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Retail pet stores in California will only be able to sell kittens, rabbits, and puppies if they come from a rescue organization after a new state law goes into effect Tuesday.
With AB 485, California became the first state to implement such strict new rules on pet stores. Retailers are banned from selling live dogs, cats or rabbits unless the animal was obtained from a public animal control agency or shelter, humane society group, society for the prevention of cruelty to animals shelter or a rescue group thats in a cooperative agreement with at least one private or public shelter.
Suna and Mitch Kentdotson were visiting the SD Humane Society to adopt a new kitten on Friday. They said they'd like to see the state restrict neglectful breeders from profiting off the sale of puppies and kittens.
I think its better to rescue these animals instead of having like a puppy mill or something like that where these animals are raised super inhumanely," Suna Kentdotson said.
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/California-Becomes-First-State-to-Ban-Retail-Sale-of-Dogs-Cats-and-Rabbits-503644401.html
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)democratisphere
(17,235 posts)Codeine
(25,586 posts)We raised and ate rabbits when I was a child in the 70s. Our rabbit hutches were my chore, in weather foul and fair. Before leaving for school I had to go break the ice on their water tubs and give them fresh alfalfa.
Of course, the fact that I fed, watered, and cared for them daily only to see them killed and butchered probably went a long way toward my decision to be a vegan as an adult. That and deer hunting.
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)Igel
(35,350 posts)You'll find rabbit. And quail. And a variety of other lesser-used animal carcasses. My favorite homestyle cookbook unremarkably includes a section on how to prepare rabbit. Also squirrel. I don't eat those meats, but it's not a long section.
Want exotic? Then go to some ethnic markets. Know one teacher who for his biology class would pick up whole squid for dissection. He'd also have a deep fryer going so that when they kids were done they could make calamari and eat their science experiment. Another has a variety of seafood, still moving about on its own, for sale. (Tilapia are ugly fish, by the way, not like trout; tilapia deserve to be eaten.) My local halal market always has some goat carcasses hanging in the back. Beef they can order, chicken, no problem. But goat? That they have to handle themselves.
Once in Oregon I went to a natural foods place because they usually had lamb. Needed a specific cut of lamb, and the meat manager said it was an odd time of year for lamb, but no problem. Picked the meat up a couple of days later, and the market suddenly had lamb. I was told my order caused the rather immediate and unexpected deaths of two lambs, and the market then had the rest of the critters to sell.
Then again once we took our (then) 3-year-old son out to pick blueberries at a pick-your-own place. The first driveway we pulled into was the wrong one, as I looked at a map a cow came up to the passenger side windows. My son looked out the car window at the cow a foot or two away and said, "Yum!" Thus showing with one interjection that he knew it was a cow and knew that beef came from cows. He liked beef.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Danascot
(4,694 posts)Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)Sounds like Sunday dinner to me!
sl8
(13,864 posts)If I'm reading it correctly, it only applies to pet stores.
AB485 text:
http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB485
I believe this is the definition of pet stores that they refer to:
From https://www.lawserver.com/law/state/california/codes/california_health_safety_code_122350
...
(i) Pet store means a retail establishment open to the public and selling or offering for sale animals, including, but not limited to, animals for use as pets or animals intended as food for other animals. Pet store does not include a retail establishment open to the public and selling or offering for sale animals to agricultural operations for purposes that are directly related to the raising of livestock or poultry on a farm or ranch. A person who sells, exchanges, or otherwise transfers only animals that were bred or raised, or both, by the person, or sells or otherwise transfers only animals kept primarily for reproduction, shall be considered a breeder and not a pet store.
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jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Codeine
(25,586 posts)Fuck puppy mills.
yuiyoshida
(41,838 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)Now all purchases will be for rescued pets.
Brother Buzz
(36,458 posts)Another upside to this is a law that's already on the books in California: ALL animals from shelters have to be spayed or neutered.
Algernon Moncrieff
(5,790 posts)Or transact privately with in-state breeders. Not sure that this isn't just window dressing.
pnwmom
(108,990 posts)She raises puppies in her home and gives them wonderful care. She exposes them to the normal activities of a home and community, including getting them accustomed to meeting strangers and children. Good home breeders are nothing like puppy mills.
Codeine
(25,586 posts)This seems aimed less at legitimate breeders and more at pet stores, though I find the former as odious as the latter.
paleotn
(17,946 posts)They don't bread puppers or kitties for mass market consumption at industrial scales.
marybourg
(12,634 posts)It does not apply to breeders, only to retail stores.
Maru Kitteh
(28,342 posts)enough times.
spanone
(135,861 posts)And, once again, California leads the nation in doing the right thing.
Stinky The Clown
(67,818 posts)CreekDog
(46,192 posts)buying these types of animals at the mall has been gradually disappearing here anyway.
paleotn
(17,946 posts)Our rescue puppers and kitty salute CA!
Aristus
(66,446 posts)especially dogs. He's cared for five or six of them, and they've all been wonderful.
I have the best brother in the world, but he lives in terror of being seen as emotionally vulnerable. He's so guarded. His dogs are among the things he lavishes unrestrained love and affection on.
Stonepounder
(4,033 posts)We currently have 5 dogs. Over the years two more have gone to the bridge.
Our first two came from reputable breeders.
The next one was adopted from a PetSmart adoption day.
Two more were failed fosters.
Two more came from reputable breeders.
Note that NONE of them came from a pet store!
AlexSFCA
(6,139 posts)Igel
(35,350 posts)Direct purchases from breeders are okay.
But the breeder has to be licensed and regulated and there are record keeping requirements.
I've known people who keep dogs and while they don't make a regular business of it do breed their bitches from time to time and sell the puppies to friends and neighbors. We're not talking fancy AKC/registered critters here. Strictly working class.
But that kind of sale is already illegal under California law. It makes them a breeder, meaning they'd have to be registered, inspected, etc., etc. Who knows if their backyard qualifies as "clean and sanitary".
Have no clue if it's legal under Texas law, actually. More to the point, they wouldn't care.
ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)pnwmom
(108,990 posts)UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)pnwmom
(108,990 posts)UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)llmart
(15,552 posts)California - always showing the way. Eventually other states will file suit.
I have wanted something like this for a very long time. Too many yahoos (aka Trumpsters) trying to make a quick buck breeding dogs and cats for sale, though they know nothing about good breeding practices.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)I have two dogs (well one now that I'm getting divorced), both of whom came from rescues. It may take a little more time to visit the rescue and fill out the adoption papers to be matched with the perfect animal, but it is well worth it!