The ubiquitous, easily torn, often doubled - up plastic bags from the grocery store —
hoarded by dog owners, despised by the environmentally concerned and occasionally caught in trees — will soon cost at least a nickel in New York City.
Typically, we see
dogs that have been born into puppy mills that have spent their entire life in cages,
dogs that lived in a
hoarding situation amongst multiple pets with no training or socialization, or
dogs that have been mistreated
by their
owners in one fashion or another.