Fears Of A Black Market After Calif. Bans Some Commercial Breeding
California is now the first state to ban pet stores from selling animals from commercial breeders, thanks to a new law signed by Gov. Jerry Brown in October. Animal advocates say it will reduce what they claim is the needless suffering of animals like puppies, kittens, and rabbits bred for sale. But critics say it will hurt pet store owners and force consumers to go underground. The law goes effect in January 2019.
Pet industry and commercial breeders oppose the measure, as does the American Kennel Club. They say the law will make it more difficult for Californians to obtain dogs with the characteristics and traits they want, including breeds that are recommended for health considerations. However, individual breeders would still be able to sell to customers.
California 'Puppy Mill' Ban Would Also Cover Kittens and Bunnies
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(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 04 2017, @05:57PM (2 children)
The editors ran this right after the story about the 3-D printed turtle. I get the message. 3-D printed pets have many advantages. They're easy to clean, they're lightweight (so they float), they come in a wide variety of colors and they don't decay. This is a good opening for the 3-D printing industry.
Boston Dynamics could also pick up business because of this new law.
(Score: 4, Funny) by Sulla on Saturday November 04 2017, @06:16PM (1 child)
There is a huge alt-animal conspiracy going on here on soylent. Any article that goes against the pro-animal agenda is repressed and kept out of the public eye, this is so people are not able to learn the truth about the downside of pets and animals in general. If you follow the moderation trends any post not pro-animal gets mod bombed into obscurity.
Keep in mind that we have a mod on this site called The Mighty BUZZARD. That shows the site bias right there.
3-D printed animals are superior in every way to the living thing, but the unfortunate TRUTH is that this is racial appropriation and so they do everything they can to repress it.
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 05 2017, @05:22AM
Buzzards gather around two kinds of animal: dead and moribund.