Opinion Piece In Sydney Morning Herald - Puppy Farms

[Souff]

Souff I was not promoting this rally ...... what I was TRYING to do was to make people aware that it is taking place, so they could come along, but hopefully there will be responsible people who care enough about breeding and owning dogs who will make the effort to attend and at least listen and see what these people have to say as it is they who will have the media’s attention, just like Don Burke did a few years ago.

Pointless after the event to say “Oh I wished I had known it was on I would have said this or I would have said that” .... yer well the dog world appears to be full of gunna’s ...... and it is about time people got off theirs bums and starting fighting for their rights and not sitting back and expecting others to do it for them, only to then criticize those who tried. But that old saying, if you don't do anything you can't get criticized, and ain’t that so of so many dog owners and breeders in general.

Fair enough. I do hope that the dog breeding clubs of Victoria can get somebody there to counter Hinch, if he is coming from where I think he will be coming from.

As far as I know he is not a politician but an aging Melbourne radio "personality" who loves publicity. Rather like PETA actually.

I hope good Victorian dog breeders can stand up and loudly say that there IS a better way and that is that all breeders must be registered so they are at least VISIBLE and can be regulated.

It is not the ideal, but it is better than anything that Australia currently has .... we are a country where anyone can put two dogs together, no matter what the consequences. Shame, shame, shame.

Souff

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Edited August 16, 2010 by Souff

[tarope]

Not wanting to appear stupid, but who/what is Clifford? I am new to DOL and although have never really been a fan of the RSPCA I am still learning about the depths to which they have sunk.

This was one of the lowest acts the R$PCA have done, poor Clifford a Pitbull never had a chance. Poor Clifford was thrown from a car in Sydney in 2004, emaciated and injured he was taken to the R$PCA the society that claims to care for all creatures great and small.

The R$PCA said please donate as much as you can to help poor Clifford and raised about $3500, then announced this poor dog had suddenly become aggressive or some BS to that effect and PTS poor Clifford and kept the money.

Why was poor Clifford PTS ? Because the R$PCA does not rehome Pitbulls that's why. :D Shame, Shame, Shame R$PCA.

Why did they not euthanize as soon as they recei ed him, if that is their policy??? :) :p

Not that I'm saying I agree with the policy (which imo is ridiculous), but why make poor clifford suffer if he was to be PTS anyway?

The R$PCA used this poor dog to get as many donations as possible, as this is all they care about and played on the public's sympathy then killed poor Clifford when they couldn't get any more money. ;) Remember this happened in 2004, but it wasn't till 2006 that the state Government changed the law making it illegal to sell or rehome Pitbulls.

This means poor Clifford a pitbull who had done nothing wrong was murdered by the R$PCA for money, and of course their policy.

The R$PCA does not think the Pitbull is suitable to have as a pet and claim that this breed would not be happy in this environment, as the document below states. I wonder how many other breeds the R$PCA think are not suitable as family pets. Next time someone wants to give a donation to this evil society, please tell them about poor Clifford.

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Edited August 17, 2010 by tarope

[Julie R]

Not wanting to appear stupid, but who/what is Clifford? I am new to DOL and although have never really been a fan of the RSPCA I am still learning about the depths to which they have sunk.

This was one of the lowest acts the R$PCA have done, poor Clifford a Pitbull never had a chance. Poor Clifford was thrown from a car in Sydney in 2004, emaciated and injured he was taken to the R$PCA the society that claims to care for all creatures great and small.

The R$PCA said please donate as much as you can to help poor Clifford and raised about $3500, then announced this poor dog had suddenly become aggressive or some BS to that effect and PTS poor Clifford and kept the money.

Why was poor Clifford PTS ? Because the R$PCA does not rehome Pitbulls that's why. Shame, Shame, Shame R$PCA.

Why did they not euthanize as soon as they recei ed him, if that is their policy??? ;) ;)

Not that I'm saying I agree with the policy (which imo is ridiculous), but why make poor clifford suffer if he was to be PTS anyway?

The R$PCA used this poor dog to get as many donations as possible, as this is all they care about and played on the public's sympathy then killed poor Clifford when they couldn't get any more money. Remember this happened in 2004, but it wasn't till 2006 that the state Government changed the law making it illegal to sell or rehome Pitbulls.

This means poor Clifford a pitbull who had done nothing wrong was murdered by the R$PCA for money, and of course their policy.

The R$PCA does not think the Pitbull is suitable to have as a pet and claim that this breed would not be happy in this environment, as the document below states. I wonder how many other breeds the R$PCA think are not suitable as family pets. Next time someone wants to give a donation to this evil society, please tell them about poor Clifford.

Edited August 17, 2010 by Pam