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Why not legislate proper care? We legislate all sorts of things about pets already from how many a household can have, what kind of pets are allowed, what constitutes abuse, what you can and cannot do with your pet (ie: dog fights, etc.), what sort of responsibility you have if your pet attacks someone......the list goes on and on.
No, pets are not people, but they are living, breathing things that you have taken into your care by choice. You should be required to treat these living things humanly and if legislation is the only way to make stupid people get it through their heads that they need to care for their pets, then I'm all for it.
It certainly would be nicer if people were a bit more responsible and we didn't need legislation. But, sadly, people don't always make good choices.
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