In Los Angeles, there’s a proposal to ban non-rescue pet sales. See, L.A. Council Proposes Ban on Non-Rescue Pet Sales from the Palos Verdes Patch.
(“The Los Angeles City Council moved Tuesday to ban stores in the city from selling dogs, cats and rabbits that are not from shelters, humane societies or registered rescue organizations.
The council voted 11-1 to ask the City Attorney’s Office to draft an ordinance banning the pet sales. Councilman Bill Rosendahl cast the dissenting vote.”)
One can guess that I’d be opposed (I can see encouraging rescue sales, but I would oppose banning non-rescue sales). What do you think?
Their hearts are in the right place but not their heads. There will still be pet sales of non-rescue pets but they will be sales in other places (or underground sales).
good idea that goes too far
How would anyone enforce that law?
Once someone has the pet, so they can sell it, wouldn’t that be considered ‘rescued’?
Enforcement over so large an area – with other needs – would be difficult, where difficult means ineffective.
Ban pet stores? No more “doggy in the window”? Ridiculous. Won’t this encorage more “puppy mills”?
Puppy mills WILL get worse after a ban
Some puppy mills ship dogs across the country RIGHT NOW
This will make that problem even worse since there will be more people looking for pure bred puppies that way
If it aint broke, dont pass a law to fix it.