RI approved rules effective April 2010

[Sariel]

I can understand you may not mind, my question it what gives the government the right?

I am definatly against animal abuse, but thats a problem a community should handle not a government. When we the people do for ourselves, things get done. When the government tries to do for us. Things get worse.

Honestly I don't have alot of money, and I hate having to bow to some worthless politician who has the IQ of a goldfish and getting some permit and paying a fee. I probably could not afford this fee. And I work hard to take good care of my animals.

Plus as with all government offices you can bet the test would make no sense, and getting the permit would take forever. And it would be hard to find out even where to get one.

Requiring permits would hurt the industry.



I don't want this to sound like an attack. Because your an individual with the right to have your own opinions. I am just passionate about this.

Oh Im not mad at all, but I do enjoy a discussion with differing points of view from time to time.

That said I agree that it should be the responsibility of the providers <breeders, middlemen, shippers, stores> to ensure that they arent simply selling living, and potentially dangerous animals to anyone ignorant soul whos misguided to buy one for whatever reason, without taking the time to be sure they can and know how to care for it properly.
but theres not, and theres so much sale going to people who shouldnt be owning these animals with little being done to moderate it. At some point I am ok with the government stepping in to handle it, since no one else will. I agree they arent always as efficient about handling problems as they should be, but in my ideal world when I say this, I envision them appointing people with knowledge of the field to decide guidelines for licensing and testing.

In a nutshell what Im trying to say is, you can only say its the communities job for so long, while the community isnt handling it.