This is for rescue
RESCUERS: Think PAWS won't effect you because you don't breed? THINK
AGAIN!
1) If you charge an "adoption" fee for that Lab puppy you accepted
from an owner because you have someone who wants it? You are a third
party broker and you might need a USDA license.
2) You rescued two pregnant bitches and a regent cat and there are
now 17 puppies and 8 kittens at your house and you are placing them
responsibly as fast as you can and charging an adoption fee or
giving them away-- you might need a USDA license.
3) If you come back from a run with animals you "adopted" for
someone else from a shelter on your way -- You are a third party
broker and you might need a USDA license.
4) If you are a rescuer and your friends bring their litters to you
to find home for them and you charge an "adoption" fee -- YOU might
need a USDA license.
5) If you are a rescuer who asks your friends to help "adopt" out
your animals and charge an adoption fee and one of your "friends"
turns you in, espe! cially if you are over any local limit law,
health
codes or whatever -- YOU might need a USDA license.
6) If you have a wonderful rescue Siamese that another rescuer wants
to "adopt" and your charge her an adoption fee like you charge all
your adoptors -- YOU might need a USDA license
7) You adopted a 1 week puppy that had been abandoned by its mother
for another rescuer from the local shelter and you immediately take
it to the rescuer to bottle feed because you know they will alter it
when the time comes and OPPS! The rescue comes into a silent heat a
3 or 4 months of age before the rescuer could get it spayed and it
has puppies. You just sold breeding stock -- YOU might need a USDA
license.
8)Â If "oops" you place a Labrador and its new owner decides to hunt
with it, YOU just sold a hunting dog â?" YOU might need a USDA
license.
9) If you rescue and breed, even one litter in a year -- YOU might
nee! d a USDA license.
10) If you rescue a number of animals and charge adoptions fee for
them and your rescue partner, who shows her dog and breeds and
raises more than three litters in one year in her home -- YOU BOTH
might need USDA licenses.
11) If you have a private rescue and foster and place animals, for
which you charge an "adoption" fee to help with expenses â?" YOU
might
need a USDA license.
12) If you are a small private rescue and place more than 25 animals
a year for which you charge an adoption fee & you finally break down
and buy yourself that Poodle you have ALWAYS wanted from a breeder
in Canada (only a few miles from your home in the US) and a couple
of your friends ask you to bring them back a poodle pup too â?" YOU
might need a USDA license!
13) If you rescue and somehow end up with more unaltered animals
than the law allows â?" YOU might need a USDA license.
14) If you think "it is not! my problem, we should regulate Puppy
Mills". . . YOU might need a USDA license because DORIS DAY ANIMAL
LEAGUE vs VENEMAN ANN will be in Court again and the USDA will be
coming after YOU too!
AND, IF YOU THINK YOU MIGHT BE COVERED BY THE AWA, HERE ARE A FEW
REQUIREMENTS, HAND PICKED TO CATCH YOUR ATTENTION ESPECIALLY IF YOU
KEEP RESCUES INSIDE YOUR HOME, THAT MIGHT HELP CONVINCE YOU
THAT "PAWS" CAN AND WILL HURT RESCUE:
(1) Interior surfaces, including floors and walls of indoor housing
facilities, and any other surfaces in contact with the animals, must
be impervious to moisture. The ceilings of indoor housing facilities
must be impervious to moisture or be replaceable, i.e., a suspended
ceiling with replaceable panels!
(2) All surfaces in contact with the dogs and cats to be readily
cleaned and sanitized in accordance with AWA, or be replaceable when
worn or soiled;
(3) Housekeeping of premises (building! s and grounds) must be kept
clean and in good repair in order to protect the animals from injury
and to facilitate the prescribed husbandry practices. . .
Does that sound like a lot of work? Don't worry, unless you only
rescue a small number of animals, you won't be alone, because you
will also be required to have a sufficient number of adequately
trained employees to maintain a professionally acceptable level of
husbandry practices as set forth in the AWA. Such practices shall be
under a supervisor who has a background in animal care. Oh, you
don't have a background in "animal care?" Too bad!
4) Drainage is another "fun" requirement -- a suitable sanitary
method shall be provided to eliminate rapidly, excess water from
indoor housing facilities. If drains are used, they shall be
properly constructed and kept in good repair to avoid foul odors and
installed so as to prevent any backup of sewage. The method of
drainage ! shall comply with applicable Federal, State, and local
laws
and regulations relating to pollution control or the protection of
the environment.
(5) In fact, EVERYTHING you do must comply with all applicable
Federal, State, and local laws and regulations relating to pollution
control or the protection of the environment. Are you keeping a few
too many animals? Well, that will just have to stop! Local laws
require separate drain if you have 3 or more animals, even if they
are hamsters, and rescue a bird that fell out of its nest too early?
Too bad! Time to hire a Contractor!
AND THERE 90+ MORE PAGES OF SIMILAR REQUIREMENTS FOR YOU TO COMPLY
WITH! Check them out at:
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ac/cfr/9cfr3.html#3.2
OPPOSE PAWS! Stop It In Committee!!!!