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Dogs and cats not for sale at Toronto pet stores - insideTORONTO.com

Posted on Thursday, September 22, 2011 by Canine Dog Training USA

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Dogs and cats not for sale at Toronto pet stores. Toronto Council voted Wednesday, Sept. 21, to ban the sale of dogs and cats bred at 'puppy mills' at retail outlets in the City of Toronto. Photo/COURTESY

Pet stores in Toronto will no longer be able to sell dogs and cats, as Toronto council voted to crack down on so-called "puppy mills" - inhumane dog and cat breeders that are currently illegal in the province.Council voted Wednesday, Sept. 21, to effectively close a loophole that made it possible for the unlawful breeders to sell the animals they raise through pet stores.While most pets stores have voluntarily stopped selling the animals, council voted to make it mandatory.Under the new bylaw, the only way a pet store can provide pets is in partnership with an animal rescue organization, Toronto's Animal Control Services or the Toronto Humane Society.According to Scarborough Centre Councillor Glenn De Baeremaeker, the new bylaw should make it more difficult for illegal puppy mills - of which there are estimated to be 100 - to operate."The goal of this motion is to stop animal cruelty," De Baeremaeker said. "We know we will never shut down puppy mills. But hopefully through this we can stop these fly-by-night operations."De Baeremaeker pointed to evidence of cruelty in illegal puppy mills in which animals are crammed into stacked cages, often forced to defecate on one another. He said that those animals ultimately become the sad responsibility of taxpayers."It's not just taxpayers buying bad merchandise, but what happens when you get a dog with a severe behavioural problems. You know where that dog ends up? In Toronto Animal Services at one of our pounds. We all have to pay to feed and retrain that animal and we pay to euthanize that animal if it's unadoptable because of its aggression problems."Under the bylaw, licensed dog breeders would also be prohibited from selling in pet shops, but would continue to be able to sell from their own facilities.

22 Sep, 2011


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