Posted on 07/08/2010 1:42:57 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Law would apply to sales of cats, dogs, hamsters, rats, birds
It could soon be illegal for pet stores in San Francisco to sell pets.
The San Francisco Animal Control and Welfare Commission will take up a proposal tonight that would ban the sale of all small animals from the City's pet shops. Only fish would be allowed to be sold under the ordinance, which is believed to be the first of it's kind in the country.
The proposed law is designed to encourage people to rescue animals from the shelter instead of buying from a pet store. Supporters say it would reduce overcrowding and euthanasia rates.
Animal shelters say they are overrun with perfectly adoptable dogs, cats, hamsters and rabbits. The law would also crack down on puppy mills, which sometimes supply pet stores.
"If puppy mills don't have a place to sell their puppies, then they wont be in business," Sally Stephens, with the San Francisco Animal Control Welfare Commission said.
But there is some concern that the animal sale ban would be bad for businesses. A small bird store owner told us the measure would put him out of business, even though shelters are not overrun with birds.
The proposed law is designed to encourage people to rescue animals from the shelter instead of buying from a pet store. Supporters say it would reduce overcrowding and euthanasia rates.
The proposed law is designed to encourage people to rescue adopt animals children from the shelter orphanage instead of buying conceiving from a pet store heterosexual relationship. Supporters say it would reduce overcrowding and euthanasia abortion rates.
MrB’s post was clear to me.
Yours was really out of line.
An adult would simply apologize for misunderstanding instead of digging deeper.
Better keep your night job; this self appointed Moderator For A Day gig just isn’t working out for you.
To paraphrase other(s), I had no problem immediately understanding Mr.B’s post.
What I didn’t understand was your rude and unprovoked vituperation.
ping
you are sick! hehehe
Oh he’s a lil cutie!
Soooo they can act like animals.. they just can’t buy them?
Got it in one.
I suppose a
“I’m sorry I misread and overreacted” would be beyond your character capability.
Indeed.
"did I ask for your opinion?"
"when I want your opinion, I'll beat it out of you"
Now that's funny. I'm going to have to use those - preferably with the second one coming after the response to the first.
Glad to see that you “got” my post...
They should leave the animals alone, and remove the left wing populace ;-)
Poor little feller....
LOL! Now there’s a rat I like, unlike the two-legged variety that infest the streets of San Francisco.
The rats don’t want to lose SF’s asian vote.
There is no harm in abortion, don’t you know, it’s a sacrament.
They will adopt a “foreign law” solution of “one child policy”. Abort the rest or face banishment.
Those kids require health services, food resources, and schooling. They are unviable for over a decade, completely unable to live on their own without assistance.
Illegal immigrants will be used to replace the declining population figures.
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