California Just Became The First State To Require Pet Stores To Sell Only Rescue Animals

[kpete]

Under the new legislation, all dogs, cats, and rabbits sold in pet stores must come from animal shelters or non-profit rescue organizations by 2019.

Any pet store owner who does not comply will be fined $500 for each animal in violation of the law.

The law will work to reduce the mass-breeding of pets in "puppy mills" and "kitten factories," where they often face abuse and unhealthy living conditions, supporter said.

“This is a big win for our four-legged friends, of course,” Assemblymember Patrick O’Donnell, who wrote the bill, said. “But also for California taxpayers who spend more than $250 million annually to house and euthanize animals in our shelters.

"I am very grateful for the strong support we received from animal-lovers across the state and from Social Compassion in Legislation, the bill’s sponsor," he said.


https://www.buzzfeed.com/juliareinstein/california-just-became-the-first-state-to-require-pet?bftw&utm_term=.duAgAdJKg#.cwlwlEm1w

[BigmanPigman]

1. Our great Gov Brown just passed the bill.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/california-pet-store-ban-puppies-kittens-cats-dogs-rabbits_us_59e216b2e4b0a52aca183fa3?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

[Brother Buzz]

2. Bob Barker is smiling

By California law, all rescue dogs must be spayed or neutered.

[tymorial]

3. Love it

[Eliot Rosewater]

4. Expect trump and GOP to go out of their way to try and fuck this up

[JoeOtterbein]

5. Great!

I've had 7 rescue cats (3 have passed away, my first one lived to be 24!) I would never have any other!

[ghostsinthemachine]

6. What is the point of this?

Pet stores are now big box brands like Petsmart, Petco, instead of the doggie in the window type. The big box stores don't sell dogs, cats or bunnies, but run programs for rescue animals.

I cannot think of a pet store large or small that does. And that includes feed stores. I can't think of where a pet store is, in fact. The type that would sell dogs, cats etc.

I just don't see this will do much of anything really.

[TexasBushwhacker]

8. There are still some small pet stores that sell animals n/t

[ghostsinthemachine]

10. Not many I imagine

I know small stores but they are all specialty stores for birds or reptiles.

[Paka]

7. Bravo California.

[George Eliot]

9. This is great news. Thank you, CA.

Washington has outlawed puppy mills but not sure how enforced. I like CA law better.

[Yupster]

11. Glad it's just dogs, cats and rabbits

I was worried how much the cost of guppies would go up if they could only sell rescue guppies.

[applegrove]

12. Pet Value in canada sells only humane society pets. They have a loyal

customer in me for doing so. They get goodwill.