“Sounds reasonable to me. Too many animals are abused before they end up in pet stores,”
Based on what evidence? Another clear case of government intrusion and regulation that benefits “so called” animal rights groups and will end up ensuring the euthanasia of millions of animals.
This is just another liberal incremental assault on peoples rights.
No, pet stores have a clear record of getting puppies from puppy mills and sending them on. Yes, the puppy mills should be shut down as well, but several states seem content to let them continue...with dogs living in stacked cages their entire lives as breeding stock.
It isn’t ‘animal rights activism’ to want dogs to be treated humanely. I LOATHE the HSUS & activists groups, but don’t understand breeding dogs in cages so an idiot can pick out the puppy on a whim in a pet store.
Ever walk thru your city pound? A lot of dogs waiting to die...
I have no objection to good breeders - breeds exist because of them. Border Collies, my own favorite, require knowledgeable breeders with the facilities to work the dogs. Without that, there would be no herding dogs...it only takes a few generations to lose what took 100 years to create.
My one purebred came from a ‘breeder’ that has one litter a year, tops. Her dogs work sheep. A full sister was disqualified in the last Nationals - her first in the Open category. One grandmother won two national titles - and he cost less, including transportation, than a Border Collie in a pet store!
My other two dogs are pound dogs - one an Australian Shepherd, the other a GSD/Lab mutt. Both excellent dogs. The mutt was on his last day when we got him.