In November, the city council in Welland, Ontario, approved a bylaw to regulate pet stores in the city that sell dogs, cats and rabbits.
Earlier in the year, city residents presented council with a 1,500-signature petition to ban the sale of pets in stores in an effort to counteract unscrupulous breeding. At the council meeting, Barry Luther, owner of Niagara Pet Corner, the city's only shop that would be affected by the ban, presented council with his own 750-signature petition asking the city not to impose the ban.
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Council's decision not to ban the sale of puppies and kittens and instead support a recommended bylaw from city staff to regulate pet stores and give additional power to the SPCA is being commended by pet retailers across the country as well as by PIJAC and PIJAC Canada.
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"We applaud Welland for choosing not to adopt an outright ban and see this case as a roadmap for effective advocacy," said PIJAC President and CEO, Ed Sayres in an opinion editorial. "Transparency, conversation and collaboration won the day, with everyone involved in the process making a meaningful contribution to reaching a compromise."
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