinary examinations of every dog or puppy that is sold. In addition, the legislation provides a series of complex documentation and disclosures to buyers for every dog or puppy that is sold.
• Create a “lemon law” offering complex legal protections to anyone who buys a dog or puppy, for 30 days after the sale, if the dog is diagnosed with a disease, illness or condition that a veterinarian certifies is likely to have been contacted before the sale. Hereditary conditions (which are not defined) are covered for two years after the sale. The guarantees include replacing the dog, refunding money, and paying for the costs of veterinary care, legal fees or burial.
• Require records to be kept on every dog for at least one year, posting notices about the rights of the buyer, and providing the buyer with a written statement of his or her rights.
• And provide criminal charges of a Class B Misdemeanor, which carries penalties of fines up to $2,500 and imprisonment for up to six months.
Here is a link to the text of HB 2470: http://landru.leg.state.or.us/09reg...470.intro.html.
HB 2470 is sponsored by Representatives Paul Holvey and Sara Gelser, and Senators Peter Courtney and Vicki Walker. It is cosponsored by Reps. Peter Buckley, Jean Cowan, Larry Galizio, Garrard (not listed on website, first name not available), Greg Matthews, Mike Schaufler and Brad Witt, and Sen. Floyd Prozanski.
The American Sporting Dog Alliance is urging all Oregon dog owners to contact sponsors and cosponsors of HB 2470 and ask them to withdraw the bill and/or withdraw their support of it. We also are asking Oregonians to contact their own senators and representatives to voice strong opposition.
In addition, please contact the members of the Consumer Protection Committee, which received the bill on Feb. 3 and must vote on it before it advances for consideration (committee hearings are likely but have not yet been announced). The members are: Rep. Paul Holvey, Chair; Rep. Chuck Riley, Vice-Chair; Rep. Jim Weidner, Vice-Chair; and Reps. Brent Barton, Jean Cowan, Vic Gilliam, Wayne Krieger, Greg Matthews, Carolyn Tomei and Matt Wingard.
This link gives the names of all representatives (click on a name or scroll down to find contact information): http://www.leg.state.or.us/house/. This is the contact link for the senators: http://www.leg.state.or.us/senate/.
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