State Senator new York Michael Gianaris and Assembly member Linda Rosenthal introduced the bill banning the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits in pet stores.
Animal rights activists actively welcoming such innovation, saying that the time has come to stop treating Pets as commodities.
In turn, insist the pet stores that sell puppies only from breeders who are honest and humane.
However, according to the American society for the prevention of cruelty to animals (ASPCA) dogs are often bred in small, dirty cages. These owners consider their how to make money, and the puppies as a commodity.
«The state of new York, where are concentrated the largest number of pet stores in the country, needs to stop selling puppies. This bill new York legislators may repel ill-treatment of animals,» — emphasizes the President and CEO of the ASPCA, Matt Bershadker.
The average in pet stores across the state sold about 2,000 puppies.
«New legislation banning the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits in pet stores throughout the state, will put an end to «conveyor belt of puppies». They live with breeders of short-lived, undergoing real torture. Their cubs, which are sold in pet stores typically have a congenital disease due to poor conditions and used methods of reproduction, said Assembly member Linda Rosenthal, who introduced a bill. —Unsuspecting clients pay thousands of dollars for a cute puppy or kitten, and after discovering that he has an incurable disease.»
Ban the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits in pet stores, will only apply to animals from breeders. Stores can, as before, to provide a place to showcase dogs and cats from shelters that are looking for owners.
«Our shelters are overflowing with animals needing homes, added Rosenthal. — This law will protect consumers, leaving the pet stores to offer customers the animals who urgently need a home».
If the bill is passed, new York could become the third state (after California and Maryland), which would prohibit the sale of puppies in pet stores.
