Mgt520 Administrative Law Assignment
Administrative Law Assignment
MGMT520
05/18/2013
Agency
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
This regulation interests me because I am an advocate for animal rights and against pet store animal cruelty. It will affect thousands of animals sold at retail pet stores and the consumers who will purchase these animals. Retail pet stores will be held to stricter regulations when trying to sell animals, therefore there will be a slight price increase passed on to the consumer due to the increased regulations.
Retail pet stores are not required to be licensed and inspected under the Animal Welfare Act (AWA). This regulation is proposing the revision of what is meant by a retail pet store and to bring more animals sold in a retail pet store under the protection of the Animal Welfare Act.
Specifically, the definition of ‘retail pet store’ would be changed so that it means a place of business or residence that each buyer physically enters in order to personally observe the animals available for sale prior to purchase and/or to take custody of the animals after purchase, and where only certain animals are sold or offered for sale, at retail, for use as pets. There is also a proposed increase from three to four the number of breeding female dogs, cats, and/or small exotic or wild mammals that a person may maintain on his or her premises and be exempt from the licensing and inspection requirements if he or she sells only the offspring of those animals born and raised on his or her premises, for pets or exhibition. This exemption would apply regardless of whether those animals are sold at retail or wholesale. This proposed rule is necessary to ensure that animals sold at retail are monitored for their health and humane treatment and to concentrate our regulatory efforts on those facilities that present the greatest risk of noncompliance with the regulations.
Following is the comment I would submit:
I am
MGMT520
05/18/2013
Agency
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
This regulation interests me because I am an advocate for animal rights and against pet store animal cruelty. It will affect thousands of animals sold at retail pet stores and the consumers who will purchase these animals. Retail pet stores will be held to stricter regulations when trying to sell animals, therefore there will be a slight price increase passed on to the consumer due to the increased regulations.
Retail pet stores are not required to be licensed and inspected under the Animal Welfare Act (AWA). This regulation is proposing the revision of what is meant by a retail pet store and to bring more animals sold in a retail pet store under the protection of the Animal Welfare Act.
Specifically, the definition of ‘retail pet store’ would be changed so that it means a place of business or residence that each buyer physically enters in order to personally observe the animals available for sale prior to purchase and/or to take custody of the animals after purchase, and where only certain animals are sold or offered for sale, at retail, for use as pets. There is also a proposed increase from three to four the number of breeding female dogs, cats, and/or small exotic or wild mammals that a person may maintain on his or her premises and be exempt from the licensing and inspection requirements if he or she sells only the offspring of those animals born and raised on his or her premises, for pets or exhibition. This exemption would apply regardless of whether those animals are sold at retail or wholesale. This proposed rule is necessary to ensure that animals sold at retail are monitored for their health and humane treatment and to concentrate our regulatory efforts on those facilities that present the greatest risk of noncompliance with the regulations.
Following is the comment I would submit:
I am