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Should the sale of pets be banned? - freeradical - 06-22-2011
San Francisco is considering this again. This time the proposed ban will include goldfish...
I say no way...
Re: Should the sale of pets be banned? - NewtonMP2100 - 06-22-2011
.....only for those who go overboard.....any sort of heavy PETTING.....should be banned......
Re: Should the sale of pets be banned? - M A V I C - 06-22-2011
Why would they do this?
Re: Should the sale of pets be banned? - evilrobot - 06-22-2011
a little more background here is necessary -
the Animal Control Commission is only wanting to ban the act of a pet 'sale' in an effort to increase pet adoptions. You can still have and enjoy your dog/cat/fish
I'm all for this in an effort to dispel the act of pet farmers and puppy mill breeders. Unfortunately, I believe this will have a minimal effect and drive the pet sales underground.
Re: Should the sale of pets be banned? - MGS_forgot_password - 06-22-2011
Wouldn't this force pet stores to move out to the suburbs?
And there's the slippery slope - when is an animal considered a pet species? (as opposed to livestock)
Re: Should the sale of pets be banned? - M A V I C - 06-22-2011
evilrobot wrote: I'm all for this in an effort to dispel the act of pet farmers and puppy mill breeders. Unfortunately, I believe this will have a minimal effect and drive the pet sales underground.
Or to neighboring cities... SF is pretty small.
Re: Should the sale of pets be banned? - DaviDC. - 06-22-2011
They should be banned only in San Francisco.
And McDonalds should start including a baby salmonella laden turtle as the toy in every Happy Meal.
Re: Should the sale of pets be banned? - OWC Jamie - 06-22-2011
those cute little pet stores in the Mall that are outlets for the puppy mill operations ?
Yeah, outlaw them.
heck, while you're at it ban Malls. :-)
seriously, this is an attempt at putting the kibosh on impulse sales of cute little animals that end up abandoned and costing the city an arm and a leg for incineration costs, right ?
Re: Should the sale of pets be banned? - mattkime - 06-22-2011
I'm happy to see someone trying to tackle the issue, even in a flawed manner. (not sure if it is or not)
animal control is in charge of discarding unwanted pets. we shouldn't produce more pets than have homes. there are a number of different steps that should be regulated. we treat animals very poorly in this country (which isn't to say that we're the worst!)
Re: Should the sale of pets be banned? - cbelt3 - 06-22-2011
The road to hell is paved.....
Just include a mandatory "Shelter tax" of $10 per four legged pet. Add a 'core charge' deposit of $100 for spay/neuter (payable to a vet or clinic).
Then use the funds to allow lower cost adoptions.