Banning Puppy Mills

FLORIDA GOVERNOR Ron DeSantis likes to please his carpetbagger conservative constituency by embracing policies such as pretending that racism doesn't exist and scrubbing all mention of it from Florida public schools, pretending that climate change doesn't exist either and scrubbing all mention of it from all state documents such as the official state website, and so forth, believe it or not. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it is still legal to talk about climate change in science classes in Florida, as far as I know, with the assumption that it is real. However, Florida Repubs want teachers to also teach that climate change may be entirely natural, or, perhaps, a hoax, amazingly. There is an ongoing debate about this, incredibly. But one thing which both ends of the political spectrum agree on is that animal abuse is unaccceptable and must be eliminated. In many cases, the devil is in the details. For instance, I have no idea what percentage of the American population considers declawing cats to be abuse, but I do, and I suspect that a majority of Americans do as well. Most of us probably believe that the practice should be outlawed. I certainly do. Most folks probably agree that puppy mills are immoral, undesirable, abusve, and should be outlawed, which is precisely what Florida quite recently did, with the governor signing the new law into law. Good for him, and good for Florida. Forcing female dogs to get pregnant over and over again, producing as many puppies as possible, and selling them for the highest price possible is a form of free enterprise which must not be allowed to exist anywhere in teh united States, and whcih hence forth shall not be in Florida. If Trump would issue an executive order prohibiting puppy mills and declawing catsI would, I must confess, be jubilant, as would I presume most animal lovers. The fly in the ointment is, of course - would such executive orders be legal? Would the courts decide? Trump, it seems, is always willing to issue executive orders of dubious legality, and to let the chips fall....the problem with that is that here i am, perfectly willing to allow Trump to function like a fascist dictator - when it suits my interests and beliefs. Shame on me. Only Congress can prevent puppy mills and cat declawing nationwide! What, precisely, constitutes a "puppy mill"? Precisely how many puppies must oen breed and sell before becoming one? Shoule dog breeding for profit be banned altogether? Argubaly, it should? One thing for sure is that we teh American people must become more animal friendly, in terms of simple ethical treatment. The organization "PETA" is exactly what the doctor ordered regarding cleaning up America's treatment of animals, despite widespread criticism and condemnation of it among conservatives. Tha vegetarian movement, which as I underst and continues to grow in America as well as worldwide, is no less noble and beneficial to humanity. I have eaten synthetic beef hamburgers. they are delicious, and the fake beef cannot be distinguished from the real thing. I invite you to take the black angus test yourself. (Be honest). We can eliminate cattle ranching, breeding, and harvesting, and lose nothing. So, why not? If humankind wenst vegetarian en mass, it would have a profound impact on improving the health of the planetary ecosystem, as well as human health. Ask any scientist. We must face facts. Homo sapiens may well not be ready, in terms of cultural evolution and enlightenment, to take such a drasticmeasure jsut yet. but, maybe that time will come. As for now, if puppy mills ar being banned anywhere in America, there is hope, for America, and for the whole world.