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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2013 16:45:11 GMT -5
This magician Has to license his single "trick" rabbit with the USDA. It seems he gets the same license as a facility for breeding laboratory rabbits. What? For a single magicians rabbit? Yes, he has to leap the regulatory hurdles as Charles Rover Laboratories, all so he can entertain children at grade schools. Crazy right? Well, I ain't done yet. Now he has to follow a new regulation or lose his license. He must prepare a "disaster preparedness plan" for his sole lagomorph. In an eight page letter, the USDA explained this requirement. Even though he is to generate this plan he must find outside training on the implementation of said plan. This country is getting crazee'er by the minute second. Fukkit, eat the rabbit, give up the license and pull a watermelon from the hat. If he follows my plan, how did this regulation help this rabbit? Or anything for that matter. More details here.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2013 17:11:03 GMT -5
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Post by texaswoodie on Jul 3, 2013 7:17:58 GMT -5
It's only going to get worse for at least three more years.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2013 10:38:17 GMT -5
I checked with a friend in Washington DC. It turns out he got caught up under the umbrella "animals used in entertainment". He is victim of the law set in place to regulate Ringling Brothers Circus.
Here is a quote from my attorney friend in DC
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Post by Donnie's Rocky Treasures on Jul 3, 2013 10:42:32 GMT -5
Another agency that needs to be fired! Waaaaaaaaaay out of hand! You can thank the green crazies for a lot of this baloney!
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Post by Toad on Jul 3, 2013 13:35:50 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2013 14:08:01 GMT -5
haha, you beat me too it! lol
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jul 3, 2013 15:12:09 GMT -5
I think that state and federal laws concerning the welfare of animals at one time actually were to the benefit of the animals, to make sure they were bring properly taken care of. Now, it seems they keep adding laws so they can justify their bloated budgets for enforcement. Actually, it's not the worker bees actually doing the work that takes all the money, but the higher-ups that pull down those six- or seven-figure salaries. You'd be amazed at the breakdown between administrator's vs worker's pay. I'd bet one administrator (and you know for most companies there's at least a half dozen) brings home what six to ten workers (the ones that actually do the work) - or more - combined. What a sad state of affairs.
In California now, it's all about the money. The Dems in Sacramento are writing new laws requiring licenses for everything, keep raising the amounts collected, more and more rules, and then fine you if you don't comply. It's no wonder people I know plan on getting out of Dodge when they retire. 'Course, California still expects you to pay CA income tax on your retirement income, since you were working instate when you earned it... Excuse me??!! When the going gets sucky, you can't leave? They want you to keep paying into the broken and bloated system. They just increased the sales tax on gasoline by 3 1/2 cents (to 39 1/2 cents per gallon), this because everyone cut back, due to the price of a gallon of gas, and so the state wasn't getting as much as they used to. The smart thing for them to do is make cutbacks like everyone else has to, instead, they pull more out of everyone's pockets. Yeah, that's going to help our recovery - NOT! Jean.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2013 16:42:54 GMT -5
Someday I will hunt feral pigs. California considers them an invasive species. But treats them as though they are valuable big game. 20 years ago a "pig tag" came in threes for $5.40. They are $75ea now! 2X for non-residents. Invasive species my @ss. It's a revenue stream for the state. More pigs killed yearly than deer in Cali!
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Post by snuffy on Jul 3, 2013 17:14:05 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2013 17:14:17 GMT -5
The California population is somewhat different than the Texas feral hogs. While California does have feral domestic hogs we also have European wild hogs imported by the spaniards way back when. The Spanish hogs were kept in check by competition from and predation by the California Golden Bear. A species larger than even the Kodiak Bear. With the extinction of the Cal Grizzly the hogs seem to have stepped right into the exact same niche the grizzly occupied and they have largely stayed there. That means they haven't really wreaked very much havoc with the environment. Only on peoples farms, orchards and vineyards are they a real problem. As an aside, it seems to me that there are more pigs in Texas than humans. Snuffy when you trapped the hogs did you sell them to restaurants? I once chatted with a guy that claimed he sold "dry aged Premium Wild Boar" to high end restaurants in Austin & San Antonio. He'd hunt or trap them, clean them, age them and once aged split the carcass in half. Selling half or whole hogs to the eateries. They paid what he described as "top dollar". I think that means like $4-5 a pound. Still a guy could do that and make a few thousand $$ a week. Not bad for living off the land!
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Post by snuffy on Jul 3, 2013 17:24:27 GMT -5
There are buyers located around.I sold some,but most we ate or gave away. The meat is considered a delicacy by some.Stories I heard was the meat was shipped to Germany,where they preferred the boar.The buyers here would fatten them up,then whatever.I'm sure some ended up in the local restaurant food chain.I barely covered my gas cost to go sell them,trapped them mainly to keep from destroying all my pastures!
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