Rick Scott Approves Artificially Dyeing Of Animals
Source: Huffington Post
Florida Governor Rick Scott just approved an agricultural bill, which permits animals to be dyed neon green and dayglo pink.
But don't dip any live Easter peeps into dye just yet -- the bill legalizing such Technicolor pets doesn't go into effect until July 1.
Florida Sen. Ellyn Bogdanoff, R-Fort Lauderdale, snuck Amendment 303390, repealing a 45-year-old ban on artificially dying or coloring certain animals or fowl, onto HB Bill 1197, which revises certain agriculture codes in the state. Her amendment also permits chicks to be sold before they are 4 weeks old.
Florida Senate Democratic Minority Leader Nan Rich, who tried to block the amendment, said the original ban was to ensure "that we don't have a lot of adorable ducks, rabbits and chickens that are given away at Easter time and look so cute, and then 2 or 3 or 4 months later nobody wants them.
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/07/rick-scott-approves-artif_n_1409749.html?ref=politics&ir=Politics
Did they legalize strapping the dog to the roof of the car too?
alp227
(32,062 posts)You can thank Ayn Rand for a generation of young conservatives with unchecked narcissism and individualistic entitlement. (And they accuse us libs of being entitled!)
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)did believe in GOD, go figure.
Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)Day glo ducks at Disney?
This is the stupidest thing I have heard in I don't know how long.
Po_d Mainiac
(4,183 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Po_d Mainiac
(4,183 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Po_d Mainiac
(4,183 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Someone who ties up small defenseless creatures for a "hobby" has obvious self esteem issues.
Po_d Mainiac
(4,183 posts)u got a wasped sense of humor
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)The law was about dyeing LIVE animals. Nobody was upset about forest green leather furniture (well, other than people with good decorative taste).
I don't think the feathers for fly tying or hair extensions come from dyed birds. I'm certainly no expert, but I think it is a reasonably strong assumption that the feathers used in those activities are most likely dyed long after having ceased to be associated with their fowl of origin.
I think that would also be true of the fur.
On the other hand, I really couldn't guess at how they get the camel hair for camel hair paintbrushes.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)I know it's not the fault of Florida DUers...
alterfurz
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(14,177 posts)TheEuclideanOne
(2,487 posts)That is not a fair comparison!
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)Gollum, had moments of sanity.
secondvariety
(1,245 posts)Even the hard right Gopers I work with won't admit to voting for him (though I'm sure they did). He is one crooked s.o.b.
saras
(6,670 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Po_d Mainiac
(4,183 posts)jmowreader
(50,566 posts)should be seeing pink elephants 24-7.
HockeyMom
(14,337 posts)you will never care about human beings. You do know they wanted to bring back Dwarf Tossing too in Florida?
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Oh my, Mitt Romney won't be able to due the "distinguished sideburns" routine.
Incitatus
(5,317 posts)I think it's a silly practice and it doesn't interest me, but from what I understand they can make a lot of money by participating. Some people had to ruin that income source for them, though.
Sancho
(9,070 posts)Rick Scott's is truly the devil if there ever was one...
truthisfreedom
(23,157 posts)Require that the farms selling the colored chicks, ducks, and rabbits take them back after they become unwanted.
csziggy
(34,138 posts)One year Mom succumbed to buying us chicks for Easter. My sisters chose pink, blue and lavender dyed chicks. I selected a "real" undyed yellow chick with a slight rusty tinge to its feathers.
Within weeks we realized we had a problem. The dyed chicks were White Leghorn, my yellowy rust chick was a Rhode Island Red. The Leghorns HATED my little guy and they got bigger really fast. So Dad built my guy a separate cage.
In a few more weeks it became obvious all four chicks were turning into roosters. They began crowing. The Leghorn began fighting among themselves. They were no longer cute and were getting aggressive.
Just before school let out for the summer we came home one day and the chickens were gone. Mom explained that she had found a nice farmer who had given them a home with lots of space and other chickens to play with.
We had fried chicken for dinner the next Sunday.
Hubert Flottz
(37,726 posts)The GOPers have had an orange speaker of the house for almost two years.
wordpix
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(33 posts)lib2DaBone
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One_Life_To_Give
(6,036 posts)Teach them to come around my bird feeder. Day-Glo Squirrels!