Animal rights activists are aggressively promoting
pet store bans in several communities across the country.
And don't forget to also check with legislative organizations in your community for opportunities to help pass
pet store bans.
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On Wednesday, the HSUS dropped the pet
store ban in a total cave in to the puppy mill industry.
The move to amend the Cook County pet
store ban sparked outrage in the animal advocacy community in Chicago and beyond.
Nationwide advocacy groups that support the pet -
store bans include Bailing Out Benji, an Iowa - based nonprofit that promotes pet - store protests.
The truth is retail pet
store bans actually increase the likelihood that families will obtain a pet from an illegal, unregulated seller and / or acquire a pet that is not an appropriate fit for their lifestyle, making it more likely that the pet will end up in a shelter.
Puppy mills are an unacceptable problem, but the Pet Leadership Council believes pet
store bans prohibiting people's right to purchase dogs at local shops is not the solution.
Puppy mills are an unacceptable problem, but the Pet Leadership Council believes pet store bans p
Las Vegas, Nevada repealed its pet
store ban just over a year after it was passed.
Proposed pet
store ban on puppy mill animals headed for SD City Council.
Their argument - that people should have every right to shop for purebred, non-rescue puppies - has had some success: Last month, Las Vegas repealed a pet -
store ban in the face of ardent lobbying to keep it in place.
If passed, the new measure will greatly water down the Cook County
pet store ban.
However, Chicago and Cook County are the two largest communities in the heart of the Midwest — home to the majority of the U.S. puppy mills — that have attempted to enact pet
store bans.
Several cities are waiting for the outcome of a lawsuit in Arizona that would settle unresolved legal issues around passing «puppy mill»
store bans.
Less than two months after voting unanimously to ban the sale of puppy mill dogs and kitten mill cats in Cook County pet stores, three Cook County Commissioners have introduced an amendment to the Cook County pet
store ban.
The puppy mills do not go away because of a pet
store ban; they just change their marketing techniques.
Pet
store bans have nothing whatsoever to do with animal welfare (go take a look at commercial kennel requirements) and everything to do with eliminating competition for the market.
«As the opposition to our industry was gaining strength across the country [with the] passing [of] emotionally based pet
store bans, Bob was able to bring the industry together through the creation of the Pet Leadership Council to help address this threat,» says Watson.