Subject: Live Pet Sales Banned
Content: New Trend To Ban Pet Stores From Selling Live Animals. What do you think of this new trend? I know they are trying to stamp out the obscene puppy mills and other breeders who subject animals to all sorts of atrociteis in the interest of making a fast buck. However, do you think banning live animal sales altogether is the answer? Will this lead to an underground market to supply people with the pets they desire ? Once there is no regulation at all in the chain - as we have at the moment with pet shops - then could it actually encourage these disreputable breeders. Without the pet shops to compete with their returns will be even larger. South Lake Tahoe is the latest city to move toward the ban the retail sale of dogs and cats by pet stores. What are your views?
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