Maybe the giving away, and/or sale of animals online should just simply be made illegal. Except for licensed breeders, who have to display their licence number (or something similar) -and who go through stringent 6-monthly checks by either animal welfare organisations, or even a government body set up for the purpose. Maybe a licence fee (renewable each year, as insurance is) would fund such a venture?
That wouldn't stop everyone of course, laws never do, but it could help a lot.
I am sure there is a way to create such a law and enforce it. People just have to have the will to.
If there are laws in place which force producers of medical products/even herbal products to be licensed and have their products tested before they can sell, then I'm sure something could be done about animals. A new law was passed by the MHRA in the UK in 2010 which made it illegal to manufacture herbal products for sale -online or anywhere -without strict testing. I have no idea what the budget was for that, but it happened, and quite easily.
We have to start putting animals a bit higher on our list of priorities.
That wouldn't stop everyone of course, laws never do, but it could help a lot.
I am sure there is a way to create such a law and enforce it. People just have to have the will to.
If there are laws in place which force producers of medical products/even herbal products to be licensed and have their products tested before they can sell, then I'm sure something could be done about animals. A new law was passed by the MHRA in the UK in 2010 which made it illegal to manufacture herbal products for sale -online or anywhere -without strict testing. I have no idea what the budget was for that, but it happened, and quite easily.
We have to start putting animals a bit higher on our list of priorities.
