Not exact matches
Trustee Pat Gira said in an interview that Orland Park wouldn't necessarily keep shops from
selling commercially - bred
dogs if the village could verify that they used reputable breeders who treat their
dogs humanely.
California could become the first state in the nation to ban pet stores from
selling commercially bred pets which includes
dogs, cats and rabbits that come from out - of - state breeders according to THE SAN DIEGO UNION - TRIBUNE.
The Cook County puppy mill bill, which would ban pet stores from
selling commercially bred
dogs, cats, and rabbits and is scheduled to go..
The Ottawa City Council adopted a by - law that restricts the sale of
commercially bred cats and
dogs in pet stores, requiring new pet stores to offer only cats and
dogs from legitimate shelters, humane societies or rescues organizations; all stores will also have to include a 48 hours return policy, as well as provide a certificate that indicates the source of the pet that is being
sold.
Pet stores that currently
sell commercially bred cats and
dogs will have five years to transition to the new adoption - only model.
If the city - or state - wide bans are adopted, retail stores will no longer be able to
sell large - scale
commercially bred cats and
dogs.
«Philadelphia could soon be the next city to ban pet stores from
selling commercially bred
dogs and cats, a move that prioritizes adoptions of rescue animals and is aimed at stopping the growth of so - called animal «mills.»»
In other words, the stores can
sell commercially bred
dogs and cats as long as they come from «good puppy mills» and «good kitten mills».
I have a simple request for pet stores around the country
selling commercially bred
dogs and cats - Show us the mammas!
Greg Gordon, the owner of
Dog Patch Pet and Feed a pet store that
sold commercially bred puppies, and the Cari Meyers founder of The Puppy Mill Project an anti puppy mill organization stopped yelling at each other and learned they had something in common.
And any pet store
selling commercially bred
dogs that promotes or refers customers to the service (as many do) is behaving in an equally scummy manner.
Pet stores, Internet sites, flea markets, and others
selling dogs commercially to consumers in Ohio will be required to source
dogs from breeders who meet the new humane standards of care.
However, the only turkey given to
dogs should be well - cooked or in appropriately raw form (vacuum - sealed,
commercially sold) without any additives like sodium or preservatives.
Earlier this year, the City of Toronto also prohibited pet store sales of
commercially - raised
dogs and cats, only allowing pet stores to
sell animals obtained from animal shelters in the province.
Because
dogs that are
commercially sold often face extremely poor conditions — buying from those who create these conditions merely serves to reward them for their bad behavior.
If Chicago pet storeowners want to jump to the suburbs to continue to
sell commercially bred
dogs, cats and rabbit next year, they may need to leave Cook County.
Veterinary studies of raw foods have shown many
commercially sold brands carry Salmonella, bacteria which cats and
dogs may not show illness from, but will contaminate the food bowl and pass in the feces, exposing people.
The first ban on pet stores
selling commercially bred
dogs and cats was enacted in Albuquerque in 2006.
Now no one is suggesting that we ban beef and chicken in our cat or
dog food, NO ONE, because they are essential sources of protein and the primary ingredient in most
commercially available cat and
dog foods
sold in America.
Or that the pet food industry began when one man watched sailors feeding
dogs dry biscuits on the docks in approximately 1860, and decided to create the first
commercially prepared pet food to
sell to English country gentlemen for sporting
dogs?
California has pet store ordinances in 35 jurisdictions, but if Assembly Bill 485 passes, pet stores statewide would be restricted from
selling commercially bred
dogs, cats and rabbits unless they come from a shelter or rescue organization.
Under the «Puppy Mill Bill» a pet shop within the city limits can not
sell, deliver, give away or transfer any
commercially - bred
dogs, cats, or rabbits.