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Puppy Mill Image Legislative Alert

Urge your representatives to enact a retail pet sales ordinance.

Puppy mills are a serious problem in the U.S. These facilities, which supply nearly all retail pet stores that sell animals, are cruel and inhumane factories where profit takes priority over the comfort and welfare of the animals.

Although these breeders are subject to regulation, their standards fall far short of ensuring a humane life for the dogs in their facilities. Unsuspecting buyers of pet shop puppies often end up with pets afflicted with serious health conditions that create financial and emotional burdens for the purchasers, and lead to many of these innocent pets being surrendered to our overcrowded, taxpayer-subsidized shelters.

Fortunately, the Del Mar City Council will soon vote on an ordinance that would prohibit pet stores from selling dogs, cats and rabbits ― unless they come from shelters or rescue groups. If approved, this measure will help put an end to the suffering experienced by countless animals in substandard breeding facilities, and will help reduce the overpopulation that contributes to unnecessary killing in our shelters.

If you are a Del Mar resident, please take action to let your representatives know that it’s time for your city to join more than 235 communities that have enacted similar ordinances.

Thank you for speaking up for animals. Together, we can Save Them All.

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Council Member Dave Drucker
Council Member Elie Haviland
Council Member Sherryl Parks
Mayor Terry Sinnott
Deputy Mayor Dwight Worden

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Dear [Decision Maker],

As a proud resident of Del Mar, I respectfully urge you to enact an ordinance to restrict the retail sale of inhumanely bred dogs, cats and rabbits, many of whom end up in our overcrowded, taxpayer-subsidized shelters.

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Pet mills are in business to supply pet stores. The pets kept in these facilities often spend their entire lives in dirty, crowded cages for the sole purpose of producing as many animals as possible for the pet trade. 
 
Pet stores that obtain animals from these facilities are not an asset to our community. However, they could become part of the solution by phasing out the sale of these pets and transitioning to a business model that offers profitable products and services, as well as animals for adoption from local shelters and rescue groups. 
 
Therefore, a retail pet sales ordinance would not prevent pet stores from staying in business, and it would reduce the burden on shelters and rescue groups by increasing pet adoptions. It would also benefit local hobby breeders by allowing them to continue providing responsibly bred animals directly to people who cannot find what they are looking for through adoption.
 
That's why 35 cities and counties throughout California (including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento, San Diego, Burbank, Glendale, Carlsbad and Beverly Hills) have already enacted similar ordinances.

I urge you to support this important reform to protect pets, consumers and taxpayers in Del Mar by enacting a retail pet sales ordinance.

Sincerely,