Dallas City Council To Vote On 'Humane Pet Store Ordinance'

By Kennedi Walker, CBS Dallas/Fort Worth

May 11, 2022

Soon residents may not be able to buy puppies or kittens from pet stores in Dallas. On May 11 the city council will vote on whether to pass the 'Dallas Humane Pet Store Ordinance'. The ordinance would ban the sale of dogs and cats at pet stores.

Advocates of the proposed law, like the SPCA of Texas, say it will help cut off the pipeline from puppy mills to pet stores and will prevent the selling of potentially sick pets from out-of-state commercial breeding facilities .

"It is really important that, when people walk into a pet store or a shelter or wherever they're going, and their goal is to bring home a new furry family member, you want to make sure that the puppy is healthy" said Stacy Sutton Kerby, the director of government relations at the Texas Humane Legislation Network.

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