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Florida Alert: Contact Legislators Today in Opposition to Extreme Anti-Breeder Legislation

Florida lawmakers need to hear your comments of opposition immediately to extreme breeder bills that will impact you.

Senate Bill 1830 and House Bill 1481 seek to require state licensing and regulation of anyone in Florida who owns or possess an intact female dog that is six months old or older, and who offers puppies from its breeding for sale. Under the bill, any intact female more than six months old would be presumed to be used for breeding purposes.

AKC opposes both SB 1830 and HB 1481.

RECENT ATTEMPT TO CIRCUMVENT PUBLIC COMMENT?

Yesterday, a Florida Senate committee considered Senate Bill 494, which seeks to create a statewide database of animal cruelty violators. When the bill was taken up by the committee, Senator Jonathan Martin, acting as committee chair, introduced then quickly withdrew an amendment to SB 494. The amendment would have added the entirety of Senate Bill 1830 to the text of SB 494. Senator Martin is also the primary sponsor of SB 1830.

If the text of Sen. Martin’s amendment had been adopted and the committee approved SB 494, the public, including those who would be impacted by the breeder regulation requirements, would have been denied a crucial opportunity to publicly provide comments to legislators about the negative impacts of these bills.

While neither bill has received committee consideration yet during this legislative session, it is now imperative that anyone potentially impacted by these bills contact members of the Florida Legislature to share their objections to SB 1830 and HB 1481.

TAKE ACTION TODAY – CALL AND EMAIL YOUR FLORIDA LAWMAKERS

All concerned Florida residents, especially those who could be regulated under SB 1830 and HB 1481, are strongly encouraged to email and call both their Florida state senator and state representative to share objections and respectfully request they oppose these bills or the bills’ language should they be included in other legislation. If your call is not answered, please leave a voicemail detailing your name, city, and “I oppose SB 1830/HB 1481 and as your constituent, I respectfully request you oppose either bill or any other bill that may have SB 1830/HB 1481’s text attached. Thank you.”

To find:
Your Florida state representative, go here, enter your address, and click Find Your Elected Officials.
Your Florida state senator, go here, enter your address, and click Search.
Talking points to add to your emails/calls are listed after the SAMPLE EMAIL TEXT.

SAMPLE EMAIL/CALL TEXT

Dear State Senator ________ / State Representative ______,

I am a resident of _______, and strongly oppose SB 1830 and HB 1481 and related bills, which would regulate everyone with an intact female dog in Florida. I respectfully ask you to join me in opposing this package of extremist and overreaching legislation. Legislation seeking to regulate dog breeders should be of appropriate scope and be developed in consultation with responsible purebred dog breeders.

[ADD TALKING POINTS FROM BELOW HERE]

I respectfully urge you to vote against both SB 1830 and/or HB 1481 should you have the opportunity to vote on either bill; or against any bill that may have SB 1830’s or HB 1481’s language attached to.

Thank you,

[Your name] [Your city/town] [Your phone number and/or email address]

ADDITIONAL TALKING POINTS AGAINST SB 1830 and HB 1481

  • Compassion for animals does not require treating everyone with an intact female dog as suspect.
  • This measure incentivizes juvenile spaying, which recent research demonstrates can have long-term harmful impacts on a pet due to lack of proper hormonal development for growth. Scientific studies have linked early spays (ovariohysterectomy) to osteosarcoma, hemangiosarcoma, and other types of cancer later in life as well as to a variety of musculoskeletal issues; to incontinence, one of the biggest causes for dogs ending up in shelters; and to reduced lifespans.
  • SB 1830 and HB 1481 would presume everyone with an intact female dog over six months of age must be regulated by the state. The number of individuals to be regulated is unknown, but would likely create one of the biggest regulated groups in Florida.
  • Hobby breeders and occasional breeders would be subject to regulation under SB 1830 and HB 1481. Generally speaking, governments do not regulate hobbies.
  • SB 1830 and HB 1481 are threats to my privacy because they would allow people not employed by any state or local government to inspect my home. The bills would also create a database of dog breeders that would likely include breeders’ addresses. Regulated breeders could then be easily targeted by bad actors who steal dogs to flip them for quick profit and by anti-breeder activists whose popular tactics include harassing breeders to disturb their lawful activities.
  • SB 1830 and HB 1481 would allow local governments and rescue organizations to develop breeder standards, and would include at minimum federal standards for dog breeders. Florida’s dog breeders who have expertise and knowledge to share about dog breeding and animal husbandry would not have any say in the development of breeder rules. On top of that, the federal breeder standards required by these bills are designed for commercial entities, but these bills would require them to be implemented in my home.
  • The rules to be developed would also require limits on the number of breeding females a dog breeder could have, and limits on the number of times a breeding female may be bred annually. I believe local governments should determine the appropriate number of dogs a person or facility may have, and that breeding frequency should be determined by a dog’s owner and veterinarian.
  • Frighteningly, SB 1830 and HB 1481 would place a bounty on me. They would reward those who report breeders for suspected violations to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The bills do not require the reports to be attested to or substantiated in any way, and allow funding for the rewards to be paid by private organizations, including anti-breeder groups. In my view, private money should stay out of enforcement activities.

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