The Premier of Victoria

There is a State election in November. Make Oscar's Law official legislation, I will vote for you if you do. I reckon everybody on this site will also vote for you. Look what the power of the people can do? Hung Federal Parliament.

We need stronger animal welfare laws. We don't need flimsy "rules" that each state or territory can choose to follow or ignore, and then use this information as a back-up when people complain. We are against puppy farms. We are against pet shops buying from puppy farms and unregistered breeders. We are against people breeding because they want to, rather than because they know all of the necessary information and potential problems. We NEED to be strict on this.

It is unacceptable, and Australia should NOT stand for this treatment of animals

All pet shops should be banned from selling live animals! If the demand is cut these farms will be easier to shut down!! Also all dogs and cats should be desexed in order to be registered and if they are to be kept for breeding the breader must meet strict requirements!!
Just remember Mr Brumby many many voters are animal lovers!!

Just ban it all for everyones sake. Puppy farms, stricter laws on cruelty, pet shop selling from farms, the whole lot. Crikey where has aussie, aussie, aussie gone to!,Should be shame, shame , shame to you all in government for allowing such cruelty!!. Go and look at these places yourselves if you all expect votes from anyone.None of you will ever get votes from me until one parl member stands up and ghanges these cruel animal laws. You want votes, then set new laws and I bet you will get in. Im discussted in you for allowing this, mongrels who do. Donna Nicholls

I think that pet shop purchase their animals from breeding farms, puppies, kittens, rabbits, birds, fish. Some pet shop rely on having live animals to bring people into their shop, so they these people will purchase the expensive animal products.

I asked a women why she like to buy animals from the pet shop. She told me it was convenient. It is convenient for other people also, even to the point of them seeing a better animal then the one the have. Some people throw away the one they got a few months ago and buy another one. I am sure that any shelter can back me up on this point.

I was stand in a pet shop at the Victorian Market. A women walk in with a jep. The women approached the shop assistant and opened the jep which has about six tiny baby bunnies. The women ask the shop assistant if she could swap the tiny baby bunnies in the jep for one of the larger bunnies in the caged in the shop. The women wanted to breed with the caged bunnie.

I was standing in a well known pet shop, a man walked in with a small box. He approached the shop assistant and ask her to buy the tiny baby birds in the box. The tiny baby birds were covered in droppings. The assistant told him to bring them back after he cleaned them.

i honestly recon, that people who can raise perfectly healthy and well adjusted pets shouldn't be punished and people that raise bad pets and realy neglect and dont look after them should be.

i know i got my dogs taken away from me by rspca and there vet said my dogs where the most well looked after and well adjusted dogs they have ever seen.
and yet i get punished for it.
and people out there that abuse dogs and get away with worse things get off scott free.
honestly the system sucks :)

steven

I have a puppy farm survivor who has physical and psychological issues, and should never have been used for breeding. The way that our society treats domesticated dogs and cats MAKES NO SENSE. A law change would make a huge difference and hopefully stem the supply of puppies and kittens.

For far too long has Animal Welfare been a 'non-issue- in the eyes of politicians.
Animals are thing, feeling, loving creatures and it is time for our government and society to recognize that.
Oscar's Law is an important piece of legislation that will only prove to further the positive welfare of animals.
I implore you, Mr Brumby, PLEASE passionately endorse the passing of this law.
Lifeforms all across Victoria will thankyou!

Oscar's Law is such a important law!
Animals are feeling, loving creatures and for far too long has their suffering been a 'non-issue'.
Please Mr Brumby, do the right thing. Passionately endorse the passing of this important legislation! Intelligent life all over Victoria will thankyou!

Please introdue laws to put and end to puppy and kitten farms. we do not need them while there are so many animals in shelter need a loving home. Pet shop need to be control and the way pets are sold as an something for fashion need to change. make responable pet owner ship an issue make that only register breeds can breed animals.

It is not natural to keep dogs in cages or very small enclosures and make them breed all the time. The dogs have little or no love, play and exercise. The puppies are often sent to pet shops scared and confused: they have not been socialised or had much contact with humans. These puppies often don't make good pets. Often these dogs are kept in filth, living in their own faeces, fur matter and pulling. I once met a puppy mill bitch who was "rescued" from a puppy mill. She was completely traumatised. She stared into space, was non reactive and,even after much care, did not improve much. Nothing gave her pleasure or caused her to show any reaction. Emotionally this dog was dead. Stop this. Please introduce Oscar's law. How many animals are killed each year in your state because they are unwanted and how many of these animals came from puppy farms?

Mr Brumby.
The RSPCA and others are campaigning hard to close down puppy factories (they go under the guise of farms, pfffttt, farms have open paddocks and room to move not little cages with very little room). Have you seen the billboards, heard it in the media? I challenge you to go with the RSPCA to a puppy factory and see 1st hand how these poor animals are kept. They have next to no human contact (these are companion animals and mans best friend), the poor females are constantly bred, their young taken from them at 6 weeks (if they are lucky), crudely "cleaned out" and bred again. Next I challenge you to go to a shelter and looks at all the poor souls there just waiting for a home. If they are unlucky to find a home in the Government ALLOTTED time they are then destroyed (I will not say euthanise because these animals are fit & healthy), while your there you may want to stick around and hold some of the poor animals that are not rehomed and their time is up.
I and many, many others would vote for a Government that has more compassion for our animals rather than stick their heads in the sand and throw it in the too hard basket. OSCARS LAW. ADOPT NOT SHOP.

Dear Mr Brumby
You currently have the power to stop this cruelty at least in Victoria!! Please don't let it continue on your watch!

Dear Mr Brumby

A government that condones puppy farms is a government I would not be voting for. The cruelty is double edged as not only do the puppy farms abuse the animals they are making money out of, they also exacerbate the euthenasia of many more dogs in our shelters. It is a true blight on our Society and you and your political mates are the only ones who can do something about this. Please consider our pleas for the abolishment of this cruelty.

I cannot understand how this abuse has not been stopped, once again money,money comes into the equation..well my money is paying your salary..and I expect you to earn it...it is time to have proper legislation to protect these animals... and I expect you or Joe Helper to do something about it.

we so need to introduce harser penities for crimes against people and animals. an eye for an eye, lock the owners of puppy mills up in the same conditions they keep these poor dogs! then let them rot!!!!!!!!!!! the same way they let these poor animal die! so sad! come on government, restore my faith in any government again please!!!

Please enact legislation to stop this abuse of helpless animals...We love our dogs in this country and don't want to see greedy, stupid people abuse them....We are supposed to be a civilised people...Please prove we are by making it impossible for them by law to continue this puppy farming..it is appalling!

Victorian Government, a civilised society is measured by the way it treats it's most vulnerable members and animals. This farming is uncivilised and unethical in the extreme. The more it is put out there for the public to see, the greater the outcry this will cause.

Puppy farms are appallingly cruel in their own right. They also increase the already high percentage of animals who are bought as living toys, not cared for, and ultimately abandoned, involving both suffering to the animals, and great cost to the community and the State. Please, make closing these farms and encouraging kinder treatment of animals a priority for your Government. The community can only benefit.

This is a great idea! People need to give a voice to these poor animals and the people who commit these crimes need to be held accountable for their actions.

This needs to be done asap. The amount of unwanted cats & dogs in pounds & rescue shelters is phenomenal and reprehensible, especially when there are simple measures to put in place to STOP this!! Where is the compassion and common decency in all these decisions. Ban puppy/animal factories, ban sales of live animals from pet shops, enforce mandatory desexing for all except those registered, ethical breeders, enforce NO KILL shelters, enforce fostering of unwanted animals from all shelters. Simple!!!!...Just DO IT!!

I strong support Oscar's law, it is a disgrace the way animals are forced to breed so someone can make money, while thousands of healthy animals are put to sleep every year

i support this idea and suggest to make animal control stop acting like if dogs are garbage and help dogs to find a home no kill them and neuter them no kill them they deserve to live even on the streets stop animal control persecuting dogs like criminals.

Dear Mr Brumby time has come now that it is 2110 to bring animals laws in line with what we as a nation and expect from our community.We not so long ago whipped horses so they would do as we wanted well can you please bring into power laws that animals can not be breed in farms for money gain dogs and cats in paticular.please you are a humane man can you at least look at these laws

Dear Premier,
I have read this idea and also think it is a fantastic idea, I have personally experienced buying a dog from a disreputable breeder and at the age of 11 months he died of an inherited disease, unfortunately he is still breeding dogs and selling them to more unsuspecting families. Even though I am Tasmanian, I believe it is important for your government to take action on this issue so that in the future other governments can follow your example.
Yours Sincerely
Alicia Seinor

Dear Mr Brumby,

I fully support this cause, I'm appalled by what I've read and its all so unneccessary when so many beautiful sweet and loyal dogs are put down every day. Don't we have a responsibility as the supposed being of superior intellilect?! They can't speak for themselves but anyone who has ever had a dog knows they're not 'just an animal'.

I wholeheartedly endorse the sentiments expressed in "Oscar's Law". When tens of thousands of animals are killed each year because people don't want them or are cruel by way of neglect, I cannot possibly see how we, as a supposedly civillised society continue to tolerate what is a disgusting outcome for these animals. And by their nature, puppy farms are one of the major reasons why this situation exists. Companion animals are not "throw-away" items and nor do they deserve to be treated the way they are in puppy-farming establishments. Please let us begin to change what is an unacceptable enterprise in this modern era. Companion animals cannot improve their own existence or over-exploitation. Therefore, we must act on their behalf.

Dear Mr Brumby,

Please have a heart, these puppy farms are cruel and make no sense on any level.

Regards,
Renee Mead

Action is required NOW!

I strongly support the introduction of Oscars Law. Current animal welfare legislation is totally inadequate, and animal cruelty is a growing concern. Ban puppy mills and put more funding into place to support organisations like the RSPCA, Lost Dogs Home, and all the animal shelters which struggle on to provide aid for "all creatures great and small". We have a duty of care, and we are currently failing to provide it.

Please Mr Brumby. These animals have no voice. Do the right thing and toughen up the rules on pet ownership and stop puppy farm breeding.

Please support the introduction of this law. No one should have to endure this.

I strongly support Oscars law being introduced to help reduce the abuse and death of unwanted animals from over breeding in Puppy Mills.

Dear Mr Brumby,

Victoria's companion animals are urgently requiring advocacy and the only people who can effectively apply this advocacy are those who have been elected to Government.

On average 350 healthy dogs are killed every day in Australia's pounds simply because we haven't found them a home.
Puppy factories are commercial enterprises where companion animals are treated as commodities with no consideration for their physiological or psychological needs, many of these factories also deprive the animals of even their basic physical requirements.
The financial success for puppy factories relies on the exploitation of the breeding dogs and their puppies and the consequent deprivation of fundamental needs such as exercise, play and social interaction. Minimum expenditure for maximum profit.
There is a considerable financial cost to the community due to the infrastructure required to house abandoned animals including the employment of staff to kill the majority that are not re-homed.

A clean and gleaming automated puppy factory that is registered with Council and passes every inspection is every bit horrendous for the dogs who never leave their enclosures and are treated as a breeding machine.

It is also every bit as unacceptable as a way of producing puppies who are to live in homes with people. The puppy has not had the benefit of a normal developmental environment, nor can anyone determine anything meaningful about its parents' temperaments. No factory "clean", "model" or otherwise is the answer for our pets.

Mr Brumby, I request an urgent amendment to the Legislation. I urge you to please make your decision based on the animals who we as a society have a duty of care for and pass Oscar's Law.
Ban the sale of animals in pet shops.
Abolish puppy factories.
Commence running a real campaign about responsible pet ownership and introduce subsidized desexing programs.

I do not want my tax dollars used to prop up a system where I know thousands of healthy companion animals will be killed whilst Councils continue to issue permits for more puppy factories.

Yours Sincerely,


Lynda Smith

I ask that as a Victorian citizen and a human being, that Puppy Farms be abolished. In these times of consciousness and awareness of what is right and wrong, it would be detrimental for a government to ignore those who do not have a voice. Lead the way Victoria and stand up for those who require our help. Despite the cruelty inflicted on these beautiful animals, don't puppy farms go against the current movement to reduce animals ending up in shelters, pounds, being abandoned, irresponsible animal ownership, overbreeding and so many euthanased that the numbers would astound and horrify the average compassionate human being if they were exposed to these details.
Please do the right thing. Fight for our best friends.

I have recently been a foster carer for the first time to a mother dog who was given up at a pound to be put down, obviously heavily pregnant. On the way to the shelter she went into labour! She was a lucky one.
I am suprised just how much the puppies (5 of them) crave human attention and how much they learn so early.
Sadly in a Puppy Farm, no mother or puppies will get any human interaction. They'll go to a pet shop or be sold online. More often than not, they won't be desexed, not socialised, little or no obedience training and often end up given away or dumped at a pound due to no fault of their own. Please stop these Puppy Mills operating. They don't care about the welfare of the dogs, they only care about $. In the mean time 250,000 companion animals each year needlessly get put to sleep.
Mr Brumby, please stop this viscious cycle. Stop the puppy farms encourage adoption from a shelter and stop the selling of "cute" puppies from impulse buying at pet shops. I also am all for compulsory desexing. Perhaps we can have some incentive ideas for people to desex their animals.
Thankyou for your time.

Puppy farming is so horrible. We need stronger animal welfare laws. It isn't that hard to do! Prevent more animals suffering needlessly and do something about it.

Ocar's Law should have always been in place! This is discraceful. Seeing these animals suffering with no consequences to the affenders brings shame to our state and our country. There is no reasonable or justifiable reason allow this to continue. Animal cruelty in all forms should be illegal with TOUGHER penalties RIGHT NOW.

I support Oscar's Law. We don't need puppy farms, we have so many beautiful dogs with so much to give in shelters waiting for homes.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE this is soooooo important and really needs to be implemented asap. Our animals deserve this. Puppies can still be purchased from registered breeders but please do not allow pet shops to sell puppies. It's crazy. You can walk into a shopping centre and buy a dog or cat! Nuts!!!!!! Puppy Mills also need to be closed! It is outrageous that we still have them in 2010!!! PLEASE i am begging you that we need to be smart about the future for cats and dogs in Australia and this is a way forward. Please!!!

Oscar's law should be enforced ASAP

cmon John.....

U want votes??? This would show a lot of us sceptical Victorians that the Victorian ALP have some decency and compassion. Animals deserve protection, and the right to live without neglect and cruelty by dysfunctional human beings!!

Please act on this NOW!

Mr. Brumby are you reading the comments of all these people? I am sure you are aware of statistics i.e for every person that speaks up there are 26 others that feel the same way. The silent majority. If dogs could speak they too would add their voice. Are you listening? Do you care? Do you have what it takes to enforce this legislation? You have the power but do you have the guts? WHAT DO WE WANT....... OSCAR'S LAW. WHEN DO WE WANT IT......... NOW.

I strongly agree with intorudcing Oscar's Law and the introduction of compulsory de-sexing unless you are a registered breeder. This will stop the number of puppies/kittens being born, dumped and abandoned. There are so many great organisations out there like Pets Haven which is a wonderful shelter for aniamls who have been dumped and abandoned in pounds. They de-sex the animals, provide any necessary vet care and re-home these animals toloving families. Please Mr. Brunmby, make Oscar's Law compulsory along with the de-sexing of animals. This will minimise the many deaths of so many beautiful animals.

STOP THE CRUELLTY PLEASE!!!!! this is just horrible what those puppy farmers are doing, please put Oscar's law into action!

Absolute no brainer.
Greedy, cruel, exploitative of animals. Its hard to believe that anyone would not support this legislation.

Bring on oscar's law

I Strongly support Oscars Law and believe that the government does not do enough to protect animals. They need to make it a priority and impost stronger regulations on breeders and puppy farms.

Puppy farms only exist because of human greed. They are hell holes that subject dogs to
misery, pain and suffering and then the breeding dogs are disposed of like rubbish when their
usefulness is over. Their babies end up in pet shops and many end up in pounds when their
cuteness wears off, then they are killed by councils using the publics money! The government
is making money off this misery by allowing it to continue. The only thing that can put an end
to the cruel suffering are new laws and legislation banning puppy farms in rural areas where
dog number limits do not apply. We need the government to ACT NOW, to STOP THE
CRUELTY NOW. The government has to introduce Oscars Law - they have to protect these
innocent animals from mankinds greed. We need tough legislation outlawing puppy farms but
we also need the staff to enforce it. If you want my vote do something, stop passing the buck
and stop letting these monsters continue to torture these beautiful animals for money.

There is no need for puppy farms. Don't let dogs suffer like this anymore.

my heart is very sad at the treatment of the animals i truly hope the government does something to stop this

The treatment of these animals is a disgrace

animals should have rights too!

I wholeheartedly support this proposal. Wholescale review of animal-related law is needed in this State, and this country.
Prevention of cruelty to animals laws do not apply if extremely weak "codes", developed by a body dominated by industry, are complied with. This means pretty much anything can be done to animals, for profit.
It's a disgrace.
Bring on Oscar's Law!

I support this 100% This disgraceful disregard for the suffering of animals is barbaric and quite frankly does not belong in our 'civilized' society. Do something to end the suffering!

Hundreds of thousands of dogs are 'put down' in shelters in Australia each year, while puppies are being churned out by breeders. I do not see the logic in this. Sadly in this capitalist culture a companion animal is seen as a commodity or a status symbol/accessory. Its time to evolve and recognize all animals as sentient beings with a right to a decent life.

STOP THE ABUSE OF ANIMALS!!

DISGUARDIND THESE AWFUL PUPPY MILLS, IRRESPONSIBLE PET SELLING SHOPS AND UNLICENSED BREEDERS WILL STOP BEAUTIFUL, PERFECTLY HEALTHY AND ADOPTABLE ANIMALS BEING DISGAURDED AND KILLED THEMSELVES.....

Please help our friends out who can not help themselves. This is 100% HUMANS fault for the MILLIONS of animals being KILLED EACH YEAR because of IRRESPONSIBLE BREEDING and PET OWNERSHIP FROM PET SELLING SHOPS. One only needs to look at the number of rescue organisations and the number of bodies selling animals to see SOMETHING IS NOT WORKING.

VOTE FOR OSCAR'S LAW and STOP THIS UNNECCESSARY EVIL. WE ARE 100% IN CONTROLL OF THIS and CAN STOP THIS CRUELTY.

Please do something :)

VISIT: http://www.victoriancanineresc...Shame.html

I strongly support the introduction of Oscar's Law. Animals should have rights to be protected against human abuse. Do something to protect those who cannot voice an opinion. It is Crrent animal welfare legislation is inadequate and doesnt protect those in need.

I wholeheartedly support Oscar's Law. Puppy farms must be stopped! Greed is the only motivation behind battery puppy farming. It is a cruel industry that plays a huge part in the over-population problem which sees so many dogs destroyed in pounds & shelters every year.

Mr.Brumby,
YOU need to visit one of these puppy farms for yourself!!!
YOU would introduce Oscars law tomorrow.
Of course that is IF you have a heart !!!!
Dogs are mans best friend
Isn't it about time this goverment or ANY goverment got off their butts and really did show they care.???
I cannot believe this cruelty is allowed to happen.
And now ANOTHER one is in the process of going through council in the Moorabool Shire??!!
Mr.Brumby YOU need to STAND UP and be counted,
Get to the Moorabool Shire meeting on June 16th and offer us your support .
STOP THIS NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!

PLEASE put an end to these puppy mills and pet shop sales of dogs. It's disgraceful how the dogs are treated and overbred, only to be put down when they finally have no use.

If you've even seen one, and you car for animal (specifically dogs) welfare, something must be done. It's sickening.

Please Please act to stop the madness. I volunteer at a dog and cat shelter and it is constantly full. And hundreds of dogs are put down every week in Victoria. Many of the dogs we get at the shelter have come from puppy farms - unwanted mothers that are no longer 'productive' - pregnant dogs that a back yard breeder no longer wants - and puppies - puppies that people have seen in a pet shop and thought were cute - only to realise later that puppies are not toys. They end up at the pound and then if they are lucky they end up in shelters. THERE ARE JUST TOO MANY DOGS being bread in this state - and TOO MANY DOGS BEING PUT DOWN in this state. PLEASE ACT TO STOP THIS CYCLE OF death and suffering.

Puppy farms are a disgrace to our nation. Shame on our government for not stopping this years ago. But sadly money talks...and the government literally makes a killing from this industry becasue of all of the other business's involved...pet shops, pet food manufacturers, veterinarians, transport companies, pharmaceuticals, local councils etc etc. This a disgrace if u allow puppy farms you may as well put this country alongside the Canadian Seal Clubbing or China's bile bears, Japanese whalers,
I would also like to know where the hell does the money go that I pay for my dog registration? It certainly doesn't go towards housing or rehoming all of the dogs in counceil pounds.. You should heavily fine people for now desexing their dogs not making registration fees marginaly higher. Close puppy farms down and enforce mandatory animal desexing unless they are a registered breede or a purebred amimal and let's stop murdering thousands of animal nationwide each year.

I strongly support the introduction of Oscars Law. It is quite clear that the current animal welfare legislation is inadequate.

I strongly agree. To not create such legislation now is sheer negligence: negligence by our elected delegates in not listening to their people, and negligence in their duty of care to more vulnerable beings.

With the amount of abandoned animals in shelters, I don't understand people's support of pet shop animals, many of which come from unethical souces like these puppy mills. The animals need our protection. Please pass Oscar's Law!

I completely agree with Vivienne's words. Stop this needless cruelty from happening and if you want to have a companion animal, please be a responsible pet owner! Spay/neuter your animals so they over-breeding issues are controlled, take the time to settle your pet into your home, teach it to live within your family harmoniously, give the animal the space and love it needs to live happily, feed it a diet naturally meant for the animal (not processed human crap). If you can't do these things, don't consider getting a pet. Bringing a member into your family has to be a thoughtful, unselfish act - not something purely for your own satisfaction.

This is absolutely appalling, no animal should be treated like this. People need to be aware of where their pets come from. I've always thought animals in pet shops were cruel but now I know how they are breed breaks my heart.

Until we have managed to house all the animals that end up in shelters and pounds, there is no reason why people should be allowed to breed dogs for money. I for one will NEVER by an animal from a pet store or an animal breeder and will encourage everyone I meet to do the same.

Stop the cruelty now Mr Brumby,

This is fantastic idea as this law can make an affect in two ways- If we reduce or even outlaw the sale of animals in pet stores- this will reudce the amount of animals that are neglected/given up/left out on the street by irresponsible purchasers who didnt think it through before purchasing a pet. Removing pet farming which is an atrocity anyway will reduce numbers in pet stores (or we could even abolish the sale of pets in pet stores!!), reducing the numbers of animals accessible to be purchased on a whim as people will be required to contact registered breeders. I also agree with John's comment February 17 2010- this needs to also extend to factory farmed animals for food. We need to start outlawing this type of farming and introduce only free-range organic foods for meat in our stores for the benefit of the animals and for us (as this si the food some of us eat!)

I STRONGLY support Oscars Law!

Mr Brumby,

Their are thousands of unwanted dogs (and cats) being euthanised at pounds in Victoria every year simply because there are not enough homes for them. At the same time Victorian pet shops are making a KILLING selling dogs that are bred in conditions in factory puppy facilities that consistently breach the Animal Welfare Act. Ban puppy farming, ban the selling of animals directly from pet shops and reconnect pounds with pet shops so that the governments money is being put towards rehoming animals and not just euthanising them.

Mr Brumby,
I doubt you even read these comments, but if you do, I urge you to really think, just for a moment, about the thousands of miserable, suffering, caged, neglected and sick dogs that exist within these disgraceful, greed driven operations. These dogs - our faithful loving companions, are continuously bred without time to recover, until the day they are no longer of use and are then murdered. It's inhumane, its unethical, and personally I find it appalling that Puppy Farms can even legally exist in Australia.
The people of this country have spoken. I hope you do what is right.

Stop the sale of animals in pet shops then there would be no need for these horrific puppy farms. Animal welfare societies would be only too pleased to home their desexed cats and dogs. Puppy farms should be wiped out and the people who run them prosecuted and never again allowed to own an animal.
It's also about time the people were licensed to own a dog - not the dog licensed.

We really do need stronger legislation as these horrific cases continue to be brought to our attention (primarily it seems by the ALV). It really breaks my heart to think of dogs such as Oscar who are given back to their abusers. Surely these animals who cannot speak for themselves deserve better than this. We deserve better than this. People who abuse animals need to be stopped and the current legislation is just not working. I fully support Oscars Law.

Definitely support the ban of puppy farms and the sale of animals from pet shops. As long as our animal welfare shelters are full of unwanted pets, pet shops should only be permitted to sell pet food and pet accessories.

This is a useful way to advance the cause of animal welfare in Australia.

I am disgusted and horrified by what happens at these Puppy farms. It's a cruel industry that must be shut down - right now! There is no time to waste and right now you have a lot of people awaiting your decision on this. We encourage you to make a firm and swift decision and end this cruelty once and for all.

Thanks to Eliza Waters for bringing this cruelty to public attention and for lobbying for "Oscar's Law" which would be a humane and responsible minimum response from those empowered to give us genuine animal welfare laws. Ruthless exploitation of the poweless degrades all of us. It's been said that animal rights pose the greatest moral issue facing humanity since the abolition of slavery and I think there's great wisdom in this. The link between cruelty to animals and cruelty to people (especially children) is now well established. Those who characterise animal rights advocates as "anti human" ought to think about this and consider thanking those who, at great personal risk, get off their backsides and do something about what they know is wrong. While many Victorian councils now require compulsory de sexing of companion animals (to reduce the stray and abandoned population) they look the other way when it comes to enforcing local regulations which could prevent these dreadful concentration camps from which all too many dumped animals originate.
The dog, in particular, has always been a friend to humanity, as a protector, servant and companion to the aged and disabled, children and the lonely and isolated. It's time for real animal protection laws, Mr Brumby.

There should be no puppy farms. People should know what happens there. If every one knew what puppies in these farms suffered it would not be allowed. It is the secrecy that is the crime. Expose all the suffering in the animal food industry, lift the lid on how animals are abused in our society and start the ball rolling for change. The RSPCA are no help at all. I saw some animal rescue show on TV tonight where the program focussed on killing a totally healthy dog. It was sickening. I know that the RSPCA spend more time putting animals down/killing then saving. Shocking. Animals must have legal rights and who are the RSCPA to decide who lives and who dies. They are not entitled to that power. NO one is. A disgrace.

Puppy farms are very cruel , are not needed as thousands of dogs are put down everyday in shelters. There are too many dogs as it is. people should be encouraged to rescue animals and puppy farms should not exist. There should be much tougher laws on how puppy farms are run if they are to have them, and they should be punished if found not to be following these laws. Oscars law is a fabulas idea and it should be done asap.

But ha Mr Hans Witteveen! Not considering giving credence to vigilantes such as Animal Liberation Victoria, by legalising them as the ‘ANIMAL POLICE.’ Absolutely not Mr Witteveen.!The RSPCA would fit the criteria a lot better for animals don’t you think?

Giving credence to vigilantes by legalising them as so called Animal Police? Got to be joking.

There are all sorts of minority groups who might like to be their own 'Police' with a blinkered focus on whatever their cause. It is not what Australia needs.

Good point Mr Hans Witteveen! INTRODUCE THE ANIMAL POLICE! If the animal welfare laws were adequate in the first place, the brave Animal Liberationist would not have to take the law into their own hands by having to expose such dirty puppy factories to the public. How about the Government giving more jurisdictions to the RSPCA and train their workers to act promptly when veterinary care is required and not ignore the obvious signs of animal neglect? Even better, how about introducing ‘Animal Police’ all over Australia that are paid to go out and investigate, expose and charge non compliant breeding factories and close all the unscrupulous down?

We should not permit vigilante tactics by Animal Liberation extremists to usurp law enforcement by proper authorities. Appropriate animal welfare laws are one thing, giving credence to vigilantes a big NO.

"The greatness of a society and its moral progress can be judged by the way it treats its animals." --Mahatma Gandhi

Stronger animal law please

I support Oscars Law. Why is it always ALV volunteers that goes out and does the authorities work for them ? Why are we paying dog/cat registration fees every year, rates to local Gov and taxes when no one is doing their job and ensuring these dogs are protected? And don't get me started on RSPCA!
Its time we ban puppy farms, ban the sale of animals in pet shops and put an end to all this cruelty
Bravo ALV!

I am fortunate enough to have a four year old femaledog. She came from a puppy farm. She was starving when I got her and I'm sure she had already recovered before I was able to view and adopt her. When she hears a puppy even mildly distressed, she collapses into a foetal position and shakes. What goes on in these places? I cannot believe there is no effective legislation to stop this abhorrent activity.

Puppy farms are a disgrace. It is shocking that this disgusting treatment of beautiful animals continues.

Please create legislation to ban puppy farms NOW!

Please stop live animals being sold in shops, pet stores.

I support Oscar's Law!

ALV and your cronies appear extremely bitter and twisted toward humans overall. Ok this is a rotten case of puppy factories here, but word has been going around the City ALV’s bullying tactics to anyone, including some more vulnerable that behind the scenes you verbally abuse, via emails to all that you object too. You block or delete anyone that opposes your view on your websites such as “Prisoner’s For Profit”. Your Facebook forums are full of comments in regard to the Paxtons etc, like “String in up” Feed them to their dogs” or “lock them in cages.”Two wrongs don’t make a right and people need to behave decently in order to help the poor animals less fortunate and such comments are just as evil as the deeds of the puppy farmers are to their animals. Don’t condone puppy farming or any animal factory farming as such, but who is really any better here?

I have emailed you previously with no reply.

It's another hot day, with these poor dogs miserable with no respite from the heat & probably no water either.

I'm sure our politicians have the air conditioners on. Turn them off, go outside stand in the sun for just 4 hours no drinking - see how you feel.

It's time to do something, or I might as well not vote - whats the point, governments spend so much on themselves & nothing happens to help these poor animals.

Our elderly & victimized children have no chance if you can't do something as simple as shut these places down for good.

I"m sure you could make plenty of profit on HUGE MANADATORY FINES & SEIZURE OF ASSESTS.

Enjoy your luxury lifestyle, funded by the working Australians that you don't care about.

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Puppy farms should be outlawed, as should the sale of puppies and kittens through pet shops as this is the main outlet for this type of breeding. We have thousands of animals being destroyed every year yet allow 'production lines' of puppies and kittens - this makes no sense.
Animal protection organisations should have more powers to remove animals being treated in such appalling ways. The Moorabool Puppy farm were allowed to 'dispose' of their animals even though they had abused over a period of 8 years, they were even permitted to retain 5 dogs which is incredible.
A cvilised society should not stand by and ignore cruelty, please support Oscas Law.

We definitely need more protection for animals. It makes me sick that the laws that shelters have to destroy animals after 28 days are enforced, and yet there are no laws to stop animals ending up in shelters in the first place. I would love to see some shelters granted 'no kill' status, and the introduction of compulsory desexing. That way hopefully a lot less animals will end up in the shelters in the first place.

I support this

I support Oscar's law.

Mr Brumby,
I think that you should not only pass Oscar's Law, but extend the power to investigate and prosicute cases of Animal Cruelty to other shelters/oganisations besides the RSPCA. So much more could be done if there were more organisations with the power to save Animals victimised by cruelty.

I strongly support the introduction of Oscars Law. Seeing these poor innocent creatures suffer these conditions makes me so ashamed to be a human being.

Animals need to be protected from suffering and cruelty. Puppy farms are cruel and cause suffering. Puppy fams should be banned.

I strongly support any legislation which gives the rights to the Police for all cruelty to animals to be brought before a court and that gives a hefty fine, or better still, gaol terms to the perpetrator(s).

Further, stronger powers should be given to the RSPCA. At the moment the law is too lax for this organisation to have any real power against those who exploit animals.

Please Mr Brumby, consider legislation that requires every breeder of animals to be government registered whether breeding just a few animals or many. Make it illegal to buy an animal from any other than a government licensed breeder with their license number accompanying every sale to catch cheats. Microchip records make this system self monitoring

Mr Brumby, please initiate a full investigation into the running of the RSPCA in Victoria. Its own website states that it is answerable only to itself and is even above the police. This powerful and wealhy body has failed to respond on numerous occasions in Victoria to serious reports of animal neglect giving me the excuse that they are understaffed and short of funds. Financial reports clearly refute this claim. Please Mr Brumby hear the voices of thousands of animal loving voters.