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Originally Posted by JudyC
And if an animal changes hands three times...four times....ten times...is the original breeder responsible to make some huge "compensation" to each of those prior owners for all possible "lost opportunities"? Equally absurd to me.
This debate will likely derail the thread and should probably be spun off into the general business discussion forum.
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No, Cliff is owed nothing. The animal should have been held onto until the eggs hatched (an important step in proving an animal). Whoever is the first one to put the animal in a situation to be proven is the one who should be compensated. However, it should only be the initial purchase price of the animal or an animal of equal value (ideally not a hatchling).
The reason being ... while all those eggs did make it to full term, you do not know, had their been any of the "hypos", if they would have survived. Something could have happened to them. Something can always happen to them, so monetary compensation for potential losses that cannot be proven or substantiated is not logical.