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
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 01 2019, @02:01AM
Better approach:
"When your dogs come onto my side and menace me, my family or my animals and I shoot them, should I just bury them there or give you the corpses back? And what is your full legal name for when I bill you?"
Or better yet, move to the countryside. Out here, stray dogs get shot. On sight.