WEBVTT COAST ANIMAL SHELTERS.REPORTER: GOOD EVENING, DAN.THAT'S RIGHT.IFrt THIS LAW IS SIGNED BYGOVERNOR JERRY BROWN AS YOU JUSTMENTIONED, IT WOULD BE THE FIRSTTIME THAT A STATE HASrt ISSUED ASTATEWIDE BAN ON THE SELLING OFANIMALS FROM PUPPY MILLS.>> SHE JUST GOT WORSE AND WORSE.rtSHE STOPPED PLAYING WITH PENNY,SHE STOPPED EATING, STOPPEDDRINKING, AND ALL SHE WANTED TODO WAS JUST SLEEP, AND BErt ALONE,AND SHE DIDN'T WANT TO BE AROUNDANY OF US OF SHE COMPLETELYISOLATED HERSELF.rtREPORTER: SHE'S TALKING ABOUTWHEN SHE BROUGHT HOME HER NEWPUPPY.SHE RESCUED THE DOG FROM WHATHER FRIEND TOLD HERS WITH A BACKYARDrt BREEDER.>> SHE HAD ALREADY BEEN TELLINGME THIS IS NOT A GOOD SITUATIONFOR ALL OF THESE DOGS.EVEN THE MOM.REPORTER: BUT IT LOOKED MORE TOBE A PUPPYrt MILKER DOGS ARE OFTENBRED REPEATEDLY WITH LITTLE TIMETO RECOVER IN BETWEEN LITTERS.THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATUREPASSEDDED A BILLrt LOOKING TOCHANGE THAT.BILL 485 IS NOW ON THEGOVERNOR'S DESK AND WOULD BE ASTATEWIDE BAN, NOT ALLOWING MESTORES TO BUY FROM PUPPY MILLS.AND IT WOULDrt SLAP A $500 FINE ONA VIOLATING BUSINESS.THE BILL WOULD FORCE LOCAL PETSHOPS TO SELL CATS, DOGS ANDrtRABBITS FROM LOCAL SHELTERS LIKETHIS LITTLE GUY HERE.>> THIS IS GREAT NEWS FOR THEANIMALS OF CALIFORNIA.REPORTER: THE SPCA SAYS THISBILL WILL DISCOURAGE ANYONE FROMrtSTARTING A PUPPY MILL ANDENCOURAGE MORE ADOPTIONS FROMSHELTERS AROUND THE STATE.THE LAW WOULD REQUIRE STORES TOSHOW WHERE EACH DOG, CAT ORRABBIT CAME FROM.rt>> WHEN PEOPLE GO TO PET STORESNOW, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO KNOW THATTHE ANIMALS THAT YOU'RE SEEINGTHERE ARE FROM ANIMAL SHELTERS,THAT THEY HAVE BEEN SPAYED ANDrtNEUTERED, THAT YOU'RE DOING THERIGHT THING IN GETTING ANANIMAL, LIKE THIS ONE, WHO NEEDSA HOME.YOU'RE REALLY HELPING AN ANIMALIN NEED.REPORTER: AND ITrt WOULD ALLOWOWNERS TO REST EASY, KNOWINGWHERE THEIR NEW FRIEND CAMEFROM.>> SHE'S ALREADY GONE THROUGH SOMUCH, AND YOU IMAGINE THESEOTHER PUPPIES WHO ARE PROBABLYSIrtCK OR, YOU KNOW, DON'T HAVETHE PROPER --PAL NOURISHED.SO I'M VERYrt THANKFUL THAT THISBILL IS PASSING.REPORTER: THE LEGISLATION PASSEDTHROUGH THE STATE SENATE AND ISrtCURRENTLY SITTING ON THEGOVERNOR'S DESK.WE SPOKE WITH A SPOKESMAN FORTHE GOVERNOR TODAY AND HEDECLINED TO COMMENT ON WHETHEROR NOT HE WAS GOING TO SIGN IT.rtDAN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH,CHRISTOPHER.THE BILL PASSED THROUGH THE
Dog lovers rejoice! California could be the first state to ban puppy mills
This bold stance could change the lives of animals across the state
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Updated: 11:35 AM EDT Sep 19, 2017
As much as we love adorable puppies, the sad truth is that the ones sold at pet stores can come from large-scale commercial dog breeding facilities where profit is prioritized over welfare and not all of the animals are treated humanely. Thankfully, lawmakers in California are doing something to stop this.On September 12, bill A.B. 485 Pet Rescue and Adoption Act passed unanimously in the California Senate with a 32-0 vote, reports People. The bill needs to go back to the Assembly for a procedural vote, but if passed it will ban all statewide pet shops from selling cruelty-bred dogs, cats, and rabbits.Now pet shops will have to get animals from local shelters and rescues, making it easier for Californians to live by the motto "adopt, don't shop." As long as the Assembly approves it and Governor Jerry Brown signs it, A.B. 485 is expected to pass by Friday.The bill was introduced by Assembly Members Patrick O'Donnell and Matt Dababneh with sponsorship by Social Compassion, an animal advocacy group. "A.B. 485 gives so many shelter animals the chance to find their forever homes, while simultaneously cutting off the outlet for puppy mill animals into our state," Patrick told NBC San Diego.Thirty-six different municipalities in California have already enacted similar ordinances, but this would be the first time an entire state has placed local protections to mill-bred animals, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)."By prohibiting the sale of commercially bred dogs and cats in pet stores, California will cut off the supply of inhumanely bred puppies into communities across the state, and prevent consumers from unwittingly supporting this cruel industry," Matt Bershadker, president and CEO of the ASPCA told People.Puppy mill animals are normally kept in overcrowded kennels and often arrive to the pet store with diseases ranging from parasites to pneumonia, says the ASPCA. But this bill will make steps toward ending the practices of puppy mills and other cruel breeders for good.(h/t People)
As much as we love adorable puppies, the sad truth is that the ones sold at pet stores can come from large-scale commercial dog breeding facilities where profit is prioritized over welfare and not all of the animals are treated humanely. Thankfully, lawmakers in California are doing something to stop this.
On September 12, bill A.B. 485 Pet Rescue and Adoption Act passed unanimously in the California Senate with a 32-0 vote, reports . The bill needs to go back to the Assembly for a procedural vote, but if passed it will ban all statewide pet shops from selling cruelty-bred dogs, cats, and rabbits.
Now pet shops will have to get animals from local shelters and rescues, making it easier for Californians to live by the motto "adopt, don't shop." As long as the Assembly approves it and Governor Jerry Brown signs it, A.B. 485 is expected to pass by Friday.
The bill was introduced by Assembly Members Patrick O'Donnell and Matt Dababneh with sponsorship by Social Compassion, an animal advocacy group. "A.B. 485 gives so many shelter animals the chance to find their forever homes, while simultaneously cutting off the outlet for puppy mill animals into our state," Patrick told .
Thirty-six different municipalities in California have already enacted similar ordinances, but this would be the first time an entire state has placed local protections to mill-bred animals, (ASPCA).
"By prohibiting the sale of commercially bred dogs and cats in pet stores, California will cut off the supply of inhumanely bred puppies into communities across the state, and prevent consumers from unwittingly supporting this cruel industry," Matt Bershadker, president and CEO of the ASPCA told .
Puppy mill animals are normally kept in overcrowded kennels and often arrive to the pet store with diseases ranging from parasites to pneumonia, says the ASPCA. But this bill will make steps toward ending the practices of puppy mills and other cruel breeders for good.
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