Reply #35: Having had experience with them (see post #10) I don't think that breeding [View All]

[Lorien]

them should be legal. They are neither domestic or fully wild, so they will never be comfortable in either environment.

As for breeders; I don't have a problem with hobby breeders who want to keep a particular breed of dog or cat around, as long as they only have a litter or two a year. The problem I have is with those who allow their pets to breed because they are either too cheap or lazy to spay/ neuter, or because they want their kids to see the "miracle of life" (yes, I've actually heard this argument on THIS BOARD). I believe that spaying and neutering should be MANDATORY for all pets over the age of six months. Laws to that effect have already been passed in some areas, but it's not enough. Breeders should be certified and limited in the number of animals they are permitted to produce each year, thus putting an end to "mills". Health inspections should be done yearly. Feral animals will always produce offspring, so such laws would never completely eliminate pet adoptions. In a perfect world, no pet would even be born that didn't have a home waiting for it in the first place.