[accmemberdiscussion] San Francisco planning on banning pets except for fish
- From: Djsdosido@xxxxxxx
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- Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 08:49:17 EDT
_San Francisco is implementing a ban on soft drinks from city-property
vending machines while giving guidelines and recipes to medical marijuana
shops. Which is more harmful to society? _
(http://www.adoa.org/polls/2010/jul/san-francisco-sugar-drinks-medical-marijuana/)
CALIFORNIA
San Francisco to vote on banning pet sales
By Rachel B. Duke The Washington Times
1:58 p.m., Thursday, July 8, 2010
Question of the Day
How much is that doggie in the window? The one with the waggedy tail. In
San Francisco, he won't be for sale.
On Thursday evening, the
These critters include dogs, cats, hamsters, mice, rats, chinchillas,
"People buy small animals all the time as an impulse buy, don't know what
they're getting into, and the animals end up at the shelter and often are
euthanized," commission Chairwoman
If the committee passes the legislation, it will then go to the full city
council for a later vote.
Any San Francisco residents who want a pet will have to go the next town
over, adopt from a rescue shelter, or find one through the classifieds.
Pet owners are clawing against the passage of such a law and are howling
their own protests. The law, however, has to be given the stamp of approval
by the Board of Supervisors.
Pet store owners don't see the difference between adopting an animal from
the SPCA or buying it from a pet store. Because they think the pet owners
are as likely to return them either way.
Michael Maddox, general counsel for the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council
in Washington, D.C., told the Chronicle that studies by UC Davis and the
National Council on Pet Population Study and Policy have shown that only a
small fraction of animals that wind up in shelters had been purchased at pet
stores.
People who buy animals at pet stores are just as committed, emotionally and
financially, to caring for their pets as people who procure pets
elsewhere, he said.
Donna & the Dosido Gang
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