26/05/2022
https://www.facebook.com/118920428118492/posts/5514114378599043/
𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐦𝐮𝐳𝐳𝐥𝐞?
You may say no, but read on…
The Queensland government in their wisdom have added to the Animal Care and Protection Bill 2022, that certain restraint devices will be banned.
They are selling this on the back of banning the “oh so terrible” prong collar, but they have also included giving themselves the option to ban, at any time, other restraint devices.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗴𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 : -
“𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒'' 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑎 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑡. 𝐸𝑥𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑠— 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑠, 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑠, ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠, 𝑚𝑢𝑧𝑧𝑙𝑒𝑠, ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠”
Ok so, I know what your saying, “they will never ban those things, how would we even walk our dogs?”
Well, read on.
Before I go too far, I am going to pick one item from that ridiculous list and discuss it.
𝗠𝘂𝘇𝘇𝗹𝗲𝘀
So, yes, on that list is the potential ban muzzles.
Many people mistakenly think that a dog is dangerous and will bite and that is why the dog is wearing a muzzle.
𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗮 𝗱𝗼𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝘂𝘇𝘇𝗹𝗲, 𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗲.
Muzzles are a piece of SAFETY equipment; they can allow people to be in close proximity to a dog and perform certain actions that may trigger the dog to bite.
Some examples are:
• Trimming nails
• Veterinary procedures
• Grooming procedures
• Rehabilitation and behaviour modification
• Interaction with other dogs and people when one or both dogs is 100% comfortable
• Dogs that are being transported in vehicles with other people, such as Military
Any of these can trigger a dog to bite and for the safety of everyone, a muzzle is a good option.
They can also prevent your dog eating things they shouldn’t such as dog baits, rancid birds, toads, and other things that can do them harm.
This begs the question…
𝗪𝗛𝗬 𝗪𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗬 𝗪𝗔𝗡𝗧 𝗧𝗢 𝗕𝗔𝗡 𝗠𝗨𝗭𝗭𝗟𝗘𝗦?
Well, I don’t think the answer is simple one, but here is what 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝘁 of people are telling me.
First, when government want to add a new law, they have what they deem a “𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚” for doing so.
It states:
The Queensland Governments Guide to Better Regulation May 2019 states that: ·
The COAG Best Practice Principles for Regulation making include:
a) Consulting effectively with affected stakeholders at all stages of the regulatory cycle
b) Ensuring that government action is effective and proportional to the issue being addressed
c) Considering a range of feasible policy options including self-regulatory, co-regulatory and non-regulatory approach
d) Adopting the option that generates the greatest net benefit for the community
This basically means, they state that best practice would be to list what the law entails and put this out for comment by key stakeholders (basically people who would or may be affected), the wider community (everyone) and hear what they have to say.
This is how laws are formed, Bills changes etc.
𝗜ɴ ᴛʜɪ𝘀 ᴄᴀ𝘀ᴇ, ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴅɪᴅ ɴᴏᴛ ᴀᴛ ᴀʟʟ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴ.
In fact, the review of the Animal Care and Protection Act 2001, took place in 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘶𝘻𝘻𝘭𝘦𝘴.
The window for people to comment on that review 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙙 23𝙧𝙙 𝙈𝙖𝙮 2021. 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙖 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙖𝙜𝙤.
𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻, 𝟴𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮, almost a year 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 opportunities to comment on the review closed, Annastacia Palaszczuk announced that she will be banning prong collars and these restraint devices.
𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝘆?
𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗜𝗧 𝗜𝗦!
So, when you say “𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘮𝘶𝘻𝘻𝘭𝘦𝘴, 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺?”
Remember they are not following 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭, 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭.
If you let this happen, this will be the start of the change of the way we own dogs in the future, 𝗜𝗙 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺.
Groups such the Animal Justice Party, fronted by ex PETA employee, Emma Hurst, have cropped up.
𝗣𝗘𝗧𝗔 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹𝘀.
Animal Justice Party are all for these changes, no surprise.
Animal Justice Party have also been trying to stop the breeding of dogs. They refer to it as puppy farming and try sell it under that banner, but make no mistake, registered, ethical breeders are being targeted primarily.
The RSPCA also support these changes.
The RSPCA sell dogs
The RSPCA are paid to put dogs to sleep.
Here is a thought… a lot of people are having.
We ban an excellent control and behaviour modification tool such as the prong collar.
Then ban slip leads, check chains, halters, flat collars, harnesses.
Dogs are running wild.
Then ban muzzles.
Dog handed to RSPCA, they get paid to put the dog to sleep ($$$)
They sell you another dog… ($$$)
When I first looked at all of this, I thought what a wild conspiracy theory and that was 2 years ago.
But each step is playing out exactly the way many people said it would.
𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂.
The ban on prong collars was started off the back of a petition.
That petition has been open for months and has around 500 signatures.
The PDTA started a petition a little over a week ago NOT to ban these tools. It has over 5000 signatures right now.
So, should be simple right? 500 people vote for ban, 𝟱𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗮𝗻.
Democracy, right?
Well, I feel that is up to you.
You don’t have to like prong collars, your dog may not need one, ever. I can tell you from a lot of experience with a lot of dogs, some do.
Some owners will not be able to control their dogs without one.
But as I said, it is not about the prong collar, that is just the picture being thrust into your face to make you ignore what is really going on.
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼?
1. Until 1st June (only a few days away) you can make a submission (https://qldparlcomm.snapforms.com.au/form/sdric---animal-care-and-protection-amendment-bill-2022) and 𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙡𝙖𝙬𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙙.
2. Sign the petition (https://www.change.org/p/amendments-to-the-apca-be-halted-until-proper-key-stake-holder-consultation-has-occurred?utm_content=cl_sharecopy_33386884_en-AU%3A0&recruiter=52756518&recruited_by_id=23aa0b70-b010-0130-8680-3c764e051fb4&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&utm_term=psf_combo_share_initial)
𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘂𝘀, 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝗴.
