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Originally Posted by Bill Bumface
Has anyone looked at the requirements to get approval for a backyard chicken?
Amazing the rigour required to have fresh eggs vs. the ability to acquire a murder machine.
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Adopting a dog from a rescue org is very lengthy and difficult. Multiple written applications, interviews, and a home inspection. It takes months. There are often six or seven applicants per dog, so they can afford to be choosey.
The problem is you can just skip all that and get a dog from someone on kijiji or through a backyard breeder. And that’s very difficult to stamp out. Anything short of door-to-door inspections of homes would be ineffective, but such intrusive measures are costly (not to mention legally dubious).
We rely on voluntary compliance for most of this stuff. But with dogs being in such high demand these days, there’s enough financial incentive for puppy mills and backyard breeders to carry on discreetly and risk a very small likelihood of being busted.