San Francisco’s Commission of Animal Control and Welfare is considering a law that could ban the sale of pets in the popular California city. Animal advocates believe that banning the sell of all pets (except fish) could cut back on puppy mills and mass produced rodents.
The organization hopes to ban the sell the pets and drive people into animal rescues where they can currently get everything from dogs and cats to birds and hamsters.
The commission considered banning the sell of dogs and cats from “puppy mills” in the past, but the problem is evidently broader than that. The number one euthanized animal in San Francisco’s animal control is the hamster.
A vote by the city council would be required to change the law.
Advocates of the ban argued the first in the nation ban on pet sales within the city would prevent unwanted pets from being euthanized
Currently, Pet Central in Chinatown is the only pet store in San Francisco which is allowed to sells dogs. No stores within the city limits sell cats.
The proposed ordinance would ban retailers from not only selling dogs and cats, but also hamsters, guinea pigs, chinchillas, and other small animals including birds.
The manager at Pet Central told KTVU the ban would only drive customers to buy pets in other cities.
But supporters of a ban said the big concern is where the animals come from.
So you decide what you feel is right or wrong in this heated debate with Your Mommy Kills Animals.
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