A Vancouver suburb has become the first city in Canada to pass a ban on the sale of
 

oops it should say "sale of puppies!!!"

Richmond, B.C., city council ordered staff Monday night to write the bylaw that would, among other things, discourage the impulse purchase of puppies from retail outlets.
Coun. Ken Johnston, who initiated the ban, said the bylaw will help stop pet stores from purchasing puppies from backyard breeders and puppy mills.
The Richmond Animal Protection Society, which runs the city's shelter, says more than half of dogs adopted from their agency in 2007 and 2008 were purebred – with more than 25 per cent of those less than a year old.
Coun. Evelina Halsey-Brandt told CTV News the bylaw will go before council for a reading next week before undergoing a series of public consultations.
If everything goes as planned, pet store owners will have until April 2011 to sell or remove dogs from their businesses.



Related: Pet store vows to fight puppy ban
Last week, SPCA officials spoke out against the sale of puppy mill dogs at pet stores after the agency seized 14 badly neglected dogs from an Abbotsford breeder.
"Unfortunately there is currently little to stop unscrupulous breeders from exploiting animals for profit when they can sell their puppies through local pet stores, classified ads and online sites," Marcie Moriarty, general manager of cruelty investigations for the B.C. SPCA, told ctvbc.ca.
"If people could see first-hand the sickening conditions these animals are forced to endure they would be appalled."
Canadian Kennel Club breeders are prohibited from selling their animals to pet stores under its code of ethics policy. CKC members must also offer a return or replacement policy on dogs.



very exciting news i just had to post!

Rex approves !

:thumbup: Very cool!! Hope this trend spreads like wildfire!!!

I'm excited!!! That is great!!! Maybe it will come to the United STates too! I love a ban on pet stores selling puppies!!! Puppy mills need to be outlawed!!!

So could they purchase them from elsewhere? Richmond Animal Protection Society says 50% were purebreds? How do they know? Did they do DNA, or were these dogs registered with CKC?
For example in my city, I had to register my Black Russian Terriers with the city for their license as Bouviers. they are not Bouv's, but their system didn't have that breed on their screen.
If they were to publish stats on the breeds registered with them, at least a dozen of those dogs would be misclassified.

Where I license my dogs, there is no criteria to ascertain if any dog is purebred, quite simply they don't care if purebred or not, they just want your license money.

I heard about this earlier in the week! :thumbup: Puppies should never be impulse items (kittens either!) :animal-pa Hoping it will really hurt the puppymill sales big time. I hope this really catches on everywhere! :)