If, and I do mean if the law…

If, and I do mean if the law is changed society is taking a huge step backwards. It would mean condoning cruel treatment to animals who have no way to defend themselves as they are unable to escape to safer surroundings. This is totally unacceptable in todays society where we need to respect and treat animals, whether house pets or wild animals with respect. I do not understand how any thinking, feeling human being can consider this appropriate today. The existing facilities that currently operate need to be shut down immediately and no new ones should be permitted to exist. There has to be a more humane way to train dogs to hunt other than using animals who are helpless to defend themselves against this monsterous practice. To turn this around it would be like penning people while wild animals train their young how to track and hunt. That is a practice that would be condemned immediately and never allowed to exist. We need to treat all animals the way we want to be treated. These are animals with feelings, feel pain, fright, etc. the same as humans do. I would be extremely upset and disappointed if the government allows this practice to continue.