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Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal and Sen. Michael Gianaris have introduced a bill that would ban the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits in pet stores across New York state. Instead of selling animals bred for retail stores, the legislation (S.4234/A.6298) would allow pet stores to use shelter and rescue animals in […]
Pet dealers in New York would no longer be able to sell dogs or cats bred in “puppy mills” or “kitten mills” if a bill proposed by Sen. Michael Gianaris and Assemblyman Daniel O’Donnell is passed. The bill, (S.7711/A.09946), sponsored by Gianaris, D-Queens, and O’Donnell, D-Manhattan, would ban pet stores […]