tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726217382009583200.post3863020116804246962..comments2023-10-01T09:20:50.982-07:00Comments on Washington Animal Watch: What is a place of business?WA Animal Watchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04620215261561567638noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726217382009583200.post-9625707131410207342012-07-15T01:03:21.392-07:002012-07-15T01:03:21.392-07:00Thanks, both of you. ter05, please be sure to incl...Thanks, both of you. ter05, please be sure to include that in a comment to APHIS. SRPS, thanks for your insight.WA Animal Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04620215261561567638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726217382009583200.post-31300801958997057602012-07-13T18:03:14.656-07:002012-07-13T18:03:14.656-07:00will take a stab at explaining this WAW, per SRPS ...will take a stab at explaining this WAW, per SRPS conversation with APHIS today. The USDA can only properly provide oversight in areas that are not already regulated by proper public oversight. So in other words, APHIS discovered that it would be improper to regulate sales at rabbit shows because a. shows must have a permit from the city, b. the county, c. the state, and d. rabbit shows for the most part are open to the public which provides it's own version of "oversight". Therefore APHIS ruled that sales of pet rabbits at rabbit shows was outside of their venue for regulation as they are already perfectly regulated for public oversight. The question is not so much "place of business" as place of business translates to whereever a person is conducting the retail sale. So that IS the USDA definition of "place of business"- whereever the actual sale takes place meaning money transfer and animal transfer. APHIS wanted all transactions to be carried out in direct contact with the buyer, and obviously public sales include direct contact with the buyer, whether or not they are at a rabbit show, at home, or in a parking lot. <br />As far as shipping sight unseen, if sales gross more than $500.00, a license will be required. As far as picking up and delivery of a rabbit by a third party, as long as the buyer was able to physically examine the animal and refuse the animal at the time of sale, it matters very little if it is delivered or picked up by a third party. Now remember all of these APHIS regs coming out are subject to state legislation. So in those states like California, in which the sale of animals (rabbits) in public on highways, byways, or transported under the new state legal definitions, the state law prevails over anything stated by the USDA. So if your state as a couple of states have legislated recently, forbids the sale of pet rabbits anywhere, those sales are still forbidden even though they are allowed by the USDA.Show Rabbit Protection Societyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02050748358961132151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726217382009583200.post-24067892271222865672012-07-13T17:50:08.153-07:002012-07-13T17:50:08.153-07:00Thinking about how long breeders have been shippin...Thinking about how long breeders have been shipping dogs, I remembered today that my first Australian Shepherd was shipped to me from the breeder sight unseen on a TRAIN in 1963.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com