Thursday, January 11, 2018

Sad Fact re Buying Pets in CA Pet Stores

CA government decided to pass the law that no cats, dogs, rabbits and maybe more
can be sold in a pet store (retail) unless it came/comes from a shelter, or non profit group
such as a rescue. That's just the simplified version. and it supposedly won't actually be
active until Jan 2019? So that gives CA pet stores [that want to sell kittens/or puppies,etc]
 time to get out of business or get out
 of California?  http://www.petbusiness.com/California-Passes-Pet-Sale-Ban/

 For example, the pet store franchise Petland, well known for being chased
down by every AR zealot in the country, would basically lose all their stores in CA, if
there are any left?  and the private run pet stores selling kittens, puppies, etc would have the
same problem, UNLESS they can prove they are selling non profit animals? Most likely the
sellers must be non profits unless the law allows sales of non profit animals by a group which
is NOT a nonprofit?

Seriously, and what does this cause? Basically it will mean more USDA licensing if pets are
going to be sold, which are sold without being seen? The APHIS rules are many, and we are
not about to list them all here, but knowing they have been out there for years now, anyone
not in compliance that gets caught will have some kind of problem for sure, we can thank
rogue seizure groups for that, AR crazy people, and the people who get caught selling
animals who may have done nothing wrong?  Pretty much, sales of animals can still be done
if it's a small scale and you don't ship the animals. If you think you are going to sell animals
regulated by the new law in the future, you should get legal help first, NOT after you have
already been doing it without knowing the rules. You could be in violation without even
knowing it.

As for rescues in California, there really are very few regulations aimed at non profit groups which
take in animals. Seriously. And when they take the animals from shelters, they are supposed to be able to know how to fix behavioral issues that present as problems--which is why maybe 50% of shelter animals end up returned to shelters?  The Hayden Law doesn't cover much. CA pet store laws are quire stringent.
BUT since animal activists don't want people to buy what they want, they want owners
to "adopt" anything and buy nothing.
Let's face it, adopting is BUYING, it's not free.
Any rescue can tell you that rescuing isn't profitable, but just look at ASPCA and many rescue
groups out there.
Are they all so rich that they can lose money every year??
 Who knows if the IRS 990s are even true? Who knows the REAL history of what animal
you are buying from them? No one does.
No one would ever know.
Trust us, you won't be finding any good sourced puppies at a store, since
non profits will not be allowed to get them from any breeders. That means they either
had to raise them themselves, take them from someone, or steal them possibly, or buy
them from non breeders. or get them for free. Good luck. best to just buy one from an
actual breeder that is in compliance with the rules, or just drive or fly out of state and
buy one. California animal laws suck big time and can only get worse. Look at who's
running the laws. Animal activists.