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Port St. Lucie, FL and Oak Forest, IL Limit Pet Store Sales
cats, dogs, pet store, puppies, Puppy Mill, Puppy Mill Project
Port St. Lucie, FL is banning the sales of dogs, cats and rabbits at pet stores. Animals can still be adopted from legitimate shelters and rescues at pet retail stores, but not sold. And there is a difference. The policy regarding pet store sales is aimed at keeping out “pet mills,” places that have a…
11 Cities Now Banning Sales of Dogs, Cats at Pet Stores in Alabama
dogs, pet store, puppies, Puppy Mill, Puppy Mill Project, Puppy Mills
The Madison City, AL is the latest city to ban the sales of dogs and cats at retail pet stores. The new ordinance requires that all dogs and cats sold in retail stores come from rescue organizations and shelters. It also requires that dogs and cats for sale must be at least eight weeks old. Madison…
10 Resolutions for Pets for 2021
cat behavior, Cat Friendly Practices, cats, dog training, dogs, Fear Free, human animal bond, pet obesity, Pet Products, pet store, Puppy Mill, Puppy Mill Project, Puppy Mills, veterinary health, wolves
Here are my 10 resolutions for pets for 2021 Fear Free: The Fear Free initiative has grown from the little idea that was so brilliant – yet obvious – that it continues to spread across the planet. The notion began with a focus on veterinary professionals addressing emotional well-being, as well as physical health. Our…
Chicago Animal Care and Control Slaps Violations on Pet Store
dogs, pet store, Puppy Mill, Puppy Mill Project, Puppy Mills, Steve Dale
Chicago Alderman Ray Lopez (15th ward) says the Chicago pet stores that continue to sell dogs are doing nothing wrong, despite the ordinance which plainly states selling dogs, cats and rabbits at pet stores in Chicago is prohibited. Three pet stores, including Pocket Puppies on North Clark Street, have been circumventing the ordinance since it…
Limiting Pet Store Sales in Chicago on WGN Radio
dogs, pet store, puppies, Puppy Mill, Puppy Mill Project, Puppy Mills, Steve Dale, WGN Radio
Pet store sales is the topic I talk about HERE on WGN Radio with King John Williams. Always, John challenges and shoots tough questions. However, who could ever support puppy mills? The answer is Alderman Ray Lopez (15th ward), as I explained in this post. In 2015 Chicago passed an ordinance to ban sales of…
Chicago Alderman Is Supporting Puppy Mills
dogs, Pet Products, pet store, Puppy Mill, Puppy Mill Project, Puppy Mills, Steve Dale
As recently as last year, Chicago Alderman Ray Lopez (15th ward) said that he embraced tightening of the city’s so-called anti-puppy mill ordinance. Instead, he is working sabotage the current fix of an ordinance. Who wouldn’t embrace a means to prevent puppy mills from selling animals in your community? Besides, Lopez repeatedly calls himself the…
San Antonio, TX and DuPage County, IL Ban on Sales of Dog and Cats at Pet Stores
cats, dogs, pet store, puppies, Puppy Mill, Puppy Mill Project, Puppy Mills
There’s just no stopping the momentum, as San Antonio, TX now passed a ban on sales of dogs/cats at pet stores (going into effect January 1, 2021). The Council vote was 9 to 1. Of the 51 pet stores within San Antonio city limits, only three sell dogs and cats. The closest Petland isn’t impacted…
Fighting Pet Store Sales of Dogs, Cats and Rabbits in Chicago
Chicago, pet store, pets, puppies, Puppy Mill, Puppy Mill Project, Puppy Mills, Steve Dale, veterinary health, WGN Radio
Six years ago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Chicago City Clerk Susana Mendoza, all aldermen except one (vote 49 to 1 was the vote) and most important the overwhelming majority of people who live in the City of Chicago agreed no dogs, cats or rabbits should be sold at pet stores. But three pet stores responded by…
Pet Nation: The Love Affair That Changed America
animal shelters, cats, dogs, Human Animal Bond Association, pets, Pit Bulls, politics, Puppy Mill, Puppy Mill Project, Puppy Mills, Steve Dale, WGN Radio
Certainly we love our pets as we never have before, and they are mostly treated as such. Listen HERE to Steve Dale’s Pet World on WGN radio, as I chat with Mark Cushing. founding partner and CEO of the Animal Policy Group authored, Pet Nation: The Love Affair That Changed America. This is a stimulating conversation, ranging from…
Pasco County, Florida Added to the List of Counties Banning Pet Store Sales
cats, dogs, Human Animal Bond Association, pets, Puppy Mill, Puppy Mill Project, Puppy Mills, Steve Dale, veterinary health
Retail sales of cats and dogs is now prohibited in Pasco County, FL after the Board of County Commissioners voted 5-0 to ban the practice. Pasco County, in West Central Florida, includes Dade City, Dade City North New Port Richey, North, Port Richey, Odessa, Pasco, Trinity and Wesley Chapel. Passing the ordinance, which was proposed…
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