DOYLESTOWN, PA — An ordinance banning the retail sale of puppies and kittens is now the regulation in Doylestown Borough.
At its March assembly, the Doylestown Borough Council voted unanimously to approve the measure, which was dropped at the ground by Councilman Joe Frederick.
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The ordinance was proposed by Doylestown Borough resident Mark Feingold, who was available to thank the council for taking motion.
“This sends a robust message that Doylestown Borough, together with Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Allentown, won’t tolerate puppy mills and kitten mills promoting their animals within the Borough,” stated Feingold, including that the ordinance is supported by the Humane Society and the Bucks County SPCA.
Puppy mills, he stated, have been “a scourge in Pennsylvania for many years. These inhumane commercial breeding facilities often grossly mistreat their breeding animals,” he said. “Dogs lack adequate food and water and live in squalid and unsanitary enclosures, with little or no veterinary care.”
He continued, “Dogs are continuously bred until they can no longer produce, and then
destroyed or discarded. Puppies are frequently taken too early from their mothers and are transported long-distances. Too many of these puppies have bacterial infections, some of which are antibiotic-resistant. They are traumatized and often have long-term behavioral and health issues.”
Feingold famous that one of many foremost conduits for puppy mill puppies to achieve customers is thru pet shops.
“The adorable puppies that people see in pet store windows have had to endure harsh and brutal conditions before being sent to the stores,” he said. “Innocent consumers, people who want to get an enchanting puppy, end up purchasing puppy mill puppies, often finding that their dogs have a
multitude of unexpected problems. The same concerns apply to pet store kittens, which have been bred at similarly unscrupulous commercial breeding facilities.”
With the passage of the Doylestown ordinance, Feingold stated he is hopeful that different Pennsylvania municipalities could now be inspired to go related legal guidelines and that Pennsylvania will sometime ban the sale of puppies and kittens at pet shops all through the Commonwealth.
