Los Angeles adopted an ordinance making the City of Angels largest city in the United States to enact legislation that puts an end to the flow of animals from puppy mills, the large commercial breeding farms that supply pet stores. The Los Angeles City Council formalized its approval of an ordinance (by a 13-2 vote) that bans the retail sale of dogs, cats and rabbits–an important step on the path to becoming the largest no-kill community in the United States. For the past two and a half years, Best Friends, under Oreck’s leadership, has been working closely with the offices of the mayor and city attorney, as well as LA City Councilmember Paul Koretz, L.A. Animal Services General Manager Brenda Barnette and a few key stakeholders in the animal welfare community to craft an ordinance that effectively shuts down the city of Los Angeles for the sale of these animals. Oreck said the ordinance will not affect responsible, hobby breeders, who will remain a source of purebred animals for those who are not able to find the purebred of their choice through shelters, purebred rescue groups or online databases such as Petfinder.com. [...] the ordinance should actually help increase business for the breeders in local communities, which is preferable to importing business from outside of Los Angeles, she added.   Original post on sfgate.com →   Comments on reddit.com →