[FEL-L] USDA no more declawing or defanging!

[ben willis]

> 
> This is just one of a whole plethora of new
> requirements designed to do
> nothing but drive up the cost of keeping animals.

This rule doesn't compel anyone to do anything, so
there's no "requirement".


>I am not so much opposed to not declawing as I am to
the fact that the government no longer allows a
choice.

I don't believe anyone has suggested that the removal
of claws should become mandatory in keeping felines.
It was the matter of "choice" that many were opposed
to. Every law that prevents citizens from doing
something simply precludes the choice. 

> 
> Just another fine example of 'regulation creep'.

Regulation limits and prohibits, while requirements 
command and compel.


Ben Willis

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