Puppy mills should be illegalized

Hello :) This will have to be a quick round. Today is my birthday, and I will not be home all day. (I only have seven hours left as of now.) "Dunno. Not really relevant to the resolution though, since that's a question of interest groups, not what should be" Since there are so many laws protecting dogs, puppy mills should be considered one of them. "Let's say Obama outlaws having ears, and mandates that anyone who has them be chopped off. Reversing this policy would be "going backwards." Yes, it would be going backwards for him. :) "Wonderful." ...Do you have any pets? Would you care if someone abused those pets? "How so?" Because everybody would be thinking, " oh I don't have enough food. Let's not feed Fido until we get enough money in two weeks. " (Not feeding your animals is illegal: malnutrition.) "Sugar plants deserve protection from being made into candy, because many end up in candy stores, and the public won't know what kind of sugar plantation it comes from" But that sugar won't come home and be scared to death because they never have been outside of a cage or socialized with people, will they? "Which would justify, at best, puppies raised in better conditions being labelled for those conditions, and false advertising being illegal. Not puppy mills as such being illegal" There are such conditions as these above. They are called responsible breeders. These breeders actually take care of their dogs. This is the only kind of dog breeding business I like. Of course, they are not puppy mills. They do not keep their puppies in a pen, and they make sure the puppies are in good quality health, or your money back! That being said, these puppy mill breeders will continue doing it privatly...and not wasting money to make advances on their pups. http://www.hsus.org... "Need is not a rightful claim" So, if your job stopped paying you, and stores stopped selling food, you wouldn't try to change anything? You wouldn't tell your job that you worked so they need to pay you? Oh, sorry, I forgot, "Need is not a rightful claim" "Irrelevant until it is shown that puppy death or puppy malnutrition warrant legal protections against them as such." quote out of my source: "adequate food provided at suitable intervals of quantities of wholesome foodstuff suitable for the species and age, sufficient to maintain a reasonable level of nutrition to allow for proper growth and weight and adequate water provided with constant access to a supply of clean, fresh, and potable water provided in a suitable manner for the species" As I have mentioned in previous rounds, puppies do not get the proper food supply they need. The quote above comes from ANIMAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS. http://animalpetdoctor.homestead.com... (you can find what quote I wrote in chapter one) "By what right can such a rule be established?" That puppy mills should be illegal "All dogs are like slaves, except the ones in the wild. Otherwise they would not have collars. Adding sex to the issue does not change the morality of the matter, either they are yours to do with as you wish, or they are theirs to do with as they wish. I uphold the former by reference to their nature" So is it okay to beat you kids? They are yours, after all. --- I think puppy mills should be illegal because most of the things they do are illegal, and it would better to shut them down, instead of running the cruel business. It would be better for the puppy's sake (and if that's not good enough, it would also be better for the buyer's sake, because they would not have to worry about getting a puppy that is sick or mentally sick, somehow. Like I said, I have to go, I am actually already running late, but I would like to thank my opponent, and thank the voters. Also, please give RFD's when voting. Thank you :)