Sentences with phrase «store puppy ban»

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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.

Orland Park trustees are considering banning the sale of pets raised by commercial breeders, which critics call «puppy mills,» in village pet stores.

Much like a law passed by the village of Mamaroneck in 2016, the bill, introduced to state lawmakers by Sen. Michael Gianaris, a Democrat, on Feb. 15, would ban retail pet stores from buying their pets at for - profit breeders with the hope of curtailing the operation of «puppy mills,» mass breeders with a reputation of over-breeding and treating pets inhumanely.

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.

By working with several city councils in our region, San Diego Humane Society recently helped pass legislation banning local pet stores and other commercial businesses from selling dogs, puppies, cats, kittens, and rabbits that are obtained from puppy mill farms, commercial catteries, and other large breeding establishments.

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.

As the solution to eliminating «puppy mills,» they have undertaken a national program to ban the sale of pets in pet stores.

After lobbying by RAPS, Richmond became the first municipality to introduce a Spay and Neuter Bylaw for cats, and to ban the sale of puppies and dogs in pet stores.

The pet industry is working at the state level to undue bans that cities have enacted to stop the sale of puppies in pet stores.

«It creates an exemption for local pet sellers and allows those sellers to sell puppies but down right ban retail stores such as Petland,» says Attorney Thomas Shults.

A pet store sued to challenge the Palm Beach ban on selling puppies produced by American dog breeders and a local Judge threw out the lawsuit causing the pet store to go out of business overnight.

The state's action to ban the sale of pets purchased by pet stores wholesale from commercial breeders and so - called «puppy mills» is a landmark moment.

With the vast majority of pet store puppies coming from puppy mills, over 200 jurisdictions across the U.S. and Canada have enacted ordinances banning the retail sale of commercially bred dogs and cats.

The Sarasota County Commission in Florida recently voted to ban pet stores from selling puppies and kittens.

The Cook County puppy mill bill, which would ban pet stores from selling commercially bred dogs, cats, and rabbits and is scheduled to go..

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...

In addition, 48 different localities in the U.S. have now banned the sale of puppies in pet stores because of the well - documented link between pet stores and puppy mills.

The mayor of St. Petersburg Florida is proposing an ordinance that would ban the retail sales of puppies in pet stores in the hopes that it will boost adoption rates at local shelters.

Over 120 municipalities have adopted consumer protection ordinances and bans that do not allow pet stores to sell commercially produced puppies.

When Illinois voted to ban the sale of puppy mill dogs in retail stores, Lucas fought the ban.

«I can't think of any other situation in which a store was shut down due to failure to comply with the ban,» said Kathleen Summers, director of outreach and research with the Puppy Mills Campaign of the Human Society of the United States.

The shutdown of a store in connection with a puppy mill ban violation is believed to be the first by any U.S. city.

Due to concerns about puppies coming from disreputable sources, many local jurisdictions have passed measures to ban or restrict the sale of commercially - bred dogs in pet stores, including several Illinois jurisdictions.

«Grove City Council members were searching for answers before voting Monday on whether to ban what would be its only pet store from selling «puppy mill» dogs.»

If the bill passes the Senate — which it's expected to — it will introduce a deservedly harsh set of new regulations banning the sale of puppy mill pooches in New Jersey pet stores and beyond.

«Jamaica Plain City Councilor Matt O'Malley introduced an ordinance nicknamed the «Puppy Mill Bill» on Feb. 22 that would ban the sale of dogs, cats, and rabbits in pet stores in Boston, according to a press release.»

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.

This time, they are focusing on the advocacy group that spearheaded the ban and has spent a lot of time getting the word out on the pet store - puppy mill connection.

Several cities are waiting for the outcome of a lawsuit in Arizona that would settle unresolved legal issues around passing «puppy mill» store bans.

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.»

It seems like this movement is finally picking up momentum, as many large cities are now banning pet stores from selling puppies and dogs.

Victoria shares the gifts she's celebrating this holiday season, including the success of the #LucysLaw campaign, California's ban on pet store sales, and Australia's first state to ban puppy mills.

One week ago, two of the pet store owners battling the Chicago ban on the sale of commercially bred puppies and kittens in pet stores have decided to file yet another lawsuit.

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.

On Wednesday, the HSUS dropped the pet store ban in a total cave in to the puppy mill industry.

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.

It has become the $ 55 billion question as some of the biggest players in the pet industry are stepping into the spotlight in support of puppy mills as more communities ban the sale of commercially bred pets in pet stores.

That's a very important statistic as the APPA joins forces with the industry's largest pro puppy mill lobbying group — the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC)-- to fight bans on the sale of puppy mill dogs in pet stores.

The HSUS had worked on a compromise bill for the proposed statewide ban on the sale of puppy mill dogs in Illinois pet stores.

Yet, the American Veterinary Medical Association, the Chicago Veterinary Medical Association and the statewide group have come out against the ordinances banning the sale of puppy mill dogs in pet stores.

Last week, while Pennsylvania lawmakers were taking measures to protect pets from harsh winter weather, Las Vegas city council members voted to repeal a ban on retail pet store puppy sales, 99 % of which come from puppy mills.

But, less than two months before the ban took effect, city council members voted again, this time to repeal the ban and continue to allow stores within the city to procure and sell animals from large - scale commercial breeders, better known as puppy and kitten mills.

In an effort to put an end to inhumane «puppy mill» breeding operations, Sacramento lawmakers passed an ordinance that permanently bans the sale of non-rescue dogs, cats, and rabbits by pet stores in the city.

The city upheld a 2013 ordinance banning pet stores from selling puppies and kittens - requiring them instead to offer adoptions of shelter and rescue animals.

Dog and cat owners say the best way to crack down on illegal puppy mill operators is not to ban the sale of dogs and cats at local pet stores, but rather to enact and enforce tougher breeder standards (67 % vs. 33 %).

In a recent Harris Poll, four in five (81 %) U.S. adults say banning dog sales entirely at pet stores will not stop puppy mills from continuing.

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Banning the sale of pets at pet stores does nothing to stop bad breeders and their puppy mills.

And «pet store puppy mill bans»?

Grove City wanted to ban Petland pet stores from buying puppies from large breeders which did not meet all standards.