The Fort Worth city council has passed an ordinance making it illegal to «sell, exchange, trade, barter, lease, rent, give away or display for a commercial purpose any live
animal on any roadside, public right of way, parkway, median, park, playground, swimming pool, other recreational area, flea market, or commercial or retail parking lot that is generally accessible to the public».
It is not the only way these breeders sell their dogs, but the Arizona Humane Society fields hundreds of complaints each year about breeders selling
their animals on roadsides and other public places.
No person shall sell, exchange, barter, trade, lease, rent, give away, display or transfer
any animal on any roadside, public right - of - way, parkway, median, park, playground, flea market, commercial or retail parking lot, or property adjacent to such locations, that is generally accessible to the public, regardless of whether such access is authorized or not.
Not exact matches
The waqfs were created for a great variety of services, such as the building and upkeep of water conduits, fountains, wells, roads, sidewalks, bridges, kitchens for the distribution of free meals, guest houses, homes for widows, schools, libraries, mosques, tekkes, cemeteries, open — air places for prayer, caravansaries to lodge full caravans of men and
animals, clock - rooms for telling time, bakeries for distributing bread and cakes to the poor, dispensaries, hospitals, public baths, shaded land
on the
roadside.
For instance, the number of dead possums
on the
roadside fell by 60 per cent between 1994 and 2005, thanks to a government effort to cull the
animals.
Furthermore, particular emphasis is put
on pedestrians at the
roadside or
animals.
Furthermore, pedestrians
on the
roadside or
animals are highlighted.
This further sets the stage for abusive behavior toward the pet, severe neglect and / or abandoning the dog
on a
roadside or at the local
animal shelter.
The «average case» for a pitbull is being destroyed in an
animal shelter because it was abandoned by its owner and was never adopted; or killed in the street, by human abusers or someone that just abandoned their dog
on the
roadside somewhere.
There are so many stories of numerous
animals: feral cats
on death row with no alternative place except our feral cat colony; cats being confiscated in cruelty cases and from hoarders that end up with behavior issues; chickens; ducks; geese; sheep and rabbits that are thrown
on the
roadside that have no safe haven except the SDA sanctuary; or the 17 resident dogs that no one wants.
Read
Animal Law Coalition's earlier report for more information
on this new law to ban
roadside sales of
animals and limit backyard breeding.
Support legislation to end puppy mills and other pet mills including laws requiring registration of mills, background checks and criteria for mill operators, limits
on breeding and the numbers of
animals kept and sold, humane sheltering and care of the
animals, record keeping, unannounced inspections, registration and spay / neuter of
animals sold as pets, bans
on pet auctions and
roadside sales, fire safety, proper disposal of waste and dead
animals, and fees and fines that will help fund adequate enforcement.
Abandon ownership or custodial responsibilities for a domestic
animal by leaving or discarding it, including abandonment
on roadsides, in trash containers, or in or
on vacated or vacant premises or any other place.
San Antonio bans the sale, trade or display of any
animal on any «
roadside, public right - of - way, commercial parking lot, or at any garage sale, flea market or festival.»
At the time of passage, the bill was celebrated by activists as a means to crack down
on «wild
animals kept as backyard pets or in
roadside zoo exhibits.»
Animal advocates and organizations relied
on the online databases to monitor conditions at thousands of
roadside zoos, puppy mills, and research labs across the country.