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San Francisco Mulls Banning All Sales of Pets
City officials in San Francisco are mulling whether or not to ban the sale of all pets in order to step up the fight against cruelty, according to media reports on Monday.
The ban, proposed by San Francisco’s Animal Control Commission, would encompass all animals, including cats, dogs, goldfish, hamsters, and rats, according to the commission’s talking points, obtained by National Review Online.
“Large-scale, commercial breeding operations add millions of animals to the system,” said the talking points. “These animals are sold for profit, leading to many documented humane issues such as: overcrowded living conditions, lack of socialization, overbreeding, in-breeding, poor veterinary care, and poor quality of food and shelter.”
The Commission voted earlier this month to give their proposal to the city Board of Supervisors to ban the sale of pets to alleviate adoption agencies, shelters, and rescue organizations, according to the Los Angeles Times.
The ban would seek to curtail the impulsive purchasing of animals, which the Commission said leads to cruelty, according to the Times.
The San Francisco Animal Care and Control told the newspaper that it supports the ban.
{etRelated 58317}"We’re the agency that receives the old, filthy fish bowl with the goldfish at risk and have to determine whether we can make them healthy and adopt them out or flush them down the toilet," Rebecca Katz, the director of the agency, told the newspaper. "These are the lucky ones. Most people just flush them themselves."
If the ban is passed, it would still be legal to sell live animals for human consumption.
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