San Francisco considers banning pet sales

Reba said:
Rather than making a blanket city law against selling all pet animals I would prefer to see the emphasis on pet ownership education, and support for animal rescue organizations. I wouldn't be opposed to licensing and health/sanitation inspection of pet stores that sell live animals.
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My thoughts exactly. As with most SF city ordinances, this is full of good intentions, but it's not carefully thought out. Gotta love the SF hippies though. :)

Not only is the constitutionality of this law in question, but it would also shut down many small business owners.

Like Reba said, emphasize responsibility on pet owners first and foremost. They are the ones creating the demand, and sellers are just responding to the market. Getting rid of the sellers is not going to change demand. In fact, it will probably open the doors for illegal activity and black market sales.
 
Dixie said:
... They also limit the number of pets per household to four, which seems to be the norm.
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Many neighborhoods, towns, and cities put legal limits on the numbers of pets per household here, too, but they're rarely enforced unless someone makes a complaint. If people keep all the pets inside the house, it's hard for the authorities to know how many they have.
 
To me, the proposed legislation honestly this is no more than a band-aid solution. It's got good intentions as mentioned, but it won't solve the problem presented, which is the bigger issue - people themselves.

Lots of people own pets are irresponsible pet owners that do impulse pet buys "aw it's so cute!" Come 1 month later, they're complaining about it and it goes to the shelter.

I think the bill might not pass, seems to do more negative than the positive. But perhaps its got the attention of the people to why they're banning it, that's for sure.

SF is known to produce wacky ideas that will get the attention of others.
Seen the banning on bottled water, soda sales, styrofoam?
 
It's sad. Most people rent in San Francisco, and when they move from a pet friendly apartment to one that doesn't accept pets these babies end up in shelters. The SFSPCA does have classes that help you fight pet bans. For example, you can get a report from a psychologist that states you need your pet for mental health reasons, and the apartment manager has to accept it. But it is very hard to find apartments in SF, and you really don't want to step on any toes.
 
naisho said:
SF is known to produce wacky ideas that will get the attention of others.
Seen the banning on bottled water, soda sales, styrofoam?
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Styrofoam has been banned! Now restaurants use cornplastic, biodegradable stuff or just plastic for soups. And major grocers don't use those flimsy plastic bags, but the liquor stores still do. I think it might be a diff. type of plastic as well since it seems more crunchy than the old stuff.
 
Eseff said:
Styrofoam has been banned! Now restaurants use cornplastic, biodegradable stuff or just plastic for soups. And major grocers don't use those flimsy plastic bags, but the liquor stores still do. I think it might be a diff. type of plastic as well since it seems more crunchy than the old stuff.
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Yeah, the last time I was there at portsmouth square, I was wondering why the chinese came in something different for the lunch special. Perhaps the styrofoam bannings were targeted towards those who tend to leave their leftovers on the streets, next to trash bins, along the bay, etc and I see the point.
 
Nice, putting them out of business and put them on the unemployment line.

Sounds like fascism to me. Reminds of the story back in the old days in Soviet Russia whereas people line up to get two rolls of toilet paper per household per month. I wonder if these socialists tree huggers will do the same thing here to "save the trees"?

Yiz
 
LOL I agree that it was done for attention. What better way to get onto the front page of the papers for free without working for it. Let us laugh at the notion of a pet black market in SF. "It used to be $10 bucks for a rat, now it's $50 on the black market!" Sound like it would work? Nah...
 
That's why I'm feel for myself unable to take care of animal and afraid to lose or turn into idiot one. Pet deserve the better master who able to care and love.
 
I don't know how the whole process works but I would think that people who are willing to pay a lot to have a pet would take good care of the pet.
 
"That includes dogs, cats, hamsters, mice, rats, chinchillas, guinea pigs, birds, snakes, lizards and nearly every other critter, or, as the commission calls them, companion animals."

WHOA! People buy mice for their pet snakes. If no mice or birds or any critters then what is a snake going to eat?!?!? That's wrong. I feed my ducks minnows as special treats. My friend feeds his snake with mice and rats.
 
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