(06-23-2021, 02:54 AM)p_rushing Wrote:

(06-22-2021, 10:30 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: It's not government overreach if the humane treatment of a domestic animal is being violated. It's just basic humanity.

Abusing humans should face worse punishment than against animals. I'm all for treating anything in your care humanely but you can't force people to treat things how you think they should. Length of leash, not leaving your dog alone outside, etc are all great responsible dog owner rules, but they aren't laws. If you treat your dog bad and it does something bad, you are responsible.

Look at laws for people having kids. It would be great if poor, single women stopped having kids they can't support. You may not agree with their choices and how they raise their kids, but nothing criminal is happening. You shouldn't create laws where no one is being directly harmed.

You may feel it is terrible and the dog may have a bad life but unless there is harm you can't stop someone from owning a dog; just like you can't stop people from having kids.

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Nobody said otherwise. That has nothing to do with this particular bill. When people are abused, they face much stiffer punishments.

They could've and should've been laws, if not for the heartless governor. Humane treatment of animals should just be a basic right of all domestic creatures. How can we be humane, if people like this governor veto laws that both Democrats and Republicans agree on. He had no reason to veto it. He was just being a d-nozzle and it's gonna come back to haunt him. 

Agreed, but what does this have to do with animal abuse laws? 

But with people like this incompetent governor, we'll never have laws on the books preventing animal abusers from continuing their bad behavior.

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