Animal Rights

Corbin Goodman

Post 3

Part 1: ABC News: “Hinch vows to end ‘cruel’ puppy farm trade”

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/09/17/3015062.htm

Part 2: The Age: “Raiders take aim at dodgy breeders”

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/raiders-take-aim-at-dodgy-breeders-20100717-10fck.html?from=age_sb

Part 3:

From the ABC link, broadcaster Derryn Hinch is calling for pet shops to cease sales as a way to combat “the ‘cruel and brutal’ puppy farm trade.” Hinch is adamant that the conditions pets face in puppy farm type situations are intolerable and need to be stopped immediately. He says the best way to go about solving this problem is to “shut down the [puppy farm] business” and to disallow pet shops from even selling pets. His viewpoints arose out of his thinking that his own dog quite possibly was once a victim of such “puppy factories.” Those tied to puppy farms however dispute Hinch’s claims saying that not all puppy farms are what he makes them out to be and that the infrastructure of the sector is laudable. The second link from The Age gives the opposite and far less diplomatic solution in the battle against puppy farms. Animal Liberation Victoria carries out covert rescue missions in an effort to save dogs from the horrors of puppy farms. The organization’s leader, Debra Tranter, has taken part in several raids upsetting while at the same time exposing illicit puppy farm owners. Clearly both articles’ subject matter is the same but differences can be clearly seen in how each approaches the puppy farm problem. Hinch is using his broadcaster position to inform the public of the severity of the problem and how it is in need of resolution. Tranter and her rogue organization howeve,r have gone about addressing the problem in a vigilante type of way. Animal cruelty should not be tolerated in any fashion and I think that there is just something about the issue that tugs at the hearts of humans whether it be people in Australia or those here in the U.S.