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New California pet store law looks to end 'puppy mills'
americanthinker.com ^ | 12/31/2018 | Rick Moran

Posted on 12/31/2018 9:19:24 AM PST by rktman

A new California law would require pet store owners to purchase stock only from animal shelters and non-profit rescue organizations. Sales of purebred puppies and kittens from breeders would be illegal, punishable by a $500 fine per animal.

CNN:

The Pet Rescue and Adoption Act was introduced by assembly member Patrick O'Donnell and signed into law by California Governor Jerry Brown in October 2017.

Under the law, individuals are still allowed to buy from private breeders, but stores are prohibited from doing so.

In a press release issued at the time, O'Donnell touted the law as an end to "puppy mills" and "kitten factories." California is the first state in the country to introduce such legislation.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: 2manylaws; 2manytaxes; shelterpups
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To: rktman

If a rescue or shelter pet were what folks wanted, wouldn’t they know to go there to get them?


21 posted on 12/31/2018 10:23:39 AM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: BradyLS

Lookin’ stuff up is hard.


22 posted on 12/31/2018 10:37:49 AM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: Artemis Webb; Pondo

Yeah, the imported from Mexico line came from Mars. Comparing strays to carmax says everything about you Pondo. Please do provide sites to confirm your story about Mexico. Hang tight in that Burger King drive thru line, your 10 for $1.00 nuggets are coming........


23 posted on 12/31/2018 10:41:26 AM PST by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: rktman

People will simply buy their purebred from a private breeder or out of state breeder.


24 posted on 12/31/2018 11:08:16 AM PST by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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To: Louis Foxwell

Prices like that are due to the mass sterilization of the dogs. The prices will continue to rise and dog populations will continue to fall. Puppy mills will continue to produce because of the prices.

You never see free puppy signs anymore.


25 posted on 12/31/2018 11:22:30 AM PST by CJ Wolf (Free. Wwg1wga)
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To: AlaskaErik

The pups will be arrested as soon as they set paw in calibfornia.


26 posted on 12/31/2018 11:27:15 AM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: PGR88

California is kn the path to replace all pure bred dogs with pitbull mixes, the predominant dog that you find in shelters.

The Law of unintended consequences is the law of the
Land in California.


27 posted on 12/31/2018 11:27:17 AM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: Pondo

I am sticking to my well bred, multi-generation health tested, pure bred dogs. I know what they will look like as adults, coat, size, predictive behavior, predictive health and longevity, etc.


Rescue greyhounds give someone all of that. They make terrific pets. With the Florida tracks getting ready to close, there will be quite a few up for adoption.


28 posted on 12/31/2018 11:28:57 AM PST by hanamizu
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To: Gasshog
They effectively already have. With few exceptions, the only dogs they have are pit bull mixes stolen from Southerners during whatever the last natural disaster was.

What Im doing for work now means I wind up visiting shelters and "pet stores" on a regular basis. Same thing everywhere, 30 pit bull variants and 1 angry overweight untrained 14 year old chihuahua.

There are people literally waiting around for anything else to be made available and that dog has many offers of homes to adopt it. Even ones that don't belong in the home they are being sent to. One day during a single visit to the pound I saw 2 dogs, both dogs known to have a history of aggression toward children, one of which also had bit adults, adopted by families with children. One of those newly adopted dogs was already aggressive toward the child before the family had left. These same clowns running the place wont adopt out to rural families because by their checklist, rural settings are abusive settings for dogs.

We've been looking for a dog for over a year since my Newf died. Cant find anything. Im really not surprised.

People fall for this bull about puppy mills. The fact is that much like the famous misrepresentation of an "abused" horse, the pictures used have been primarily from foreign nations and the "facts" even in those situations are over a decade old. These people supporting this type of nonsense shouldn't be embarrassed, they should be enraged they have been played the fool by leftist propaganda (again).

These laws are unconstitutional. They are an attack on your security.

Bukhari Vol. 1, #490 "Prayer is annulled by a dog, a donkey and a woman (if they pass in front of the praying people)."

For these types, socially transforming the dog loving American society to one more acceptable to mudslimes is just icing on the cake.

29 posted on 12/31/2018 12:02:06 PM PST by gnarledmaw (Hive minded liberals worship leaders, sovereign conservatives elect servants.)
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To: CJ Wolf

Yeah. They have pushed spay and neutering for so long, that you’ll only be able to have a pet with lots of money. $10,000 for a dog. Sheesh.


30 posted on 12/31/2018 12:19:21 PM PST by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them)
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To: rktman

True.


31 posted on 12/31/2018 12:57:18 PM PST by SoCalConserv
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To: rktman

Here in PA, Lancaster County is full of puppy mills, cat mills, cow mills etc. Somehow, there is so much money in it, that the state legislature is powerless to do anything except worthless/teethless “laws” to stop it. The Amish run them and flood the state with sad, short-lived, defective animals that the public keeps buying at cheap rates. Follow the money.


32 posted on 12/31/2018 1:00:53 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: AlaskaErik

“People will simply buy their purebred from a private breeder or out of state breeder.”

Yes. Apparently there is nothing in the ‘new’ law to prevent this. Local pet shops, I assume, will feel the squeeze first or jack-up prices.


33 posted on 12/31/2018 1:03:49 PM PST by SoCalConserv
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

If you are opposed to puppy mills, why the objection? Libertarian as I am, I think it’s a Tragedy of the Commons thing. That being said, the effects of the law won’t be very good. Ninety percent of the dogs in shelters are pit bulls and pit bull mixes. I’ve seen for myself. This law results in an increase of pit bull types in homes. Bad idea.


34 posted on 12/31/2018 1:10:52 PM PST by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: virgil

And the beloved mutt will be bred out of existence


35 posted on 12/31/2018 1:55:30 PM PST by CJ Wolf (Free. Wwg1wga)
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To: sparklite2
If you are opposed to puppy mills, why the objection?

Because I don't believe the government should impose such restrictions on businesses. There's enough public pressure on pet stores to force them to regulate their sources of supply - we see something similar in the fast food industry, where the might of McDonald's forces more humane practices on their beef and poultry suppliers.
36 posted on 12/31/2018 5:55:39 PM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

Because I don’t believe the government should impose such restrictions on businesses.


Cock fights ... dog fights. I’m a libertarian but have no trouble opposing puppy mills.


37 posted on 12/31/2018 6:15:15 PM PST by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: sparklite2

“I’m a libertarian but have no trouble opposing puppy mills.”

When I was a kid puppy mills where what you got when your neighbors dog got out. Generally, those puppies were healthy, well socialized, good dogs and free. It was common knowledge that a pet store was a bad place to get a puppy.


38 posted on 12/31/2018 8:00:57 PM PST by Dawggie
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To: Dawggie

I had three miniature Dachshunds of varying coat types.
The last one had the seizures related to inbreeding.
Now I have a rescue more-or-less terrier. Loved them all.


39 posted on 12/31/2018 8:05:32 PM PST by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: sparklite2
Cock fights ... dog fights. I’m a libertarian but have no trouble opposing puppy mills.

The thing is, this California law does not just prohibit pet stores from buying from irresponsible breeders running puppy mills. It mandates that pet stores must get all of their animals from rescue shelters. This means that any responsible breeders that have supplied pet stores in California are now out of business.

Like I said, gross government over-reach. Public pressure on pet stores to mandate conditions for their suppliers would have worked just fine.
40 posted on 01/01/2019 1:24:40 PM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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