PIJAC knows that the elimination of consumer choice via pet
store animal sales would be a regrettable for both animals and consumers — putting pets and consumers at risk, increasing transactions with unregulated breeders with no consumer protection and, certainly, none for the animals who will be purchased from unregulated sources.
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every room where food is manufactured, prepared, processed, handled, served, displayed,
stored, sold or offered for
sale is kept free from, (i) materials and equipment not regularly used in the room, and (ii) subject to section 60, live birds and
animals;
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.
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Just in time for the
sale, I have added three new
animal photo bundles to my
store - Big Horn Sheep, Mountain Lions, and Flamingos.
Bedding products bring small -
animal customers to the
store on a regular basis, opening the door for additional
sales.
After realizing that Parker's was losing potential
sales from small -
animal owners to big - box
stores, Pottenger added a small -
animal section a year and a half ago.
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.
It has been disheartening to see all the legislation we have faced in recent years regarding the
sale of
animals in pet
stores.
We started our business of bio-based waste bags at the beginning of the year here in SD and are in 17
stores here in San Diego and have the SD Humane Society and other
animal shelters as our cause, with a large portion of every
sale going to help
animals in need.
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.
The conference will kick off with what is sure to be an entertaining keynote by conservationist and television personality Jack Hanna and his
animals, followed by an update from market research firm GfK, which will reveal what it sees as the hottest trends in the U.S. pet specialty market, based on the
sales data it collects from thousands of pet
stores.
His extensive industry experience draws on Pacific
Store Designs» full suite of services, including design, fixtures
sales, custom cabinetry, vented
animal enclosures, general contracting, architectural services, professional installations, merchandising assistance and training.
In the end, I came up with the idea for «Up For Pups,» an organization that delivers humane education presentations to schools and other organizations with a message for people to know where their new «best friends» are coming from and help support legislation to strengthen dog breeding regulations and restrict the
sale of companion
animals in pet
stores nationwide.
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.
The ordinances prohibited the
sale of commercially bred dogs, cats, and rabbits to make way for rescue
animals in pet
stores.
Animal feed supply
stores often carry newspapers catering to the rural community, where you might find ads offering unwanted barnyard pets for
sale or adoption.
In 2014, he supported legislation to prohibit pet
stores from selling dogs who come from commercial breeders known as «puppy mills» — large facilities that mass - produce
animals for
sale.
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...
As an undergrad, she gained
animal experience as a
sales associate at a Petco retail
store and as a veterinary assistant at Black Veterinary Hospital.
We do not accept donations but if you want to help our cause, SHOP «MONSTER» & DO GOOD → All proceeds from the
store sales go towards other deserving 501 (c) 3
animal welfare organizations.
In addition, as a reminder, you must promptly consult with a veterinarian whenever an
animal for
sale or adoption at your
store becomes ill or injured (R285.151.36).
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.
McKamey has a history of illegally raiding people to gain more product for
sale and hit the front pages when they illegally raided a local pet
store in 2010 and seized all of their
animals.
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!
More than 95 % of
animals for
sale at Petland USA
stores are from commercial puppy mills.
With this campaign, they asking
animal lovers to unite against the cruel breeding industry, take legislative action, and advocate for local shelters, rescues, and responsible breeders by informing the public about the problems with pet
stores and online puppy
sales.
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...
Since it went into effect, more pet
stores have hosted adoption events for
animals and relied more on the
sale of pet supplies.
Because of the growth in online
sales of
animals, particularly dogs, many operators of inhumane commercial breeding facilities, or puppy mills, transport dogs to pet
stores and to new parents via airplanes.
Pet
stores, even though they may not legally exist, would also be required to post and maintain, in a conspicuous place, on or within three feet of each
animal's kennel, cage or enclosure, a certificate of source of each dog or cat offered for
sale or transfer.
The ASPCA wants people to boycott puppy
sales in pet
stores and on the Internet, the places where most puppy mill
animals are sold.
A portion of all
sales in the
store goes to local rescue groups to save, spay and neuter and re home
animals locally.
These
animals are trapped in inhumane conditions; it doesn't take five years for established pet
stores to stop the
sale of commercially bred dogs and cats.
Discriminatory bans against the
sale of
animals by pet
stores are poor public policy, and are harmful to pets and pet owners.
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.
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.
Throughout California, most pet
stores have already transitioned their business model to a more humane model that focuses on the adoption of
animals from shelters or rescue groups, rather than the
sale of
animals from inhumane breeding facilities.
Humane Canada believes that the
sale of puppies and kittens in pet
stores (other than shelter adoption centres) promotes impulse buying and is an outlet for puppy and kitten mill
animals.
Under the ordinance, no pet
store can display, sell, deliver, offer for
sale, barter, auction, give away or otherwise transfer or dispose of companion
animals in the city.
East Providence's ordinance prohibits the
sale of dogs and cats in pet
stores, while allowing pet
stores to work with shelters and rescues to provide space and care for adoptable
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.
The internet and pet
stores are the main points of
sale for puppy and kitten mills, in which
animals are mistreated, neglected and bred continuously to maximize profit.
Humane Canada advocates that companion
animal stores restrict their
sale of live
animals to domesticated and captive - bred birds, fish and small mammals other than cats and dogs.
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.»
Pet
store disclosure bills require
stores to post the
animals» health records, along with the name and location of the breeder, so that customers can see where the pets for
sale were bred.
But this breeder also did more than just retail
sales — she continued to sell to pet
stores, which was in violation of the
Animal Welfare Act as she no longer had an AWA license.
Because the retail pet
sales ordinances include an exemption for pet
stores that offer
animals for adoption from shelters or rescue groups, it's a win - win for the
animals and the community.
It's been less than two months since the Cook County Board passed the Companion
Animal and Consumer Protection Act — the measure that banned the
sale of puppy mill dogs and kitten mill cats in the county's 13 pet
stores.