Defeat H.R. 996
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H.R. 996 represents pet industry-crippling legislation and poor conservation planning. Here is a short 4-slide presentation companion animal (specifically companion parrot) owners can use to get a few salient points across to elected officials to explain why they should stop H.R. 996 in its tracks.
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Defeat H.R. 996
- 1. Defeat H.R. 996 Protect Pet Owners’ Rights Protect Introduced Parrot Populations Protect Jobs in an Industry that Comforts People
- 2. Introduced Parrots = No Harm Wild parrots eat fruits and nuts that “native” species don’t Organizations provide boxes to keep Quakers from using powerlines/poles for nesting boxes (until wires go underground, of course)—this gives Boy Scouts and other youth a chance to build, grow, work in the community, etc. Introduced parrots often represent endangered species in other countries; conservation demands we protect them however we can, not kill off their descendants we’ve bred here
- 3. Pet Industry = Jobs 82.5 million households in the United States have pets 6.9 million households in 2012 owned pet birds 20.6 million pet birds are living in the United States (as of 2012) Expenses that represent jobs: pet foods, treats, housing, boarding, grooming, accessories, toys, gifts, pet health insurance, pet tracking/GPS/micro-chip devices, beds, veterinary visits, medications, supplements & vitamins, water conditioners, carriers & travel crates/cages, and much more. Notice that health insurance, vet visits, medications and supplements, improved foods and treats, and the use of GPS and other tracking devices flies in the face of the supposition within H.R. 996 that owners easily release their pets. Instead, pets are considered valuable members of the family.
Editor's Notes
- Urban pet populations that have formed in Florida, California, Texas and other areas often represent species that are endangered in other areas of the world. It would be a crime to destroy these birds either in homes or in the backyards in the United States when their cousins overseas or south of the border are dying in droves.Dopamine levels increase when people hug, pet, feed, or offer a gift or toy to their companion animals; pets offer us comfort whether the pet is from a highly domesticated taxon or recently bred in the United States.
- It would be a crime to eradicate wild populations or to euthanize captive bred, non-native species that live in the United States when they are endangered or even extinct in their native lands.
- Facts in this slide are from the 2013-2014 APPA National Pet Owners Survey available at www.americanpetproducts.org.It would be a crime to remove an entire sector of industry/business in the United States when we’re struggling to find jobs for more than 8% of the available workforce.
- Teka the Congo African grey parrot (Psittacuserithacus) is a 17-year-old parrot who lives in Southwest Florida with a family who loves him dearly. He gets a special chopped veggie, grain and seed mix that his “mom” prepares for him to augment his special oven-baked pellets. He likes to forage treats out of small cardboard boxes, empty tissue boxes and bird toys, and has specific types of bird toys and materials that he likes to play with. His family enjoys making puzzles and toys for him to keep him entertained. It would be a crime to kill this bird because his ancestors were imported to the United States once upon a time.