[Mister X]

Cute pup!
I really do think there should be some stricter rules, especially after a couple of stories I've seen on puppy mills and such. I tend to shy away from the extremist/PETA type of animal activist stuff but there's no question at all in my mind that someone who does some of the disgusting things that people do should be given a short jail sentence or a BIG fine, depending on the severity. And repeat offenders should be given harsher punishments. Unfortunately I think organizations like PETA have given a lot of animal rights groups a bad name. Stupid ideas like having 5 year sentences for a first offence are quite honestly ridiculous. When a guy can put his wife in the hospital and get off with probation I think that's a little out of whack. But a prohibition from owning animals for 2 years as a punishment is just as much out of whack! A balance needs to be struck I think.