Sentences with phrase «banning animal sales»

He and his legal team disagree with the law banning animal sales in pet stores, and they filed a motion for a temporary injunction.

The East Bay SPCA spearheaded the movement banning animal sales from Craigslist (in 2006).

Banning animal sales in stores does nothing to stop unscrupulous breeders but can cause consumers to visit underground breeders or find other venues to purchase the pets that their family desires.»

Add to that the fact that any law banning animal sales, even with the best intentions, is a crude tool.

Not exact matches

Animal rights groups such as World Animal Protection have sought to ban the sale of cage - sourced Kopi Luwak, and many retailers have taken the product off their shelves.

Orland Park began considering the issue after the Chicago City Council and the Cook County Board of Commissioners banned the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits from large - scale breeders earlier this year in an attempt to keep pet stores from selling animals raised in puppy mills.

In 2008, the European Parliament voted for a ban on the sale of meat and milk from clones and their offspring and in October 2010 the European Commission recommended a five year ban on animal cloning for food production in the EU, and on the use of cloned farm animals and the marketing of food from clones.

The state Department of Agriculture and Markets and two downstate foie gras producers have been sued by the California - based Animal Legal Defense Fund in an effort to ban the sale of the delicacy.

In December the California Fish and Game Commission banned their sale, fearing GloFish could open the way for a raft of genetically engineered animals.

Although eBay introduced a ban in June 2007 on sales of ivory between countries, transactions involving ivory have continued, reveals the International Fund for Animal Welfare, which released its report «Killing with Keystrokes» on Tuesday.

EBay has already banned the sale of bullets, guns and pornography on its site and plans to crack down on endangered animal sales with the help of software filters that flag words such as «ivory» and prevent sellers from posting listings of illegal items, Cartwright said.

The latest EU Cosmetics Regulation, which came into force in 2013, bans the sale of cosmetic products containing ingredients that have been tested on animals.

They favor banning imports of wild - caught amphibians but allowing the sale of animals bred in captivity, even if they come from Asia, as long as they are quarantined and tested.

The European Parliament today voted to ban the cloning of all farm animals as well as the sale of cloned livestock, their offspring, and products derived from them.

Another good thing about the entire M&S beauty range in general is that it is leaping bunny certified cruelty free, which is sadly still a rare thing these days dispite the 2013 EU ban on the sale of animal tested cosmetics.

Animal rights activist groups keep selling the idea that the way to get rid of sub-standard breeders — I refuse to use the pejorative term puppy mills — is to simply ban the sale of puppies, which in many cases, for simplicity, just morphs into banning the sale of all pets.

Animal activists around the world are celebrating as Taiwan becomes the first Asian country to ban the sale and consumption of cat and dog meat.

Since quality pet stores are almost exclusively using breeders that are supplying quality animals, it stands to reason that banning the sale of puppies in pet stores will have the largest impact on quality breeders, rather than sub-standard breeders.

Yet an increasing number of jurisdictions (more than 80 at last count) have banned the sale of puppies by pet stores, ostensibly to quell the market for «puppy mill» animals and to encourage adoption.

pet stores, although I am not an expert, from what I have read I would tend to think that an outright ban on sales of live animals in pet stores would not solve the problem, as people could (and sadly, would) always go somewhere else to find animals for sale on the black market.

They want a total ban of the sale of animals through pet shops in Australia and we should all be supporting this aim in our own countries and supporting them to achieve it in theirs.

In one simple move, by banning the sale of puppies though pet shops, resources can be saved or freed to address other animal welfare issues.

California is not banning the sale of these animals outright.

Camden County in New Jersey adopted a resolution on Thursday September 17 to ban sales of dogs and cats at pet stores, unless those animals are from hobby breeders or...

There is at least one reason to ban each type of animal from retail sales, but most Michigan communities have a store selling small birds, animals and fish, like Petco, PetSmart and Pet Supplies Plus, that will have to migrate away from small animal sales first.

Speaking in support of the original ban on sales from breeders, Quinn said: «This proposal will help end inhumane puppy mills, protect pet owners and help shelter animals find loving homes.»

Cities across the US have to ban the sale of these animals in stores and on line and make local laws insisting that pet stores carry only shelter pets!

They continue saying «no» to the idea of banning the sale of animals in Montreal.

Vancouver, BC Canada may be the next town to ban the sale of animals in pet stores over concerns that a Burnaby pet store that sells puppies and kittens may...

Banning the sale of commercially bred dogs, cats and rabbits will not only close off a channel of distribution for substandard breeding operations, but it will also raise awareness about animal welfare and promote adoption.

I guide grassroots organizations and advocates in passing local ordinances that protect companion animals, specifically in the issue areas of declawing, pit bull terriers, Trap - Neuter - Return (TNR), retail pet sale bans, and tethering.

Discriminatory bans against the sale of animals by pet stores are poor public policy, and are harmful to pets and pet owners.

Priorities in the charity's Manifesto for Cats: Northern Ireland include updating the law to control the breeding and sale of cats, a ban on snares and the inclusion of animal welfare into the Northern Irish curriculum.

The bill, which will be taken up in the 2016 legislative session, expands to the state level a recent trend among some local governments, including Camden County, Mercer County and Manasquan, that have banned, curtailed or criticized large - scale animal sales.

The sale of dogs, cats and rabbits will soon be banned at retail stores in San Diego, making it the 32nd city in North America to enact legislation in response to criticism of how animals are treated in commercial breeding facilities.

A full list of the communities that have banned the sale of for - profit animals can be found here: http://bestfriends.org/Resources/No-Kill-Resources/Puppy-mill-initiatives/Fighting-Puppy-Mills/Jurisdictions-with-retail-pet-sale-bans/.

TRENTON — The Mercer County Board of Freeholders recently passed a resolution that urges banning of the the sale of «Puppy and Kitten Mill» animals at local pet shops.

Although Maryland state law already prohibits the sale of dogs and cats bred by illegal «puppy mills,» it does not ban the retail sale of animals bred at large - scale commercial breeding facilities which, many will argue, are merely federally inspected, legal puppy mill operations.

The San Diego City Council has approved the second and final reading of the Companion Animal Protection Ordinance, which bans the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits in pet stores in the city.

The Las Vegas City Council voted to ban the retail sale of any pets not obtained from animal shelters, nonprofit humane societies or nonprofit animal rescue organizations.

«Retail pet sale bans do not address the welfare of animals, but simply reduce the available sources of pets for responsible pet owners,» says Mike Canning, President of the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC).

Pet sale bans in New Jersey and a ban on wild and exotic animals in Virginia are among PIJAC's top concerns this week.

Assembly Bill 485, authored by assembly member Patrick O'Donnell, will help put an end to the suffering of animals in commercial breeding operations (the majority of which are in the Midwest) by banning the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits from mills.

The Las Vegas City Council will consider an ordinance banning the sale of dogs and cats not obtained from an animal shelter, nonprofit humane society or nonprofit animal rescue organization.

The ban of the sale of for - profit animals that we've helped pass in more than 50 communities aims to make both puppy and kitten mills obsolete by decreasing demand for mill - bred animals.

That led Commissioner Steve Sisolak to question how the Las Vegas City Council could pass an ordinance banning the sale of «puppy mill» animals.

Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, the Best Friends» puppy mill initiatives team had opened up a second front by lifting a page from the cities of Albuquerque, South Lake Tahoe, and other jurisdictions, which had banned the for - profit sale of animals in pet stores in their respective communities.

But his passion borders on zealotry and he's been prompted by a legion of animal welfare fanatics to propose a city ordinance that will ban the retail sale of dogs and cats in Tucson unless they come from animal shelters.

California may become the first state in the nation to ban the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits from pet stores that obtain their animals from out - of - state commercial «puppy mills.»

Bans on the sale of animals in public places are important because backyard breeders often use public venues to sell animals who are underage, unhealthy, not vaccinated and not spayed or neutered.