this. is. ridiculous. I work in a pet store - and a good one. Our animals are healthy and well cared for, and the dogs come from good lineages. If this is a back handed attempt to shut down disreputable pet stores, this is done all wrong. If this is truly, as they claim, an attempt to stop people from getting animals on a whim and abandoning them, it is also done wrong. Why not instate a waiting period? Forcibly shutting down an industry that is not crying out for government bailouts is ludicrous. Think of how many more people will be out of work! Can they, in good conscious, do that to those citizens, in this economy?
one last note - what's to stop those same "irresponsible impulse buyers" from going to a neighboring town and buying that dog or hamster or what have you?
one last note - what's to stop those same "irresponsible impulse buyers" from going to a neighboring town and buying that dog or hamster or what have you?