Gotta Love Dogs: It's A Great Day for the Pets of L.A.!

Sunday, November 25, 2012

It's A Great Day for the Pets of L.A.!

Mills No More: How Los Angeles changed the sale of pets.

By: N Gilbert

Hats off to the Los Angeles City Council! Look what they did...

Los Angeles City has approved an ordinance that will effectively ban the retail sale of commercially bred dogs, cats and rabbits. On Wednesday, the Los Angeles City Council voted 13-2 in favor of ending the flow of animals from puppy mills. Instead, pets found in LA pet stores will have to be from city shelters or rescue groups. ...The decision makes Los Angeles the largest city in the U.S. to ban pet sales.

"More than 70,000 animals are euthanized in Los Angeles city and county shelters every year - at taxpayer expense," said Elizabeth Oreck, Best Friends Animal Society's national manager of puppy mill initiatives. "To continue importing puppies and kittens from mills in other states while we are killing the surplus that are already filling our shelters simply doesn’t make sense. Today, Los Angeles took a reasonable and progressive step to addressing these issues in our city."

Good job L.A., it's about time our state does something right and not just for the greed and wealth of people's pocketbooks!

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Sgt. Stubby: America's 1st Bully Hero!

In response to World War I, members of the First Company Governor's Foot Guard were activated and inducted into the 102nd Infantry Battalion of the 26th "Yankee" Division along with members of Connecticut's other Organized Militia units and numerous volunteers. During their training on the grounds of Yale University prior to deployment, they unexpectedly added a soldier to their company. Found by then-Private John Conroy, Stubby was a brindle patched puppy of unknown descent with a short tail from which he received his name. As the soldiers became familiar with army life, so did Stubby. Stubby became familiar with all of the bugle calls, the drill marching routines, and the routines of life in camp, even learning to give a dog's version of a salute. Stubby would would put his right paw on his right eyebrow when a salute was executed by others around him. Stubby's effect on the soldiers around him as well as his dedication to training and his ability to salute earned him the right to remain in the camp, even though animals were not allowed. Click the picture to be taken to Stubby's homepage!