California has made history by becoming the first state to prohibit the sale of animals from large breeding facilities.
The law, AB 485, called The Pet Rescue and Adoption Act, has been long fought for by animal activists, and people across the state are ecstatic about its implementation.
Though private breeders will still be allowed to sell on their own, pet stores throughout the state will be required to obtain all cats, dogs, and rabbits from shelters and rescues.
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With over 250,000 dogs and cats admitted into Los Angeles Animal Services in the past year alone, the ban will bring relief to shelters in California by increasing homeless animals’ chances for adoption and decreasing overcrowding in the facilities.
This also means good news for the victims of notorious puppy (and kitten) mills, where animals are kept in overcrowded, filthy cages and neglected until they are eventually taken from their mothers and sold. Because most of the business puppy mills get is from stores, this will close off their funding and may help end the cruel industry once and for all.
Though California is the first state to put this law into place, others around the nation are pushing for the same policy. Having implemented identical regulations in over 20 cities in the past three years, activists in Florida are pushing to make the concept statewide.
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Other cities, including Albuquerque, Chicago, and dozens more in New Jersey, have also created similar bans.
With California leading the way and Florida trailing closely behind, puppy mills across the United States are losing business, and more shelter animals are finding forever homes.
We applaud the government of California for their creation and support of AB 485, and we’re excited to see how it impacts the rest of the nation.
Finally, we actually took responsibility for what us humans have done to other species.
Although this is good news, what punishments will be implemented for stores that will still use puppy-kitten mills and when will these mills all be closed down? What punishments are implemented on the owners of these mills, now, and in the future if they continue? They are still able to sell via the internet. So, that should be the next step: to get websites to ban advertisements from mill owners.
And also: how about all other animal abuse like say, the type that dairy cows and calves have to endure?
Another big step to take in ending animal abuse, California + the rest of the states and world!!!!
And there are so many others….
Yay, finally some good news from the land of animals. Hopefully this will help to get the other 49 states and also other countries worldwide, that still allow puppy and kitten mills to exist, to change their laws and legislation on this matter. Well done California!!
Well that is so good news. For once good news to hear now all the other countries, cities and states need to follow suit. Everyday dogs and cats from shelters are being put to sleep where unhealthy animals from puppy mills are being sold does not make sense to me. Glad to hear it’s starting good.
Finally! We’re now making some headway with this archaic & horrific industry somewhere in the World. Now We need the rest of the World to follow suit
Delighted at this. California is really very forward-thinking. Next goal is to shut down the unscrupulous breeders.
Yes, very good California has made this a law!! California’s governor and leaders suck though for making my state a sanctuary state! At least they got one thing right. So happy for the doggies and kitties!!
This is wonderful! Progress! Let’s go statewide!
If an animal is illegally sold from a mill now in this state serious fines and jail should be upheld.
Well done California!
Progressive thinking and action.
You have done a wonderful thing and I hope you will continue to take steps in the right direction.
It could not have been easy and you are to be applauded.
The thinking [hu]man must oppose all cruel customs no matter how deeply rooted in tradition or surrounded by a halo . . . We need a boundless ethic which will include the animals also. – Dr. Albert Schweitzer
California has a cruel reputation for animal abuse. If you drive in the country around Frontana you will see baby calf’s lying dead along the side of the road. this practice is a product of milk farming where after cows are subject to forced pregnancy the babies are dragged away by a farmer from their mothers and their necks are broken, the babies are left isolated to die moaning, gurgling or crying, within an hour or two hours, their bodies are dumped for pickup. marijuana does little to discourage Californias appetite for milk , ice cream, yogurt, or animal abuse. Perhaps the biggest tradgedy is after abusive farm milking and bleeding from continual pumping the mother is sent to the slaughter house and ends up in someones hamburger patty.
It’s legal crime.
You should fix your site it took 30 minutes to type this.
Hideous & horrifying. Humans are despicable. “I did not become a vegetarian for my health, I did it for the health of the chickens.” Isaac Bashevis Singer
Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian/vegan diet. –Albert Einstein
Eat nothing w/ a mother, nothing w/ eyes, nothing that would flee if pursued as food.
Awesome California, you should be proud to be the leader and first to show the importance and seriousness of shutting down the cruel, inhumane puppy and kitten mills. Hopefully the state will see to it that when the bans impact on these horrific pet mills is felt by the industry the state will be ready to rescue, rehabilitate and find homes for the dogs, cats that will be in need of their full attention. Thank you California. I would love to see Canada or at least my province of Ontario initiate such a law and the rest of the world follow suit. People need to rescue not buy pets also, this will help with shutting down the mills.
This is tremendously good news which I hope more States will follow. Puppy Mills are especially cruel for the animals who live in cramped cages their entire lives, the females only good for one thing—producing more puppies. It will also increase adoptions from many overrun animal shelters.
This is great! It needs to be done all over the world. I’m worried about what happens to the animals already in the mills. This is obviously abuse and neglect. Why can’t these places be shut down and the animals brought to shelters where they can still get adopted?
Please PLease Please tell us how to make this a reality for EVERY state.
Congrats to California. Now let’s get the 49 states and the rest of the to do the same.
Lets get the other 49 states and the rest of the world to do the same.
Yes x 10000000000000000000000000000000000
Way to go California now let’s get the other States to hop on the band wagon. It can be done!
It is about time a state took the initiative to see and stop the horrors of pet stores and the hell of puppy mills. Kudos!
Well there’s a GOOD news story out of the States! Well done to California!