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 […]
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Bill encourages more pet adoptions from shelters, aims to close “puppy mills”
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 […]