Pet Stores in New York Should Be “Careless,” Not “Close the Good, the Evil, and the Ugly”

A handful of states followed. In 2020, Maryland banned the sale of cats and dogs in pet stores, triggering pushback from shop owners and breeders who challenged the measure in court. Pet shops in Illinois were not allowed to sell commercially raised puppies and kittens.

The new law, which was signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul and takes effect in 2024, lets pet shops work instead with shelters to offer rescued or abandoned animals up for adoption. breeders can’t sell animals more than nine times a year

This is a big deal. New York tends to be a big purchaser and profiteer of these mills, and we are trying to cut off the demand at a retail level,” said Sen. Michael Gianaris, a Democrat.

In New York, many advocacy groups have called for a complete shutdown of facilities that raise and sell animals for profit because of their poor conditions before they go to stores.

Emilio Ortiz, a manager at Citipups pet shop in New York City, said the new law could serve as a death sentence for the business he’s worked at for more than a decade.

“Ninety percent of our business is selling dogs.” We’re not going to survive this, and we consider the ban unfair to stores that work with responsible breeders. “They’re closing the good actors along with the bad actors.”

The president of People United to Protect Pet Integrity, a New York coalition of pet store owners, called the law “careless” and said she hopes the governor will consider some of the pitfalls of the bill.

One pet store near me has dogs from different facilities all over the Midwest, and you don’t know where they come from or who the breeder is. People are really clueless and take the puppy,” Haney said.

Her business model is based on her business model being in need and partly focused on breeding animals for people who have allergies. The waitlist runs from six to 12 months, ensuring each dog ends up in a home.

He said if a consumer went to a mill they wouldn’t buy the animals. “Dealing with a breeder allows people to see where their dog comes from, and it cuts off the middlemen that serve as a way to wash off the awful activities that take place at the mill.”

“For decades, helpless animals have been subjected to cruel and painful experiments simply for the creation of cosmetic products,” said New York State Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal, who sponsored the measure, alongside Democratic state Senator Alessandra Biaggi.

The Humane Society of the United States said that there were similar actions taken in Virginia, California, Louisiana, New Jersey, Maine, Hawaii, Nevada, Illinois and Maryland.

A nationwide ban on inhumane tests to help companies create new mascara or shampoo, according to the Humane Society of New York (PLANCA)

“At the same time, research methods have evolved, rendering unnecessary the requirement that animals undergo inhumane tests to help companies create a new mascara or shampoo,” Rosenthal said.

The Humane Society says that modern testing methods like human cell-based tests and computer modeling can replace animal testing, which sometimes involves repeatedly force feeding rats or dripping chemicals into the eyes of restrained rabbits.

More than 375 companies signed on to support the legislation for a nationwide ban, according to the Humane Society.