This year they have removed the section in last years bill that would have grandfathered in the existing enclosures.
They also increased the penalty to Class 1 Misdemeanor.
By my count, a pen operator who held a trial in his own pen and won a prize for placing would be guilty of violating 6 different provisions of this law. Each violation is punishable by 12 months in jail and a $2500 fine.
First - HSUS has endless funds and zero tolerance for any ideas but their own, so dealing with them is like talking to a wall.
Second - If a pictures worth a thousand word, then taking some decision makers to a nice big foxpen should be worth a million.
This is a story I was told last week from a member of the North Carolina pen owners association. They carried a few local representatives to a foxpen. The rep's were hesitant at first, but after seeing the foxpen they were astounded.
They said they were told 'you turn a fox out and then turn loose up to 200 dogs and see which one kills the fox.' They had no idea, because this is what they were told.
They said 'this looks like that' - pointing to the outside of the foxpen (the wild).
They realized they were being fed a line of bull from the anti's.
It happens in life everyday - the world was known to be flat - until someone actually saw it wasn't.
Every non hunter being told it's a staged cage fight may believe it's that way --- SHOW THEM THE TRUTH.