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San Francisco Considers Banning Sale of Pets Except Fish
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 7/8/10 | Carolyn Jones, Chronicle Staff Writer

Posted on 07/09/2010 5:15:47 AM PDT by this is my country

Sell a guinea pig, go to jail.

That's the law under consideration by San Francisco's Commission of Animal Control and Welfare. If the commission approves the ordinance at its meeting tonight, San Francisco could soon have what is believed to be the country's first ban on the sale of all pets except fish.

That includes dogs, cats, hamsters, mice, rats, chinchillas, guinea pigs, birds, snakes, lizards and nearly every other critter, or, as the commission calls them, companion animals.

"People buy small animals all the time as an impulse buy, don't know what they're getting into, and the animals end up at the shelter and often are euthanized," said commission Chairwoman Sally Stephens. "That's what we'd like to stop."

San Francisco residents who want a pet would have to go to another city, adopt one from a shelter or rescue group, or find one through the classifieds.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Miscellaneous; US: California
KEYWORDS: ban; francisco; pets; san
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To: docbnj

The latter.


21 posted on 07/09/2010 5:28:20 AM PDT by rockinqsranch (The Left draws criminals as excrement draws flies. The Left IS a criminal organization.)
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To: docbnj
Another problem: people can still buy pets outside of San Francisco, so what happens when they bring the pet into town? Will they be stopped at the town line? Will they be forced to liberate the pet? Take it to a shelter? Euthanize it? Elect it to the City Council?

Imagine applying for a job and you have to answer "yes" to a misdemeanor and explain that you crossed the town line to liberate a pet and that you belonged to the pet liberation squad. This is insane!!

22 posted on 07/09/2010 5:30:37 AM PDT by this is my country
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To: this is my country
The Left Coast is la-la land...not only would I not live there, I have no desire to even visit that area.

Sometimes it seems the whole state is one, big, outdoor, asylum.
23 posted on 07/09/2010 5:32:30 AM PDT by FrankR ( If we don't stand up to tyranny, the tyrants win, and we're enslaved.)
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To: this is my country
Dog and Cat lovers of San Fran, DO NOT FRET. There are still options open to you.


24 posted on 07/09/2010 5:33:33 AM PDT by C210N (0bama, Making the world safe for Marxism)
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To: Doogle

“more people out of work”

my sentiments exactly


25 posted on 07/09/2010 5:33:45 AM PDT by television is just wrong
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To: this is my country

You can’t make these things up.


26 posted on 07/09/2010 5:35:47 AM PDT by lupie
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To: agrace; Puritan Idelette

Ridiculous ping!


27 posted on 07/09/2010 5:36:36 AM PDT by lupie
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To: this is my country

Noooooo! not my pet rock.


28 posted on 07/09/2010 5:38:00 AM PDT by bikerman (Obama lied pelicans died)
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To: this is my country
"People buy small animals all the time as an impulse buy, don't know what they're getting into, and the animals end up at the shelter and often are euthanized," said commission Chairwoman Sally Stephens. "That's what we'd like to stop."

It sounds like she is trying to prevent "pet abortions". I wonder where she stands on the "Right to Life" issue?
Isn't tuna a big industry in the San Francisco area? Do you suppose someone at StarKist was a little afraid that someone might label their catch of the day a pet and not allow the sale of tuna?;-)

29 posted on 07/09/2010 5:39:51 AM PDT by stayathomemom (Beware of cat attacks while typing!)
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To: this is my country

What’s the problem? The fags can smuggle their rodents into town just the way they like it.


30 posted on 07/09/2010 5:47:52 AM PDT by ladyvet (WOLVERINES!!!!!)
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To: stayathomemom
Isn't tuna a big industry in the San Francisco area? Do you suppose someone at StarKist was a little afraid that someone might label their catch of the day a pet and not allow the sale of tuna?;-)

Shhhh, they'll hear you

31 posted on 07/09/2010 5:51:55 AM PDT by AeWingnut (Soccer: a symptom of a greater ill)
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To: stayathomemom
"People buy small animals all the time as an impulse buy, don't know what they're getting into, and the animals end up at the shelter and often are euthanized," said commission Chairwoman Sally Stephens. "That's what we'd like to stop."

If this were simply about ending impulse buys, they'd just implement a 3 or 5 day waiting period...lots of responsible breeders have interview processes and some will even insist on meeting prospective buyers at their residence to see if the environs are appropriate for the breed.

Nope....this is just about control and furthering the left's anti-property agenda.

32 posted on 07/09/2010 5:54:20 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: this is my country

They can have my gecko when they pry it from my cold dead hands....


33 posted on 07/09/2010 5:56:02 AM PDT by freebilly (No wonder the left has a boner for Obama. There's CIALIS in soCIALISt....)
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To: docbnj
Clearly, the proposed law discriminates against fish.

It's fishist!

34 posted on 07/09/2010 5:56:49 AM PDT by Lonely Bull
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To: this is my country
Ah yes, the typical liberal response. Take any situation, when a few people act irresponsibly, don't make it their fault. No, instead, have the nanny state step in and take away everyone's liberties to "solve" the problem.

You can apply this to firearms, automobile/motorcycle safety, food, business regulation, etc. This is the liberal mindset, use the power of a big all-protecting state to prevent or reduce misery. What they can't or won't see is that their vision is oppressive and prevents and reduces joy too.

35 posted on 07/09/2010 6:03:43 AM PDT by ThunderSleeps (obama out now! I'll keep my money, my guns, and my freedom - you can keep the change.)
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To: this is my country
Incredible. Fish only?

Yeah.

It was that damned Icthyo-American lobby, writing campaign checks again.

I knew there was something fishy going on.

36 posted on 07/09/2010 6:04:27 AM PDT by Gorzaloon (CNN:AP:etc:Today, President Obama's stool was firm and well-formed. One end was slightly pointed. ")
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To: Doogle

Funny, it’ll soon be ok to be an illegal alien in SF, yet you could go to jail over a pet? Maybe people should start taking on illegals as pets? ;-/


37 posted on 07/09/2010 6:05:15 AM PDT by ThunderSleeps (obama out now! I'll keep my money, my guns, and my freedom - you can keep the change.)
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To: this is my country

Hey those they just flush down the toilet themselves.


38 posted on 07/09/2010 6:22:06 AM PDT by GailA (obamacare paid for by cuts & taxes on most vulnerable Veterans, retired Military, disabled & Seniors)
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To: this is my country

I hope it becomes law.

Because there are quite a few idiot veterinarians in the US who have supported the HSUS and PETA, thus giving them with the gullible some credibility.

This should finally wake up those in the veterinary profession who are so stupid as to support HSUS and PETA.

The same goes for some of the pet food and other associated industries.

The ultimate goal is to ban the ownership and/or possession of all animals, including farm animals.


39 posted on 07/09/2010 6:22:18 AM PDT by old curmudgeon
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To: this is my country

Maybe they are catering to the ever-powerful Guppy Lobby.


40 posted on 07/09/2010 6:33:23 AM PDT by capt. norm (Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups.)
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