 New dog ordinance
El Paso has a new dog ordinance. All breeders and nonbreeders having puppies have to purchase a permit $75 per litter for nonbreeders and $100 per litter for breeders.
Also, no puppies are to be sold or given away before 8 weeks. Any puppies given away before 8 weeks have to be turned over to the humane society. This is fantastic cuz I've seen ads for pups 5 weeks and ready to go..makes me sick.
Puppies are no longer allowed to be sold for profit under 1 year of age.
Although I see this overall as a great thing to help put a stop to careless breeding practices, I also see this with mixed feelings. I dont think its going to stop puppy mills in our area. They'll just sell their pups outside city limits. Also, many puppies are brought over from mexico and sold in our city.
The reasons for the permits is to reduce the number of animals brought to the animal shelter. Half of our city doesnt have to comply because they are in another state. They arent even required to mircochip and many of those dogs are dumped at the shelter. Is this really gonna greatly reduce the numbers at animal shelters??
I dont see how rules only effecting half the city is gonna do much good. Microchipping is a law here thats been in effect for 5 years. Since half of the city doesnt have to microchip, it has not helped bring down numbers at the shelter. |