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Californian Law Change Means Pet Shops Can Sell Only Rescued Animals

posted by martyb on Monday December 31 2018, @02:28AM   Printer-friendly
from the can-you-lease-a-pet,-instead? dept.

takyon writes:

Californian law change means pet shops can sell only rescued animals

California is set to become the first state in the US to ban the sale of non-rescue animals in pet shops.

The new law, known as AB 485, takes effect on 1 January. Any businesses violating it face a $500 (£400) fine.

The change means cats, dogs and rabbits sold by retailers cannot be sourced from breeders, only from animal shelters.

Animal rights groups have heralded it as a step forward against so-called "kitten factories" and "puppy mills".

Previously: California Commercial Pet Breeding Law Passed, Signed

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  • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Tuesday January 01 2019, @12:46AM

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Tuesday January 01 2019, @12:46AM (#780457)

    I had a ferret - they're tenacious, but small enough to not do serious damage.

    That's the thing about "bite statistics" - they don't really get into metrics like number of stitches required, time to full recovery, etc.

    My mom had a nutso duck hunting dog - forget the breed atm but, anyway, it got super excited to see new people and hit my big toenail with a tooth - not a bite, but hard enough to split the nail. Was that a bite? It wasn't intended as one, but it was far more painful and long lasting than any ferret injury I ever sustained.

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