Now Where Do We Stand? Their Answer-We Don't Know....

Last Updated on Tuesday, 08 October 2013 17:07



Within the last 10 days, a select group of people participated in a conference call with two key personnel within the APHIS division of the USDA, Dr. Gerald Rushin and Dr. Kay Carter-Corker, to discuss the changes to the definition of "Retail Pet Store" and how it will effect the smaller breeders. Dr. Rushin, DVM is a Staff Veterinary Medical Officer and Dr. Corker, DVM is with APHIS Investigative and Enforcement Services. This conference was recorded and they were told up front that it would be.

The conference call was to be 55 minutes long, with Dr. Corker using about one fourth of this allowed time to read a "statement of intent," prepared by an unnamed administrator. It was then to be opened up to answer previously submitted questions, with a proposed allotment of 10 minutes at the end of the call for open questions. The questions were comprised of a collection gathered from various breeders. Well, you can imagine the success of the original intent! I mean, you know how government officials typically answer direct questions-too much indirect verbiage and rarely with a straight yes or no. Needless to say, not all questions had the time to be asked, nor did all of the questions asked get complete and satisfactory answers. However, we will attempt to give you the jest of the questions asked and the answers to the best of our ability.


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