We’ve been in on meetings to develop the ordinance language for the Reno ban that City Council Members voted unanimously t0 not include a grandfathering clause. The entire council aims to end puppy and kitten sales in retail stores as soon as possible.
We’ve submitted to City Staff ordinances with very strong penalties per instance per day, ($2500) and strong definitions of rescues to spear the problem California is having with David Salinas.
Our immense local hardcopy signature petition of 20,000 stated on each and every page the retail sales of:
- dogs
- cats
- rabbits
- ferrets
We also now would include:
- pot-bellied pigs
- guinea pigs
- long-lived birds
- large reptiles
- certain turtles
- certain chicks
Royal Oak, MI: Ferrets
§ 195-36 Sale of dogs, cats, rabbits and ferrets by retail pet stores prohibited.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it shall be unlawful for a retail pet store to sell or offer for sale a dog, cat, rabbit, or ferret. A retail pet store may provide space to an animal control shelter, as defined in MCLA § 287.331(f), or an animal rescue organization, as defined in this article, to offer to the public dogs, cats, rabbits, or ferrets, provided that the retail pet store shall not have any ownership interest in the animals offered and shall not receive any fee for providing space or for the adoption of any of the animals.
Royal Oak Municipal Code
Pot-Bellied Pigs from Mesquite and North Las Vegas bans
6.13.145 – Limitations on pet shop sales
North Las Vegas Ordinance
A. No pet shop shall display, sell, deliver, offer for sale, barter, auction, give away, broker or otherwise transfer or dispose of a dog, cat, rabbit or potbellied pig, except for a dog, cat, rabbit or potbellied pig obtained from an animal shelter, nonprofit humane society or nonprofit animal rescue organization.
Guinea Pigs from Key West Florida
Pet means a dog, cat, rabbit, ferret, or guinea pig.
Sec. 10-255. – Prohibitions.
(a) Sale or transfer of pets. No pet store shall display, sell, trade, deliver, barter, lease, rent, auction, give away, transfer, offer for sale or transfer, or otherwise dispose of pets on or after the effective date of this section unless the pet store is exempt under [section] 10-256.
Key West Municipal Code
Certain Chicks and Turtles from Sandy City and Midvale, Utah bans:
(e) Fowl:
It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, offer for sale, barter or give away any fowl under two (2) months of age in any quantity less than six (6). Such animals shall not be artificially dyed or colored. Nothing in this provision shall be construed to prohibit the raising of such fowl by a private individual for his personal use and consumption, provided that he shall maintain proper brooders and other facilities for the care and containment of such animals while they are in his possession.
Midvale Municipal Code
(g) Pet turtles:
It shall be unlawful for any petshop or other business or person to raise or sell any turtle, tortoise or terrapin under four(4) inches front to back carapace length
Sandy Municipal Code
Cambridge MA: arachnids, birds, mammals, amphibians, or reptiles
6.20.020 – Prohibition on Retail Sales.
A. A pet shop may offer for sale only those arachnids, birds, mammals, amphibians, or reptiles that the pet shop has obtained from or displays in cooperation with:
1. An animal care facility, as defined in section 6.20.010 of this chapter; or
Cambridge Municipal Code
2. An animal rescue organization, as defined in section 6.20.010 of this chapter; or
3. An animal sold or displayed for agricultural uses; or
4. Dead animals sold or displayed as breeder animals.