Keeping breeders out of Illinois pet stores

by WICS/WRSP Staff

Fri, April 9th 2021 at 10:50 AM

A pug puppy is one of the 10 dogs the Jackson County shelter took in. Mail Tribune / Bob Pennell

Dogs, puppies surrendered by breeder. (WICS File Photo)

LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 15: Chihuahuas await adoption at a Los Angeles Department of Animal Services shelter on December 15, 2009 in os Angeles, California. December 15, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. Chihuahuas make up about a third of the dogs at many California shelters, so many that some shelters are shipping Chihuahuas to other states to find homes. A shelter in Oakland sent about 100 to Arizona, Oregon and Washington. Recently, a Los Angeles city shelter flew 25 Chihuahuas to Nashua, New Hampshire where all found homes within a day through the local Humane Society. Experts have blamed the glut of abandoned Chihuahuas in California on the influence of pop culture, a bad economy, puppy mills and backyard breeders. Fans sometimes abandon the dogs when they are no longer new and cute to them or when expensive vet bills start to add up. The tiny dogs are named for the Mexican state of Chihuahua. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

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A pug puppy is one of the 10 dogs the Jackson County shelter took in. Mail Tribune / Bob Pennell

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WICS/WRSP) — Some Illinois lawmakers want to make it so pet shops can only sell cats or dogs that are obtained from an animal control facility or animal shelter.

House Bill 1711 would stop pet shop operators from selling dogs or cats that come from breeders.

The proposed bill would also prohibit pet shops from selling cats or dogs that come from a person who sells the animals at auction.

If signed into law, it would become effective about 6 months later.

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