Posted on 12/15/2022 5:37:55 PM PST by algore
New York will ban pet stores from selling dogs, cats and rabbits beginning in 2024 under a new bill designed to crack down on corporate breeders.
Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Puppy Mill Pipeline bill into law on Thursday, months after it passed the State Legislature, after facing mounting pressure from animal rights activists who argue that breeding facilities subject pets to inhumane conditions and saddle unassuming customers with high veterinary bills.
Pet store owners, however, have spent the past few months railing against the measure, saying it would put them out of business and have unintended consequences that would make it harder for New Yorkers to get a pet — potentially even leading to an underground pet market.
But ultimately Hochul decided to side with the animal rights activists, while creating provisions to help the state's 80 pet stores in the year before the legislation takes effect, the New York Times reports,
By ending licensed and regulated local pet stores, you will remove the people who vet breeders, insure the health of newly-homed pets with established veterinarians and guarantee the success of a new pet family,' Jessica Selmer, the president of PUPPI said in a statement on Thursday after failing to get Hochul to veto the bill.
Ted Bell, the owner of our Pet Zone stores across the state, also told the Albany Times-Union that without the option to purchase a pet in store, prospective buyers will turn to more online adoption sites where they could be subject to scams.
He added that his stores frequently sell to customers who were rejected from adopting a pet from local rescues for a variety of reasons, from not having a fenced yard to 'not living in the right area.'
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Two of my best cats I bought at a pet store. One I paid $7 for at mall pet store in 1977. The other one cost me $40 from another mall pet store in 1995. Best damn cats I ever had.
That’s el sicko, and reminds me of soooooo many school teachers, Democrats, and CNN talent.
I’ve seen the application forms for some shelters in Upstate NY.
I’ve seen shorter backround checks for employment.
I won’t go to a shelter than demands yhat kind of info from me.
I suspect what the state is trying to do is force people to use publicly funded shelters.
The pet mill business is just an excuse.
I am sure there will not be any negative “unforseen” consequences from this
I expect people will buy them in any ally if they get hungry enough.
I expect people will buy them in any ally if they get hungry enough.
Guaranteed to be ineffective. Just a bunch of weak leftist virtue signaling that hurts business owners. It will also guarantee that big box corporate pet stores will become exempt. This is nothing more than government picking winners and losers.
Apparently incanine conditions are okay.
More than likely. My pet days are over anyway. I'm at the age where I don't want my kids having to deal with pets after I'm dead. It's bad enough they'll have to clear out my apartment, and I'm not a hoarder by any means. I had to clear out my mother's, and one of my sister's apartments after they passed. Thankfully neither of them had any pets.
The breeders will do land office business now. Can’t buy them in a pet store. Too many forms to fill out at the shelter. Yeah, that’s the ticket.
Pets purchased at these stores usually go to loving homes. We can’t have that can we.
I know he’s been fired, but what about his security clearance? Still intact, right?
What if you, for some reason, want some special breed?
I guess, you will need to contact the breeder directly?
The Nazis wouldn't let Jews keep their pets. They were taken away and exterminated. Wonder when that's coming from the fascists that run this government today.
People will go across state lines to buy pets. This Bill will do nothing except to suck up to PETA and other anti-pet groups.
Here in Indiana the puppy mills are run by Amish and Mennonites.
Most sales are through straw sellers who pose as sweet reputable family breeders.
Sadly their crappy mass production breeding is really hurting the bloodlines of popular dogs.
It seems like most dogs available on-line are pit bulls, or partially pit bulls.
Why go after all dog breeders and not just those who violate the law?
I wonder if the real reason is global warming.
Agree about the application forms. They wanted the names and addresses of two friends. I don’t have any friends.
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