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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-05-03; City Council; 22285; Discuss and Consider alternatives related to retail sale of dogs and cats, including ordinance regulating sales, adopting a resolution initiating state and federal action or taking no action Pt. 2Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Hello, dhanlonjr3@cox.net Tuesday, April 26, 2016 10:15 PM Council Internet Email Please support Puppy Mill BAN :) sPiease upport a ban on retail stores that sell animals from puppy mills. THANK YOU! -David Hanlon :) 10 300 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: To Carlsbad City Council, Jaci Ackles <jaci.ackles@gmail.com> Tuesday, April 26, 2016 9:38 PM Council Internet Email Ban on puppy mills I am asking you to please support the ban on retail stores that sell animals from puppy mills. Thank you, Jaci Ackles 11 301 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Dear Council members; Robin Hansen <mermamal@mac.com> Tuesday, April 26, 2016 9:27 PM Council Internet Email Puppy mills I am writing in support of an ordinance banning Carlsbad businesses from selling puppies that come from "puppy mills" PLEASE vote with HUMANITY and AGAINST maintaining "business" at the expense of gentle, innocent creatures. There is NO DOWNSIDE to this one!!! Thank you, Very Sincerely, Robin Hansen 12 302 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: City Council, Anne Walkingshaw <anne.walkingshaw@yahoo.com> Wednesday, April 27, 2016 8:45 AM Council Internet Email BAN PUPPY MILLS This is your opportunity to give helpless animals a voice. People should not profit off of animals when raised in such poor conditions. Our city should not support this industry. PLEASE VOTE TO BAN THE PUPPY MILLS. 1 303 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Apr26,2016 Best Friends Animal Society <Legislative@bestfriends.org> on behalf of Melissa Krone <info@ bestfriends.org > Tuesday, April 26, 2016 3:52 PM Council Internet Email Please protect pets and consumers by enacting a retail pet sales ordinance Council Member Michael Schumacher 1200 Carlsbad Village Drive Carlsbad, CA 92008-1949 Dear Council Member Schumacher, As a proud resident of Carlsbad, I respectfully urge you to enact an ordinance to restrict the retail sale of inhumanely bred companion animals, many of whom end up in our overcrowded, taxpayer-subsidized shelters. Puppy and kitten mills are in business to supply pet stores. The pets kept in these facilities often spend their entire lives in dirty, crowded cages without medical care for the sole purpose of producing as many animals as possible for the pet trade. Pet stores that obtain animals from these facilities are not an asset to our community. However, they could become part of the solution by phasing out the sale of these pets and transitioning to a business model that offers profitable products and services, as well as animals for adoption from local shelters and rescue groups. Therefore, a retail pet sales ordinance would not prevent pet stores from staying in business, but would reduce the burden on shelters and rescue groups by increasing pet adoptions. Please help eliminate the horrible "business" of puppy and kitten mills. I urge you to support this important reform to protect pets, consumers and taxpayers in Carlsbad by enacting a retail pet sales ordinance for our city. Thank you. Ms. Melissa Krone 4099 Karst Rd Carlsbad, CA 92010-5559 (760) 994-0855 cosmarcus@hotmail.com 1 304 And rea Dykes From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Julie Fischer <fleeingoz@yahoo.com> Tuesday, April 26, 2016 12:43 PM Council Internet Email keithb911@aol.com Consideration of a retail pet store ban in Carlsbad To the Mayor of Carlsbad and the Carlsbad City Council, Thank you for the chance to express my strong support for an ordinance banning retail pet stores with mill/breeder-sourced animals in Carlsbad. I'm a small animal veterinarian practicing at a specialty and emergency hospital in San Marcos, located a few blocks from Mini Toy Puppies (which had already been booted from other towns and will soon be required to source animals from shelters/ rescues or to close). Stores such as these are antithetical to the principles my professional life is founded on, and I'm frustrated, affronted, and angered that it exists in the North County town where I work hard to defend pet health and well-being. I personally and professionally hold that that passage and enforcement of legislation to ban such retail pet stores is the sole ethical option available to the Carlsbad City Council (or any City Council!) on this matter. NO reputable dog breeder sells puppies through pet stores, period; thus, the huge majority of pet store puppies come from puppy mills, usually from the Midwest. That means very young puppies, some of which are already not healthy, then endure extended truck or plane travel to California. Many don't survive transit. Shop owners claim these breeding facilities are "licensed" or "USDA inspected," which is meaningless for guaranteeing humane and medically sound living and breeding conditions, and speaks not at all to breeder motive or quality of puppies produced. Puppy mills are production lines: breeding dogs are rarely socialized, are given the bare necessities to keep them alive, and are discarded when they can no longer produce. It's a shameful and cruel way to treat any sentient creatures. Such animal trafficking also worsens our already massive pet overpopulation problem, and adds to the thousands of animals euthanized in shelters every day. Conscientious breeders carefully select breeding pairs to improve the genetic health, conformation, and mental soundness of their chosen breed. Puppy mill breeders select breeding pairs to produce as many saleable puppies as possible, emphasizing characteristics (like small size) that are deemed appealing, but may not engender wellness. The inevitable results are puppies of dubious medical condition and genetic make-up, and many quickly wind up at veterinary clinics, suffering from infectious diseases or genetic or conformational abnormalities. This happens, of course, only after people have paid ridiculous amounts of money (frequently thousands and thousands of dollars) and have become attached to their new little one. Many pet stores offer £inancing for the dogs and bogus "lifetime guarantees" as well, which lure consumers into spending money they don't have, and then often positions them to face medical bills on top of the cost of the pet. To knowingly permit stores such as these to exist as they are is to tacitly endorse cruelty for profit, and that has no place in our communities, or anywhere else, frankly. I IMPLORE YOU to follow the example set by Oceanside, San Diego, Vista, and most recently San Marcos, and scores of other cities nationwide: for the sake of our citizens and for the sake and lives of the animals, BAN such stores and declare clearly that you will not tolerate mistreatment (pro£itable or otherwise) of animals in your midst. I sincerely appreciate your time and your serious consideration of this matter, and would be happy to discuss it with you further, if helpful. Julie R. Fischer, DVM, DACVIM 1 305 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Apr26,2016 Council Member Mark Packard 1200 Carlsbad Village Drive Carlsbad, CA 92008-1949 Dear Council Member Packard, Best Friends Animal Society <Legislative@bestfriends.org> on behalf of Julie Holman < info@bestfriends.org > Tuesday, April 26, 2016 1:55 PM Council Internet Email Please protect pets and consumers by enacting a retail pet sales ordinance As a proud resident of Carlsbad, I respectfully urge you to enact an ordinance to restrict the retail sale of inhumanely bred companion animals, many of whom end up in our overcrowded, taxpayer-subsidized shelters. I have spent a great deal of time volunteering in shelters working to improve the lives of homeless animals who may well end up being euthanized due to lack of space. Puppy mills contribute to this problem and are also extremely inhumane for the animals forced to live out their days as breeding factories, and nothing more. As a pet parent to 4 rescued dogs and cats, as well as a proud Carlsbad resident, this issue is very near and dear to my heart. Puppy and kitten mills are in business to supply pet stores. The pets kept in these facilities often spend their entire lives in dirty, crowded cages for the sole purpose of producing as many animals as possible for the pet trade. Pet stores that obtain animals from these facilities are not an asset to our community. However, they could become part of the solution by phasing out the sale of these pets and transitioning to a business model that offers profitable products and services, as well as animals for adoption from local shelters and rescue groups. Therefore, a retail pet sales ordinance would not prevent pet stores from staying in business, but would reduce the burden on shelters and rescue groups by increasing pet adoptions. It would also benefit local hobby breeders by allowing them to continue providing responsibly bred animals directly to people who cannot find what they are looking for through adoption. PLEASE DO YOUR PART TO STOP ANIMAL OVERPOPULATION! I urge you to support this important reform to protect pets, consumers and taxpayers in Carlsbad by enacting a retail pet sales ordinance for our city. Thank you. Mrs. Julie Holman 3555 Flat Rock St Carlsbad, CA 92010-7091 (925) 785-6315 holmanjulie@att.net 1 306 And rea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Apr 26, 2016 Mayor ProTem Lorraine Wood Carlsbad, CA Dear Mayor ProTem Wood, Best Friends Animal Society <Legislative@bestfriends.org> on behalf of john thomas < info@bestfriends.org > Tuesday, April 26, 2016 10:51 AM Council Internet Email Please protect pets and consumers by enacting a retail pet sales ordinance As a proud resident of Carlsbad, I respectfully urge you to enact an ordinance to restrict the retail sale of inhumanely bred companion animals, many of whom end up in our overcrowded, taxpayer-subsidized shelters. Puppy and kitten mills are in business to supply pet stores. The pets kept in these facilities often spend their entire lives in dirty, crowded cages for the sole purpose of producing as many animals as possible for the pet trade. Pet stores that obtain animals from these facilities are not an asset to our community. However, they could become part of the solution by phasing out the sale of these pets and transitioning to a business model that offers profitable products and services, as well as animals for adoption from local shelters and rescue groups. Therefore, a retail pet sales ordinance would not prevent pet stores from staying in business, but would reduce the burden on shelters and rescue groups by increasing pet adoptions. It would also benefit local hobby breeders by allowing them to continue providing responsibly bred animals directly to people who cannot find what they are looking for through adoption. I urge you to support this important reform to protect pets, consumers and taxpayers in Carlsbad by enacting a retail pet sales ordinance for our city. Thank you. Mr. john thomas 2669 Vancouver St Carlsbad, CA 92010-1365 {760) 458-7306 mopher@roadrunner.com 1 307 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Apr26,2016 Mayor Matt Hall Carlsbad, CA Dear Mayor Hall, Best Friends Animal Society <Legislative@bestfriends.org> on behalf of Jayne Marx <info@ bestfriends.org > Tuesday, April 26, 2016 9:52 AM Council Internet Email Please protect pets and consumers by enacting a retail pet sales ordinance As a proud resident of Carlsbad, I respectfully urge you to enact an ordinance to restrict the retail sale of inhumanely bred companion animals, many of whom end up in our overcrowded, taxpayer-subsidized shelters. Puppy and kitten mills are in business to supply pet stores. The pets kept in these facilities often spend their entire lives in dirty, crowded cages for the sole purpose of producing as many animals as possible for the pet trade. Pet stores that obtain animals from these facilities are not an asset to our community. However, they could become part of the solution by phasing out the sale of these pets and transitioning to a business model that offers profitable products and services, as well as animals for adoption from local shelters and rescue groups. Therefore, a retail pet sales ordinance would not prevent pet stores from staying in business, but would reduce the burden on shelters and rescue groups by increasing pet adoptions. It would also benefit local hobby breeders by allowing them to continue providing responsibly bred animals directly to people who cannot find what they are looking for through adoption. I urge you to support this important reform to protect pets, consumers and taxpayers in Carlsbad by enacting a retail pet sales ordinance for our city. Thank you. Ms. Jayne Marx 8070 Sitio Toledo Carlsbad, CA 92009-9552 (760) 468-4987 jaynemarx@gmail.com 1 308 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Apr 26, 2016 Mayor Matt Hall Carlsbad, CA Dear Mayor Hall, Best Friends Animal Society <Legislative@bestfriends.org> on behalf of Ellen Williams <info@ bestfriends.org > Tuesday, April 26, 2016 8:51 AM Council Internet Email Please protect pets and consumers by enacting a retail pet sales ordinance As a proud resident of Carlsbad, I respectfully urge you to enact an ordinance to restrict the retail sale of inhumanely bred companion animals, many of whom end up in our overcrowded, taxpayer-subsidized shelters. Puppy and kitten mills are in business to supply pet stores. The pets kept in these facilities often spend their entire lives in dirty, crowded cages for the sole purpose of producing as many animals as possible for the pet trade. Pet stores that obtain animals from these facilities are not an asset to our community. However, they could become part of the solution by phasing out the sale of these pets and transitioning to a business model that offers profitable products and services, as well as animals for adoption from local shelters and rescue groups. Therefore, a retail pet sales ordinance would not prevent pet stores from staying in business, but would reduce the burden on shelters and rescue groups by increasing pet adoptions. It would also benefit local hobby breeders by allowing them to continue providing responsibly bred animals directly to people who cannot find what they are looking for through adoption. I urge you to support this important reform to protect pets, consumers and taxpayers in Carlsbad by enacting a retail pet sales ordinance for our city. Thank you. Mrs. Ellen Williams 1820 Oak Ave Carlsbad, CA 92008-1103 (760) 720-3324 ellenw31@roadrunner.com 1 309 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Apr26,2016 Council Member Mark Packard 1200 Carlsbad Village Drive Carlsbad, CA 92008-1949 Dear Council Member Packard, Best Friends Animal Society <Legislative@bestfriends.org> on behalf of Dana Thomart <info@ bestfriends.org > Tuesday, April 26, 2016 5:51 AM Council Internet Email Please protect pets and consumers by enacting a retail pet sales ordinance As a proud resident of Carlsbad, I respectfully urge you to enact an ordinance to restrict the retail sale of inhumanely bred companion animals, many of whom end up in our overcrowded, taxpayer-subsidized shelters. Puppy and kitten mills are in business to supply pet stores. The pets kept in these facilities often spend their entire lives in dirty, crowded cages for the sole purpose of producing as many animals as possible for the pet trade. Pet stores that obtain animals from these facilities are not an asset to our community. However, they could become part ofthe solution by phasing out the sale ofthese pets and transitioning to a business model that offers profitable products and services, as well as animals for adoption from local shelters and rescue groups. Therefore, a retail pet sales ordinance would not prevent pet stores from staying in business, but would reduce the burden on shelters and rescue groups by increasing pet adoptions. It would also benefit local hobby breeders by allowing them to continue providing responsibly bred animals directly to people who cannot find what they are looking for through adoption. I urge you to support this important reform to protect pets, consumers and taxpayers in Carlsbad by enacting a retail pet sales ordinance for our city. Thank you. Mrs. Dana Thomart 3950 Alder Ave Carlsbad, CA 92008-2705 (760) 809-3065 thomart@att.net 1 310 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Apr26,2016 Mayor Matt Hall Carlsbad, CA Dear Mayor Hall, Best Friends Animal Society < Legislative@bestfriends.org > on behalf of ann scott < info@bestfriends.org > Tuesday, April 26, 2016 5:51 AM Council Internet Email Please protect pets and consumers by enacting a retail pet sales ordinance As a proud resident of Carlsbad, I respectfully urge you to enact an ordinance to restrict the retail sale of inhumanely bred companion animals, many of whom end up in our overcrowded, taxpayer-subsidized shelters. Puppy and kitten mills are in business to supply pet stores. The pets. kept in these facilities often spend their entire lives in dirty, crowded cages for the sole purpose of producing as many animals as possible for the pet trade. Pet stores that obtain animals from these facilities are not an asset to our community. However, they could become part of the solution by phasing out the sale of these pets and transitioning to a business model that offers profitable products and services, as well as animals for adoption from local shelters and rescue groups. Therefore, a retail pet sales ordinance would not prevent pet stores from staying in business, but would reduce the burden on shelters and rescue groups by increasing pet adoptions. It would also benefit local hobby breeders by allowing them to continue providing responsibly bred animals directly to people who cannot find what they are looking for through adoption. I urge you to support this important reform to protect pets, consumers and taxpayers in Carlsbad by enacting a retail pet sales ordinance for our city. Thank you. Ms. ann scott 2475 Jefferson St Apt 206 Carlsbad, CA 92008-1414 (760) 521-8069 sterlingscott@roadrunner.com 1 311 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Apr 26, 2016 Best Friends Animal Society < Legislative@bestfriends.org > on behalf of Cheryl Goodheim <info@bestfriends.org> Tuesday, April 26, 2016 5:51 AM Council Internet Email Please protect pets and consumers by enacting a retail pet sales ordinance Council Member Michael Schumacher 1200 Carlsbad Village Drive Carlsbad, CA 92008-1949 Dear Council Member Schumacher, As a proud resident of Carlsbad, I respectfully urge you to enact an ordinance to restrict the retail sale of inhumanely bred companion animals, many of whom end up in our overcrowded, taxpayer-subsidized shelters. Puppy and kitten mills are in business to supply pet stores. The pets kept in these facilities often spend their entire lives in dirty, crowded cages for the sole purpose of producing as many animals as possible for the pet trade. Pet stores that obtain animals from these facilities are not an asset to our community. However, they could become part of the solution by phasing out the sale of these pets and transitioning to a business model that offers profitable products and services, as well as animals for adoption from local shelters and rescue groups. Therefore, a retail pet sales ordinance would not prevent pet stores from staying in business, but would reduce the burden on shelters and rescue groups by increasing pet adoptions. It would also benefit local hobby breeders by allowing them to continue providing responsibly bred animals directly to people who cannot find what they are looking for through adoption. I urge you to support this important reform to protect pets, consumers and taxpayers in Carlsbad by enacting a retail pet sales ordinance for our city. Thank you. Miss Cheryl Goodheim 2736 Madison St Carlsbad, CA 92008-1727 (619} 997-2546 theworksskincare@aol.com 1 312 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Apr26,2016 Council Member Mark Packard 1200 Carlsbad Village Drive Carlsbad, CA 92008-1949 Dear Council Member Packard, Best Friends Animal Society <Legislative@bestfriends.org> on behalf ofTamara Hampikian <info@bestfriends.org> Tuesday, April 26, 2016 6:51 AM Council Internet Email Please protect pets and consumers by enacting a retail pet sales ordinance As a proud resident of Carlsbad, I respectfully urge you to enact an ordinance to restrict the retail sale of inhumanely bred companion animals, many of whom end up in our overcrowded, taxpayer-subsidized shelters. Puppy and kitten mills are in business to supply pet stores. The pets kept in these facilities often spend their entire lives in dirty, crowded cages for the sole purpose of producing as many animals as possible for the pet trade. Pet stores that obtain animals from these facilities are not an asset to our community. However, they could become part of the solution by phasing out the sale of these pets and transitioning to a business model that offers profitable products and services, as well as animals for adoption from local shelters and rescue groups. Therefore, a retail pet sales ordinance would not prevent pet stores from staying in business, but would reduce the burden on shelters and rescue groups by increasing pet adoptions. It would also benefit local hobby breeders by allowing them to continue providing responsibly bred animals directly to people who cannot find what they are looking for through adoption. I urge you to support this important reform to protect pets, consumers and taxpayers in Carlsbad by enacting a retail pet sales ordinance for our city. Thank you. Ms. Tamara Hampikian 1881 E Pointe Ave Carlsbad, CA 92008-3773 Carlsbad thampikian@aol.com 1 313 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Apr26,2016 Best Friends Animal Society <Legislative@bestfriends.org> on behalf of Nicole Fortunato < info@bestfriends.org > Tuesday, April 26, 2016 7:51 AM Council Internet Email Please protect pets and consumers by enacting a retail pet sales ordinance Council Member Michael Schumacher 1200 Carlsbad Village Drive Carlsbad, CA 92008-1949 Dear Council Member Schumacher, As a proud resident of Carlsbad, I respectfully urge you to enact an ordinance to restrict the retail sale of inhumanely bred companion animals, many of whom end up in our overcrowded, taxpayer-subsidized shelters. Puppy and kitten mills are in business to supply pet stores. The pets kept in these facilities often spend their entire lives in dirty, crowded cages for the sole purpose of producing as many animals as possible for the pet trade. Pet stores that obtain animals from these facilities are not an asset to our community. However, they could become part of the solution by phasing out the sale of these pets and transitioning to a business model that offers profitable products and services, as well as animals for adoption from local shelters and rescue groups. Therefore, a retail pet sales ordinance would not prevent pet stores from staying in business, but would reduce the burden on shelters and rescue groups by increasing pet adoptions. It would also benefit local hobby breeders by allowing them to continue providing responsibly bred animals directly to people who cannot find what they are looking for through adoption. I urge you to support this important reform to protect pets, consumers and taxpayers in Carlsbad by enacting a retail pet sales ordinance for our city. Thank you. Ms. Nicole Fortunato 1896 Rutherford Rd Carlsbad, CA 92008-7326 (760) 473-4654 nfortunato@sbcglobal.net 1 314 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Apr 26, 2016 Mayor Matt Hall Carlsbad, CA Dear Mayor Hall, Best Friends Animal Society <Legislative@bestfriends.org> on behalf of Carmen Rene < info@bestfriends.org > Tuesday, April 26, 2016 7:51 AM Council Internet Email Please protect pets and consumers by enacting a retail pet sales ordinance As a proud resident of Carlsbad, I respectfully urge you to enact an ordinance to restrict the retail sale of inhumanely bred companion animals, many of whom end up in our overcrowded, taxpayer-subsidized shelters. Puppy and kitten mills are in business to supply pet stores. The pets kept in these facilities often spend their entire lives in dirty, crowded cages for the sole purpose of producing as many animals as possible for the pet trade. Pet stores that obtain animals from these facilities are not an asset to our community. However, they could become part of the solution by phasing out the sale of these pets and transitioning to a business model that offers profitable products and services, as well as animals for adoption from local shelters and rescue groups. Therefore, a retail pet sales ordinance would not prevent pet stores from staying in business, but would reduce the burden on shelters and rescue groups by increasing pet adoptions. It would also benefit local hobby breeders by allowing them to continue providing responsibly bred animals directly to people who cannot find what they are looking for through adoption. I urge you to support this important reform to protect pets, consumers and taxpayers in Carlsbad by enacting a retail pet sales ordinance for our city. Thank you. Ms. Carmen Rene 3433 Moon Field Dr Carlsbad, CA 92010-5543 (928} 941-0951 carmenrene11@yahoo.com 1 315 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Apr26,2016 Mayor ProTem Lorraine Wood Carlsbad, CA Dear Mayor ProTem Wood, Best Friends Animal Society <Legislative@bestfriends.org> on behalf of Barbara DiPaolo <info@bestfriends.org> Tuesday, April 26, 2016 7:51 AM Council Internet Email Please protect pets and consumers by enacting a retail pet sales ordinance As a proud resident of Carlsbad, I respectfully urge you to enact an ordinance to restrict the retail sale of inhumanely bred companion animals, many of whom end up in our overcrowded, taxpayer-subsidized shelters. Puppy and kitten mills are in business to supply pet stores. The pets kept in these facilities often spend their entire lives in dirty, crowded cages for the sole purpose of producing as many animals as possible for the pet trade. Pet stores that obtain animals from these facilities are not an asset to our community. However, they could become part of the solution by phasing out the sale of these pets and transitioning to a business model that offers profitable products and services, as well as animals for adoption from local shelters and rescue groups. Therefore, a retail pet sales ordinance would not prevent pet stores from staying in business, but would reduce the burden on shelters and rescue groups by increasing pet adoptions. It would also benefit local hobby breeders by allowing them to continue providing responsibly bred animals directly to people who cannot find what they are looking for through adoption. I urge you to support this important reform to protect pets, consumers and taxpayers in Carlsbad by enacting a retail pet sales ordinance for our city. Thank you. Ms. Barbara DiPaolo 29460 Meadow Glen Way W Escondido, CA 92026-6519 (858) 335-7640 nexxtup@aol.com 1 316 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Apr26,2016 Council Member Mark Packard 1200 Carlsbad Village Drive Carlsbad, CA 92008-1949 Dear Council Member Packard, Best Friends Animal Society < Legislative@bestfriends.org > on behalf of Tanya Phillips <info@ bestfriends.o rg > Tuesday, April 26, 2016 8:21 AM Council Internet Email Please protect pets and consumers by enacting a retail pet sales ordinance As a proud resident of Carlsbad, I respectfully urge you to enact an ordinance to restrict the retail sale of inhumanely bred companion animals, many of whom end up in our overcrowded, taxpayer-subsidized shelters. Puppy and kitten mills are in business to supply pet stores. The pets kept in these facilities often spend their entire lives in dirty, crowded cages for the sole purpose of producing as many animals as possible for the pet trade. Pet stores that obtain animals from these facilities are not an asset to our community. However, they could become part of the solution by phasing out the sale of these pets and transitioning to a business model that offers profitable products and services, as well as animals for adoption from local shelters and rescue groups. Therefore, a retail pet sales ordinance would not prevent pet stores from staying in business, but would reduce the burden on shelters and rescue groups by increasing pet adoptions. As someone who volunteers with a dog rescue this would be vital in saving lives. It would also benefit local hobby breeders by allowing them to continue providing responsibly bred animals directly to people who cannot find what they are looking for through adoption. I urge you to support this important reform to protect pets, consumers and taxpayers in Carlsbad by enacting a retail pet sales ordinance for our city. Thank you. Mrs. Tanya Phillips 3348 Corte Del Cruce Carlsbad, CA 92009-9548 (760) 370-8012 tmb760@gmail.com 1 317 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Dear City Council, James Veltman <jim.veltman@gmail.com> Monday, April 25, 2016 8:51 AM Council Internet Email Live Animal sale in Carlsbad Please act on a ban on sales on animals, in particular puppies, in the City of Carlsbad. There is an abundance of evidence that this practice is helping to support the existence of "puppy mills" which raise these puppies for commercial sale. The conditions in these "mills" is deplorable and inhumane and need to be stopped. Since the majority of these operations are out of state, the only viable way for caring individuals to effect this change is to ban the sale in their local communities. The surrounding communities of Oceanside, San Marcos, Vista and Encinitas have all banned this practice. These enlightened communities, of which I would hope Carlsbad would want to be included, took the appropriate action when asked by their constituents. They did not wait for the State of California to act. I look forward, as do a great many of the voting residents of Carlsbad, to your prompt action on this issue at your next meeting. Thank you for your valuable service in joining our surrounding communities in ending this inhumane practice. James Veltman Carlsbad, CA 1 318 Morgen Fry From: Sent: To: Dear Carlsbad City Council: dadams44@wi.rr.com Friday, April 15, 2016 5:13 PM Council Internet Email I am contacting you regarding the recent request, by your residents, for the City Council to adopt an ordinance to ban the retail sale of puppies coming from commercial breeding facilities. As you know, the conditions for the dogs in commercial breeding facilities are beyond unsatisfactory, including caging dogs for their entire lives without human interaction, no grooming or veterinary care for illnesses or injuries, and lack of proper food. Even dogs from USDA regulated facilities suffer horribly. The puppies these faculties produce are not breed for quality; in fact they are mass produced, and removed from the mother at a young age so they can be shipped off to pet stores while they are still in the adorable puppy stage. These puppies are traumatized, and often don't have proper care as they are being transported to the pet stores. Unsuspecting customers are routinely misled about the origin of the puppies, finding out later that they have purchased an unhealthy dog that came from a puppy mill. Our country has a problem of pet over population. The statistics are hard to come by, but it's believed that 1.5 million dogs are euthanized in shelters annually, while puppy mills are producing at least the same amount of puppies to flood the market. Taxpayers' money is used to house, feed, provide vet care, and euthanize homeless dogs in local shelters. As our communities stop supplying commercially bred puppies for sale, the number of homeless animals in shelters drops because people go to the shelter, or to local breeders when they want to add a dog to their family, which can allow shelters to use their funding to make improvements instead of euthanasia. Over 150 communities in the United States have instituted bans or restrictions on the sale of commercially bred puppies, with Philadelphia, PA adopting their ban just this week! I am urging you to listen to your community, and to the country, and join this movement by adopting a ban on the sale of puppy mill puppies in Carlsbad as well. Sincerely Susan Adams Hingham, WI 1 319 Morgen Fry From: Sent: To: Subject: Dear Carlsbad City Council: Iori ann < lorithedoglover@yahoo.com > Tuesday, April 19, 2016 12:56 PM Council Internet Email Please Ban Retail Sale of Puppies from Commercial Breeding Facilities Your residents have requested that you adopt an ordinance to ban the retail sale of puppies coming from commercial breeding facilities. The conditions in these facilities are frightening and torturous for the dogs, including filthy cages that the breeding dogs live in for their entire lives without human interaction, little or no grooming or veterinary care for illnesses or injuries, no freedom to run, play and socialize with other dogs, and no access to decent food and clean water. (The USDA regulated facilities are just as bad.) Puppies are torn from their mothers long before they would naturally separate, and endure frightening transports to pet stores. We are killing well over a million dogs in shelters each year, while these puppy mills engage in cruelty for profit. Think of how many dogs in shelters we could re-home if more communities banned the sale of these puppies. Please join the 150+ communities in our country that have banned or restricted the sale of puppies from commercial breeders. Sincerely, Lori Dames 5051 Hensley Drive Ann Arbor, Ml 48103 1 320 Morgen Fry From: Sent: To: Subject: Dear Carlsbad City Council: Coyote Windsong <godsdog@umich.edu> Friday, April 15, 2016 8:24 AM Council Internet Email Proposed Ban on Commercially Bred dogs I am contacting you regarding the recent request, by your residents, for the City Council to adopt an ordinance to ban the retail sale of puppies coming from commercial breeding facilities. As you know, the conditions for the dogs in commercial breeding facilities are beyond unsatisfactory, including caging dogs for their entire lives without human interaction, no grooming or veterinary care for illnesses or injuries, and lack of proper food. Even dogs from USDA regulated facilities suffer horribly. The puppies these faculties produce are not breed for quality; in fact they are mass produced, and removed from the mother at a young age so they can be shipped off to pet stores while they are still in the adorable puppy stage. These puppies are traumatized, and often don't have proper care as they are being transported to the pet stores. Unsuspecting customers are routinely misled about the origin of the puppies, finding out later that they have purchased an unhealthy dog that came from a puppy mill. Our country has a problem of pet over population. The statistics are hard to come by, but it's believed that 1.5 million dogs are euthanized in shelters annually, while puppy mills are producing at least the same amount of puppies to flood the market. Taxpayers' money is used to house, feed, provide vet care, and euthanize homeless dogs in local shelters. As our communities stop supplying commercially bred puppies for sale, the number of homeless animals in shelters drops because people go to the shelter, or to local breeders when they want to add a dog to their family, which can allow shelters to use their funding to make improvements instead of euthanasia. Over 150 communities in the United States have instituted bans or restrictions on the sale of commercially bred puppies, with Philadelphia, P A adopting their ban just this week! I am urging you to listen to your community, and to the country, and join this movement by adopting a ban on the sale of puppy mill puppies in Carlsbad as well. Sincerely Coyote Windsong 320 Delaware Rd Whitmore Lake, Ml 48189 1 321 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: Kristine Murray < kristinemurray@sbcglobal.net> Wednesday, April13, 2016 9:55 PM To: Council Internet Email Subject: Pet Stores, Dear Carlsbad City Council Members, I strongly urge you to pass an ordinance banning retail pet stores that sell dogs, cats, or rabbits unless they are from rescues or shelters. Be the true leaders we expect you to be. Thank you, Kristine Murray 1757 Tamarack Ave. Carlsbad, CA 92008 Kristine Murray Coastline Lending Services Broker/Owner DRE#01351242 NMLS#336464 Phone (760)672-6699 Fax (760)494-5312 Email: kristinemurray@sbcglobal.net [0 1 322 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Kazim Konyar < KKonyar@csusb.edu > Wednesday, April 13, 2016 7:33 PM Council Internet Email Urging you to help STOP Puppy Mills Dear Carlsbad City Council Members, I strongly urge you to pass an ordinance banning retail pet stores that sell dogs, cats, or rabbits unless they are from rescues or shelters. Be the true leaders we expect you to be. Thank you, Kazim Konyar, Ph. D. 1757 Tamarack Ave. Carlsbad, CA 92008 2 - 323 April12, 2016 To: Mayor Matt Hall, Mayor Prot Tern Lorraine Hall, Council Member Mark Packard, Council Member Keith Blackbom, Council Member Michael Schumacher: My name is Sydney Cicourel and I am the West Coast Director for The Puppy Mill Project. I am also a resident of the City of San Diego. In 2013, I introduced a Retail Pet Sales Ordinance in the city of San Diego which passed as the second largest city in the country, at the time, to protect consumers and animals. It has come to our attention that city officials in Carlsbad have been receiving a number of communications from the greater San Diego community regarding Carlsbad Pets. I would like to underscore that these communications are occurring for very valid reasons. I have included a comprehensive report created by Jayme McKellup, attorney for The Puppy Mill Project, on the Pet Shop/Puppy Mill connection that should answer any questions you may have regarding this situation and the pet shop industry. I would be happy to meet with you to discuss what you as city legislators can do regarding this issue. I believe you have also been contacted by other parties whom have been interested in this cause and would very much appreciate being included in any discussions with all those whom wish to participate. Sincerely, Sydney Cicourel West Coast Director The Puppy Mill Project www.thepuppymillproject.org e sgcicourel@aol.com v 206-229-6399 324 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Barbie and Bill Beghtol <bnbsocal@gmail.com> Tuesday, April 12, 2016 4:26 PM Council Internet Email Puppy Mill in the Carlsbad Mall. I was sad to learn the dogs/puppies at the Carlsbad Mall are from "puppy mills" out of state. I have casually asked the staff working in that store if the animals are from local caring breeders. The answer has always been "yes local, but some are from out of state breeders but they are all good. For the love of animals, help keep the puppy mills out of our mall by banning "mill dogs".We have enough in local shelters to fill our local needs and save a life. Barbie BEGHTOL 1520 JEANNE PL. CARLSBAD 1 325 Morgen Fry From: Sent: To: Subject: Magro Ohana <onamatt@aol.com> Tuesday, April12, 2016 12:54 PM Council Internet Email Save our Animals Please pass an ordinance on retail puppy mill pet stores!!! 1 326 Morgen Fry From: Sent: To: Subject: Peggy Shima <pegshima@gmail.com> Tuesday, April 12, 2016 12:41 PM Council Internet Email ban pet stores that sell puppy mill pets At your meeting tonight, I urge you to to the right and humane thing in banning pet stores that sell puppy mill pets. Peggy Shima 1 327 Morgen Fry From: Sent: To: Subject: Hi, Please STOP PUPPY MILLS!! Cindy Richardson <emailingcindy@gmail.com> Tuesday, April 12, 2016 12:17 PM Council Internet Email Please don't let store $$ signs be above compassion I work with many of the shelters from here to Los Angeles and see the need for lessening pets in shelters. People say, "I want only a pure bred animal." You can find pure bred animals in almost every shelter+ in specific breed rescues. "At least I know what I'm getting if from a store purchase or breeder." FALSE, they're more often sick, diseased and coming from females that are kept in deplorable conditions with little food or water and never medical care. I can tell you how many of my clients did this and paid thousands of dollars later to heal their dying kittens or puppies. When you adopt, you know exactly what you're getting because most go though behavior tests and are given full medical care FIRST before being allowed to be adopted. Why should a store make money when there are so many animals in need of home? Let's have more and more puppies & kittens to revenue stream when we have too many already that aren't in homes with thousands of people trying to help them. Why would anyone buy when others die? Here's an idea ... if they want a store to make money from, have them work with the shelters to adopt out animals from the shelter. They can sell care packages, pet insurance, pet store items, etc. A win-win at that point yes? Thank you for your consideration, I '-1 • V)"CV .(_o_) Until one has loved an animal, part of his soul remains unawakened ... Anatole France. Happy tails happen when adoption is the option! Cindy Richardson Minister, Animal Telepath & Intuitive Healer emailingcindy@gmail.com Please visit my web site at www.chatswithanimals.com Ph 760/533-4603 1 328 Morgen Fry From: Sent: To: Subject: amybyoung622@gmail.com Tuesday, April 12, 2016 11:27 AM Council Internet Email Council meeting Dear council. Thanks for serving our community. As a considered local citizen I would like to express a deep-seated concern for animals suffering as a result of retail sales of puppy mill animals in pet stores. I ask that you make a humane decision to ban retail sales of dogs and cats in local pet stores with the exception of rescue animals. The people are coming together on this issue and it is the right thing to do. Thanks so much. Amy Young 843 708 0553 7807 Goode St. San Diego CA 92139 1 329 Morgen Fry From: Sent: To: Subject: ldaviesS@cox.net Tuesday, April 12, 2016 10:36 AM Council Internet Email pet sales are down a billion dollars already due to pet store bans Local bans do reduce the number of puppy mills in the US. Found this article showing live pet sales are down by about a billion dollars already due to pet store bans, for the second year in a row. This should just reinforce these bans DO make a difference https:/ /webmail.west.cox.net/do/redirect?url=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.dollythedoxie.com%252Fappa-bil)ion- dollar-pet-sale-bans%252F Thank you, Leslie Davies 1 330 Morgen Fry From: Sent: To: Subject: Audra Scully < nashtee@icloud.com> Tuesday, April 12, 2016 9:41 AM Council Internet Email ban breeders from selling at Carlsbad stores Dear Carlsbad City Council Members, With this letter, I urge you to SUPPORT the pet store ban in Carlsbad. My tax dollars should not be used to house and 'euthanize' unwanted pets while at the same time local pet shops/pet businesses are profiting from dog and cat breeders who are contributing to this sickening situation. Ethically, banning these breeders from selling in our stores is the right thing to do, especially as long as perfectly loving pets are killed at our local shelter for lack of adoptive homes. I have lived in Carlsbad since 2002 and have volunteered at the San Diego County Animal Shelter in Carlsbad for over 5 years, and I vote every single election. Sincerely, Dr. Audra Scully 1469 Sapphire Dr. Carlsbad, CA 92011 1 331 Aprill2, 2016 To: Mayor Matt Hall, Mayor Prot Tern Lorraine Hall, Council Member Mark Packard, Council Member Keith Blackbom, Council Member Michael Schumacher: My name is Sydney Cicourel and I am the West Coast Director for The Puppy Mill Project. I am also a resident of the City of San Diego. In 2013, I introduced a Retail Pet Sales Ordinance in the city of San Diego which passed as the second largest city in the country, at the time, to protect consumers and animals. It has come to our attention that city officials in Carlsbad have been receiving a number of communications from the greater San Diego community regarding Carlsbad Pets. I would like to underscore that these communications are occurring for very valid reasons. I have included a comprehensive report created by Jayme McKellup, attorney for The Puppy Mill Project, on the Pet Shop/Puppy Mill connection that should answer any questions you may have regarding this situation and the pet shop industry. I would be happy to meet with you to discuss what you as city legislators can do regarding this issue. I believe you have also been contacted by other parties whom have been interested in this cause and would very much appreciate being included in any discussions with all those whom wish to participate. Sincerely, Sydney Cicourel West Coast Director The Puppy Mill Project www.thepuppymillproject.org e sgcicourel@aol.com v 206-229-6399 332 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Diana Rogers <dirogers03@sbcglobal.net> Tuesday, April 12, 2016 7:39 AM Council Internet Email Stop puppy mills Dear Mayor and City council-members, Please pass an ordinance banning retail pet stores that sell dogs, cats or rabbits unless they are from rescues or from shelters. Thanks you, Diana Rogers 3730 Hibiscus circle, Carlsbad ca 92008 Sent from my iPad 1 333 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Please please please karen kelley <karenpkelley@gmail.com> Tuesday, April 12, 2016 1:41 AM Council Internet Email Vote to Ban the puppy mill pet stores vote to ban the stores that sell puppies from puppy mills. Thank for making the humane decision. 2 - 334 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Mary Haupt <maryhaupt@yahoo.com> Monday, April 11, 2016 7:37 PM Council Internet Email Stop Puppy Mills! Dear Mayor and city council Members, I am writing to you today to please pass an ordinance banning retail pet stores that sell dogs, cats or rabbits unless they are rescues or from shelters. Do the right thing! Thank you, Mary Haupt 3 335 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: rm4dogs@gmail.com Monday, April 11, 2016 7:13 PM Council Internet Email Ban Retail Pet Stores As a voice for the many that cannot speak, I am pleading with you to please but a ban on allowing any retail pet stores that are using puppy mills to support this effort. You have an opportunity tomorrow to make a difference in the community and save many lives. Let's start by showing the community that we care about how we cultivate rescue animals versus breeding for money. Thank you for your support, Lanya Bailey-Harrell Sent from Windows Mail 4 336 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Sutton Kirkpatrick <suttonkirkpatrick@gmail.com> Monday, April 11, 2016 6:51 PM Council Internet Email BAN Retail Pet Stores!! Please ban pet stores that sell dogs, cats or rabbits unless they are from rescues or from shelters. There are thousands and thousands of animals in shelters and rescues that are in need of homes. Please pass an ordinance to BAN the sell of dogs cats and rabbits! Sincerely, Sutton Kirkpatrick 760-809-1969 sutton m kirkpatrick "Intentions bum few calories." 5 337 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: marla forster < margoforster@att.net> Monday, April 11, 2016 5:59 PM Council Internet Email Stop Puppy Mills Please pass an ordinance banning retail pet stores that sell dogs, cats or rabbits unless they are rescues from shelters ..... . Marla Forster 2826 Valley Vista Way Oceanside , CA 92054 1 338 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: areysbergen@ j u no.com Monday, April 11, 2016 5:48 PM Council Internet Email Ban Puppy Mill puppies for SALE in Carlsbad Carlsbad City Council .. we elected YOU to make the right decisions for all members of the City of Carlsbad .. including the animals! we're not living in the dark ages-this is the Year 2016 Mayor Hall, Mark Packard, Michael Schumacher- by your decision to allow the Carlsbad shopping mall to sell puppies amounts to sanctioning animal ABUSE! don't be apart of the Problem--be apart of the SOLUTION .. just say NO to Puppy Mills in the City of Carlsbad Alice Reysbergen Carlsbad Resident/Property Owlller Registered Voter 2 339 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Cody Cook <codycook6292@yahoo.com> Monday, April 11, 2016 5:12 PM Council Internet Email Stop puppy mills Please pass an ordinance banning retail pet stores that sell dogs, cats or rabbits unless they are from rescues or shelters Sent from my iPhone 3 340 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Silvia Zinetti <silvia.zinetti@gmail.com> Monday, Aprilll, 2016 2:58 PM Council Internet Email Please stop puppy mills! Dear Mayor and City Council-members, I would like you to pass and ordinance to ban retail pet stores that sell dogs, cats, or rabbits unless they are from rescues or from shelters. Best regards, Silvia 1 341 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Nickie Arbisi <nickie.arbisi@gmail.com> Monday, April 11, 2016 2:43 PM Council Internet Email puppy mills please pass an ordinance banning retail pet stores that sell pets from puppy mills. thank you Nickie Arbisi 2 - 342 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: JoAnn D <joannd1953@gmail.com> Monday, April 11, 2016 1:14 PM Council Internet Email Please ban puppy mill stores in Carlsbad. They are so cruel and they keep the animal in small crates. They should be against the law. There are plenty of animals that need good homes at shelters. Please stop puppie mill stores. Jo Ann Draughon nty of 3 343 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Kelly Shook <kshook@earthlink.net> Monday, April 11, 2016 1:09 PM Council Internet Email Carlsbad ban on sale of mass production-sourced pets Dear Mayor Hall and City Councilpersons, I ask that you implement an ordinance disallowing pet stores in the city of Carlsbad from selling dogs, cats, and rabbits sourced from mass-production facilities, also known as 'mills'. Selling these animals is not a critical factor for pet stores to earn a profit. There are many financially successful pet supply stores in San Diego County that do not sell puppies or kittens from mass-production facilities. I support pet stores selling only pets sourced from local shelters and rescue organizations. Rescue and shelter pet adoption programs help control pet overpopulation through spaying and neutering, which reduce the volume of pet deaths via euthanasia, and subsequently minimize community tax expenditure. I am hopeful that you will swiftly implement this ordinance. Please feel free to contact me with any questions. Respectfully, Kelly Shook kshook@earthlink. net 4 344 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Jayna Regan <jrgreyfox@gmail.com> Monday, April 11, 2016 12:26 PM Council Internet Email The purchase of puppies from puppy mills at the Carlsbad pet store To the Carlsbad City Council Facts to consider before voting to ban the purchase of puppies from puppy mills. 1. Puppy mills are notorious for filthy crowded conditions. 2. Many dogs suffer from malnutrition and exposure, usually remaining outside year round with freezing temps in winter and intense heat in summer. 3. Animals are kept in cramped and filthy cages. 4. Their eyes are filled with pus and fur with their own excrement. 5. Like pet store owners, breeders try to save money and maximize profits, spending little on food and veterinary care. 6. These conditions combined with inbreeding produce animals with genetic diseases and abnormalities. 7. Female dogs are kept in puppy mills their entire lives. They are kept perpetually pregnant. Puppies are taken before they are weaned and many die of starvation. When the female dogs no longer serve their purpose (at approx. seven years) they are killed. 8. At 4 to 8 weeks of age, puppies are taken from their mothers and sold to brokers for retail businesses. Puppies are packed into crates. They are often not provided food, water, ventilation ..... many die in route. Those that die are often then sold to laboratories for research so that no money is lost. 9. The Animal Welfare Act which is meant to protect these animals is weak and ineffective. The American Kennel Club receives millions from breeders. They do not work to improve conditions. not surprising I am writing this because my family purchased two dogs from the Carlsbad Pet Store many years ago before I understood where the dogs came from and the reality of puppy mills. Both had significant problems. Bear was extremely aggressive and could not be trusted around people. Molly died at an early age of heart disease. I am asking you to read these facts and do the right thing ... vote to ban the sale of puppies from mills. Jayna Regan 1417 Branta Ave. Carlsbad 5 345 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Nancy Wilson <irelandsgirl2@yahoo.com> Monday, April 11, 2016 11:00 AM Council Internet Email BAN PUPPY MILLS PLEASE ... ban the sale of puppy mill dogs. Stop the awful, horrific, misery, abuse of female dogs, caged and used to breed more awful, horrific, misery, often sick puppies. PLEASE, have mercy on them and put an end to the suffering of adult dogs &/or puppies. Stop encouraging this practice of animal abuse. Don't allow humans to profit from the suffering of these blessed animals. Thank you, Nancy Wilson 1 346 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Linda Sills < linjete@gmail.com > Monday, April 11, 2016 10:54 AM Council Internet Email Puppy Mills Please consider banning shops that sell dogs and puppies from the "puppy mills" around the country. We should sell the animals from shelters. This affects everyone in San Diego county, as these ill treated animals become sick, and wind up in the shelters in the end. Thank you. Linda Sills-Oceanside, CA 2 347 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Attachments: Victoria Cypherd <v.cypherd@gmail.com> Monday, April 11, 2016 9:53 AM Council Internet Email I support a pet store ban ordinance Carlsbad Pet Store Ordinance.docx 3 348 Honorable Mayor Hall and Council Members, In 2011 the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine conducted two studies of dogs and puppies from commercial dog breeding establishments, commonly known as puppy mills. The first study compared 1,169 dogs formerly kept for breeding purposes compared to pet dogs owned by the general public. The results showed that the dogs from puppy mills suffered from a broad range of abnormal behavioral and psychological characteristics including elevated levels of fear, pronounced repetitive behaviors such as spinning in tight circles and pacing, and a heightened sensitivity to being touched and picked up. The severe and long-lasting psychological harm they endure from puppy mill living conditions is generally irreparable. The study concluded with recommendations for better laws to protect the welfare of dogs in extended confinement. The second study addressed the puppies born in the mills. It compared the psychological and behavioral characteristics of 431 adult dogs that had been purchased as puppies from pet stores with adult dogs purchased as puppies from small-scale private breeders. The study found that the adult puppy mill dogs showed significantly greater aggression toward human family members. unfamiliar people and other dogs: greater fear of other dogs and typical life events; and greater separation- related problems and house soiling. The researchers blamed this behavior on the fact that the puppies that end up in pet stores often live a disrupted early life and tend to be poorly socialized. They are weaned and separated from their litters far too early. And the high stressors placed on the confined pregnant mother dogs may be also contribute to the overall problems. There were three overall conclusions of the study. 1) Current laws provide inadequate protection against harm to breeding dogs and puppies from puppy mills. 2) Consumers purchasing puppies from pet stores are unknowingly assuming a risk of difficult and serious behavior problems in their dogs, including dog behavior that can endanger their own safety or dogs that are at risk of escaping and running away. 3) If dogs are to be bred to produce puppies for sale, then both the dogs and puppies should be assured a decent quality of life based on the most current scientific research. Until the inhumane and deplorable living conditions and treatment of puppies and dogs can be remedied within the puppy mills, the chief researchers stated they could not recommend that consumers obtain their puppies from pet stores. The Carlsbad City Council has the opportunity to introduce and pass an ordinance to protect consumers from the pitfalls of purchasing puppy mill puppies and to attempt to end the tragic cycle of unwanted dogs. Much of the negative press about breeding mills has focused on dogs, but cats and bunnies that are sold in pet stores also come from breeders whose focus is on quantity, not quality. Like puppies, they are raised in awful conditions and can suffer from the same congenital health problems or behavior issues as puppy mill dogs. According to the Humane Society, after cats and dogs, rabbits are the species most often to be abandoned or surrendered to animal shelters. This proposed ordinance will be a step toward ending this sad and costly cycle. Victoria Cypherd http: //www.upenn.edu /pen nnews /current/2013-05-16 /latest-news /penn-vet-study-finds-pet-store-puppies- come-increased-risk http: //bestfri end s.o rg/reso u rces /scien ti% E F%AC%81 c-stu dies-dogs-and-puppies-commercial-dog-breeding- establishments 349 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: gpxart@roadrunner.com Monday, Aprilll, 2016 9:35AM Council Internet Email protection ordinance request Honorable Mayor Hall and City Council Members, Our family urges you to place an ordinance on your upcoming Council agenda to ban retail pet stores that sell dogs, cats or rabbits unless they come from rescues or from shelters. Please join cities like San Diego, Los Angeles, San Marcos and Chula Vista that have passed similar ordinances. The vast majority of pet shop puppies come from puppy mills where the adult animals spend their entire lives in cages under deplorable conditions. The ~tressfulliving conditions ofthe mills often produces puppies that eventually suffer health and temperament problems themselves. Animal experts and trainers like Caesar Millan, Victoria Stilwell, the Humane Society of the US, and the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine all recommend that consumers do not purchase their puppies from pet stores. While our animals shelters are burdened with unwanted pets the puppy mills are shipping thousands of poorly bred and unsocialized puppies to pet stores around the country. The mills are out of your jurisdiction but you have the opportunity to shut down the market for the distribution ofthese poor animals in our city. An ordinance to ban retail stores will be a step toward curbing the unfortunate and costly pet overpopulation problem and it will also protect consumers. Please introduce and adopt an ordinance. Sincerely, Louis A. Weinberg 846 Mistletoe Lane Carlsbad, CA 92011 4 350 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: PLEASE HAVE A HEART. Sent from my iPhone Cheryl South <coll_colleen@yahoo.com> Friday, April 08, 2016 5:28 PM Council Internet Email Ban cruelty to animals 1 351 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Dorothy McCorkle <dmcpetsfirst@cox.net> Friday, April 08, 2016 6:05 PM Council Internet Email Ban on stores selling puppy mill farmed dogs, cats and rabbits Please pass an ordinance soon! The cruelty of "factory farms" is well-known. We are aware that many of the animals have health problems because of unsanitary conditions and the continuous overbreeding of the females. Animals should not be bred because they are a commodity that can produce revenue for the store owner. Furthermore, if this was not a dirty, for profit only endeavor, why are the shipments from long distances away covered up in secret nightime deliveries.? That cute puppy in the window has been fluffed up for sale and the purchases are usually impulse purchasers. Since sellers are willing to help finance the large sums of money asked, buyers have no recourse when the pups have illnesses after the sale. Furthermore, the so-called "warranties" are full of loopholes. It is a business that depends on "sucl<er" clientele when THOUSANDS of pets are available in local shelters where they are screened, tested and inexpensive. Pet overpopulation is on the increase, taxpayers are paying for shelters to euthanize the oversupply because there are not enough homes for them. Carlsbad is a great city. Do us a favor and DO THE RIGHT THING: Ban these stores that prey on the city, the people and the reputation of this community. Thank you for listening. Dorothy McCorkle 2 352 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Lisa Marun <lisamarun@gmail.com> Sunday, AprillO, 2016 9:11 PM Council Internet Email Pet store ordinance support Honorable Mayor Hall and City Council Members, I urge you to place an ordinance banning retail pet stores that sell dogs, cats or rabbits unless they come from rescues or from shelters on your upcoming Council agenda. Please join cities like San Diego, Los Angeles, San Marcos and Chula Vista that have passed similar ordinances. The vast majority of pet shop puppies come from out of state puppy mills where the animals live in deplorable conditions with no protections for their welfare. The adult dogs are discarded or abandoned when they are no longer able to produce. While our shelters are burdened with unwanted pets the profit-driven puppy mills are shipping thousands of poorly bred and unsocialized puppies to pet stores around the country, including Carlsbad. We know that the Carlsbad City Council cannot locally control the midwest puppy mills but legislation like this will aid in shutting down the wholesale distributors of these unfortunate animals and it will also help to curb pet overpopulation and protect consumers. Thank you for your consideration. LisaMarun 7585 Cadencia St. Carlsbad, CA 92009 We never know the worth of water till the well is dry. Thomas Fuller Gnomologia, 1732 1 353 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Phyllis Barr < p_barr@earthlink.net> Sunday, April 10, 2016 7:45 PM Council Internet Email Vicky; Victoria Cypherd I urge you to place a pet store ordinance .......... . Honorable Mayor Hall and Council Members, I urge you to place an ordinance on your upcoming Council agenda to ban retail pet stores that sell dogs, cats or rabbits unless these animals come from rescues or from shelters. The Humane Society of the United States estimates that animal shelters care for between 6-8 million dogs and cats every year in the US, of which approximately 3-4 million are euthanized. This is a tremendous financial burden for municipalities. Pet overpopulation is a tragic situation in this country and the sale of puppies in pet stores only exacerbates this problem. Most pet shop puppies come from puppy mills where the adult animals spend a lifetime of confinement and neglect. The mills produce unsocialized puppies that are weaned too early while indiscriminate breeding practices often lead to serious health problems. Purchasing a puppy at a pet store almost always supports the disgraceful puppy mill industry. At the same time that these huge profit-driven corporations are shipping thousands of dogs to puppy stores nationwide we have hundreds of beautiful puppies and adult dogs waiting for homes in our animal shelters throughout San Diego County. Most puppy mills are located out of state but this proposed ordinance will help to shut down the wholesale distributors of these unfortunate animals here in Carlsbad. This is a necessary step toward ending the cycle of abuse and reducing the huge number of unwanted pets. Please join cities like San Diego, Los Angeles, San Marcos and Chula Vista that have passed similar ordinances. I LOVE my adopted Boots ........ let others enjoy the love of an adopted pet! Sincerely, Phyllis Barr and "Mr. Boots" the Cat 6715 Hyacinth Circle, Carlsbad, CA 92011 2 354 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Kevin McCauley <youbewell@earthlink.net> Sunday, AprillO, 2016 7:29PM Council Internet Email "I support a pet store ordinance" Honorable Mayor Hall and Council Members, We urge you to place an ordinance on your upcoming Council agenda to ban retail pet stores that sell dogs, cats or rabbits unless these animals come from rescues or from shelters. The Humane Society of the United States estimates that animal shelters care for between 6-8 million dogs and cats every year in the US, of which approximately 3-4 million are euthanized. This is a tremendous financial burden for municipalities. Pet overpopulation is a tragic situation in this country and the sale of puppies in pet stores only exacerbates this problem. Most pet shop puppies come from puppy mills where the adult animals spend a lifetime of confinement and neglect. The mills produce unsocialized puppies that are weaned too early while indiscriminate breeding practices often lead to serious health problems. Purchasing a puppy at a pet store almost always supports the disgraceful puppy mill industry. At the same time that these huge profit-driven corporations are shipping thousands of dogs to puppy stores nationwide we have hundreds of beautiful puppies and adult dogs waiting for homes in our animal shelters throughout San Diego County. Most puppy mills are located out of state but this proposed ordinance will help to shut down the wholesale distributors of these unfortunate animals here in Carlsbad. This is a necessary step toward ending the cycle of abuse and reducing the huge number of unwanted pets. Please join cities like San Diego, Los Angeles, San Marcos and Chula Vista that have passed similar ordinances. Sincerely, Phyllis Barr Address 6715 Hyacinth Circle, Carlsbad, California 92011 3 355 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Nancy p <ycnanlm@yahoo.com> Sunday, April 10, 2016 7:16 PM Council Internet Email Puppy mills For the Carlsbad Council: Please strongly consider and support the ban of puppy mills in the beautiful city of Carlsbad. The passing of the ban will add to the respect and love of Carlsbad. N Pasquarelli Sent from my iPad 4 356 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Attachments: Please see my attached letter ... << >> Ginny Van Meter <vmeter@sbcglobal.net> Sunday, April 10, 2016 2:18 PM Council Internet Email I support a pet store ordinance Carlsbad city council.doc 6 357 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: christine runge <christinemjr@hotmail.com> Sunday, April 10, 2016 4:25 PM Council Internet Email Ban sale of puppies in pets stored Esteemed council members of the city of Carlsbad. It will be in your caring hands to join the unstoppable crusade and end the cruel suffering of Breeder Dogs in the Puppy Mills that are used to manufacture the Puppies sold in Puppy Stores in our beautiful country. PUPPIES are NOT PRODUCTS. That's really all that have to remember when you cast your vote Tuesday evening. Respectfully. Christine,Juergen and Michael Runge 5 - 358 VIRGINIA D. VAN METER 6965 Catamaran Drive Carlsbad, CA 92011 April 10, 2016 Honorable Mayor Hall and Council Members, I urge you to place an ordinance on your upcoming Council agenda to ban retail pet stores that sell dogs, cats or rabbits unless these animals come from rescues or from shelters. The Humane Society of the United States estimates that animal shelters care for between 6-8 million dogs and cats every year in the US, of which approximately 3-4 million are euthanized. This is a tremendous financial burden for municipalities. Pet overpopulation is a tragic situation in this country and the sale of puppies in pet stores only exacerbates this problem. Most pet shop puppies come from puppy mills where cruelly confined animals live in honific conditions. The mills produce unsocialized puppies that are weaned too early and often suffer serious health problems due to indiscriminate breeding. Purchasing a puppy at a pet store almost always supports the disgraceful puppy mill industry. At the same time that these huge profit-driven corporations are shipping thousands of dogs to puppy stores nationwide we have hundreds of beautiful puppies and adult dogs waiting for homes in our animal shelters throughout San Diego County. Obviously the Carlsbad City Council does not have the ability to fight the out of state puppy mill industry directly but the proposed ordinance will help to shut down the wholesale distributors of these unfortunate animals. This will be a big step toward ending the cycle of abuse and reducing the huge number of unwanted pets. Please join cities like San Diego, Los Angeles, San Marcos and Chula Vista that have passed similar ordinances that both protect animals and consumers. Sincerely, Virginia Van Meter 6965 Catamaran Drive Carlsbad, CA 92011 (please do not put me on any mailing lists) 359 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Judy Strick < moongazer@cox.net> Sunday, April 10, 2016 1:15 PM Council Internet Email Puppy Mills Please BAN all Puppy Mills immediately. Thank You Judy STRICK Encinitas Sent from my iPhone 7 360 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Profitunity Trading Group, Inc. <traders@profitunity.com > Sunday, April10, 2016 12:11 PM Council Internet Email STOP PUPPY MILLS!!. MAKE A DIFFERENCE in OUR CITY PLEASE STOP PUPPY MILLS!!. MAKE A DIFFERENCE in OUR CITY Justine Williams Lara President, PTG, Inc 760-652-5478 8 - 361 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: christina kaylor < kaylor.ill@cox.net> Sunday, April 10, 2016 11:38 AM Council Internet Email Puppy mills Coundls members, rrhe dirty little secret of what is hallpening to puppies out of mills has come to the fore&ont of the the general1mblie and they do not like what they are seeing and hearing. The fate ofthe Jloor mothers that at•e left behind in just horrible. Please (lo the I"ight thing and pass this ban to lessen tbepainand suftea•ing of the poor lluppies ami their mothers all for the sake oftbe almighty dollal'. rntaukyou, Christina Kaylm• [0 Virus-free. www.avast.com 9 362 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Anne Christian <annechristian45@gmail.com> Sunday, April 10, 2016 10:19 AM Council Internet Email Puppy mills Please pass a ban on allowing pet stores in Carlsbad that buy from puppy mills. Anne Christian 10 363 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: KAT <rarekat9@aol.com> Sunday, April 10, 2016 9:07 AM Council Internet Email BAN PUPPY MILLS Please stop barbaric puppy mills. This cannot continue in a civilized society. Mr and Mrs. Adamski NYNY 11 364 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Dear Council members, Nancy Heitel <nancyheitel@me.com> Sunday, April 10, 2016 8:46 AM Council Internet Email Pass the ban on pet stores Please pass the ban on pet stores selling puppies and kittens. These animals are all from puppy mills that care little about the conditions these pets were raised in, or the health of each animal. Thank you for your consideration of my request. Best regards, Nancy Heitel 7975 St. Louis Terrace La Jolla, CA 93037 858-945-1236 Sent from my iPhone 12 365 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Dear City Council, Laurie Sypniewski < laurieanninoside@hotmail.com > Sunday, April 10, 2016 8:27 AM Council Internet Email Puppy mills Please join many if your local cities and pass an ordinance banning the sale of puppy mill puppies. Please help stop this horrible suffering. Let's be the voice of these helpless creatures and end this cruelty. People's pockets should not be filled by the suffering of these animals. Sent from my iPhone 13 366 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Barbara Baenziger <bbaenziger@yahoo.com> Saturday, April 09, 2016 10:17 PM Council Internet Email Re. Ban Dear Carlsbad Council members, PLEASE ban pet stores that sell puppies from puppy mills -it is the right thing to do, for the abused animals involved and the reputation ofthe City of Carlsbad! Sincerely, Barbara Baenziger 14 367 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Margaret Torres <madgicat@gmail.com> Saturday, April 09, 2016 10:07 PM Council Internet Email Puppy Mill Puppy Ban Dear Carlsbad Council Member""' Please do what is right for the innocent mothers of high dollar puppies forced to live their lives in cages. Ban the sale of their offspring. Carlsbad can reduce the demand for cruelty. Thank you. Sincerely, Madge Torres Peace and love begin with simple kindness, And joy to the world happens one heart at a time. 15 368 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Dear Councillors Marilyn Orr <gomotwovegans@gmail.com> Saturday, April 09, 2016 8:35 PM Council Internet Email Ordinance -Puppy Mill Pet Stores Please pass an ordinance on puppy mill pet stores, permitting only shelter and rescue animals to be sold in pet stores. The USA is euthanizing thousands of homeless dogs a day because of puppy mills, which we all know are in the business of breeding and selling lives for profit. The immorality of puppy mills is widely known. Please pass the ordinance, because it's the right thing to do. Kind regards Marilyn Orr Australia 16 369 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Margaret Crane <mac557@aol.com> Saturday, April 09, 2016 6:27 PM Council Internet Email BAN PUPPY MILLS!!! To the Council Members of Carlsbad~ Please strongly review your moral position on puppy mills in your city. Is it really okay with your soul that you allow puppy mill businesses to reside within your community? I hope you revisit your position and realize how cruel this business is for our furry friends who provide us all so much love and joy. Thank you! Margaret Crane Sent from my iPhone 17 370 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: To the City Council of Carlsbad, Lexi Williamson <alwilliamson91@gmail.com> Saturday, April 09, 2016 5:41 PM Council Internet Email Ban puppy mills This is your opportunity to give helpless animals a voice. People should not profit off of animals when raised in such poor conditions. There are plenty of shelter dogs that need rescuing. Our city should not support this industry. Let's be on the right side of history. Lexi Sent from my iPhone 18 371 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Sent from my iPhone Lexi Williamson <alwilliamson91@gmail.com> Saturday, April 09, 2016 5:34 PM Council Internet Email Ban puppy mills 19 372 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Jim Carriere <jimcorriere@yahoo.com> Saturday, April 09, 2016 4:56 PM Council Internet Email Puppy mills Please ban pet stores from selling puppy mill puppies. Thanks. Sent from my iPhone 20 373 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Dear City Council Members, JoAnn Woodring < peregrine1946@gmail.com > Saturday, April 09, 2016 4:44 PM Council Internet Email Ban Puppy Mill Puppy Sales in Carlsbad I will unfortunately be unable to attend your City Council meeting on April 12th at 6PM, but please accept my plea to ban the sale of Puppy Mill Puppies in Carlsbad. It has been documented repeatedly that Puppy Mill Puppies are produced in unspeakably inhumane conditions, and are frequently suffering from untreatable genetic and psychological conditions, in addition to being carriers of bacterial, viral, and parasitic diseases. Puppy mills have been documented over and over. Every story is a horror story, filled with brutality and endless suffering. It must not be allowed to continue. The only way to stop it is to stop selling and buying the puppies. You, as City Council, can ban this inhumane business from being conducted in Carlsbad, and I plead with you to do so. Sincerely, JoAnn Woodring PO Box 6274 San Diego. CA. 92166 21 374 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: To the Carlsbad City Council. Sheri Williamson <sjw545@aol.com> Saturday, April 09, 2016 4:35 PM Council Internet Email Puppy Mill Ordinance This is your opportunity to do what's right for the wellbeing and protection of helpless animals. I still can't fathom how people are allowed to profit off the lives of animals. They have no voice!! Please give animals a chance by passing an ordinance against puppy mills in your city. Thank you Sheri Williamson Sjw545@aol.com Sent from my iPhone 22 375 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Dear Council Members, L Hullinger <lisahullinger@yahoo.com> Saturday, April 09, 2016 3:49 PM Council Internet Email Pet store ordinance I am requesting, no pleading, that you finally pass an ordinance on retail puppy mills. I am sure many of you are pet owners yourselves. Imagine the many lives saved if we could make these changes in the retail pet stores. Imagine the many lives saved if we could then shut down the puppy mills! The retail pet shop owners perpetuate a business which is unethical and inhumane. It has been documented that the majority of the breeding facilities, providing pets for retail stores are substandard and unhealthy. These businesses thrive because they have an income source ... The Retail Pet Shop & their Consumer! The ordinance will help thousands of pets in shelters and rescue facilities to find happy homes. I do believe this is a happy medium for all. But most importantly, for our homeless pets. Thank you, L. Chapman Hullinger Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android 23 376 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Patrice Eifling < pa.tricee@msn.com > Saturday, April 09, 2016 2:57 PM Council Internet Email Please ban Puppy Mills Please consider an ordinance banning pet stores that sell pets from puppy mills. There are thousands of animals put down daily for lack of a good home. Puppy mills are not only a travesty of human care for these neglected animals in these abusive places, but more and more they have diseased and sick animals they pass off as healthy. It is flesh peddling, pure and simple. Although I am a Fallbrook resident, I regularly shop and spend time in Carlsbad. I hope this community will not allow these types of abusive business to get a foot hold in an other wise lovely community. Please pass this ban now. Thank you, Patrice Eifling Fallbrook, CA 24 377 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: CAM MARTINEZ <camiz@sbcglobal.net> Saturday, April 09, 2016 2:05 PM Council Internet Email Please pass an ordinance banning pet stores that sell pets from puppy mills. Dear Carlsbad Council -Please pass an ordinance banning pet stores that sell pets from puppy mills. Please take the compassionate stance that many other cities have. Thank you very much for your consideration of this very important matter. Cam Martinez 25 378 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Cathy Bolger <kbolgerl@cox.net> Saturday, April 09, 2016 1:48 PM Council Internet Email Pis pass the ban Pis pass the ban on Puppy mills .... thank you! Sent from iPad Cathy@cathybolger.com www.cathybolger.com 619-294-2511 26 - 379 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: michael95123@hotmail.com Saturday, April 09, 2016 12:55 PM Council Internet Email Puppy Mill pet stores Please do the right thing and follow Oceanside & San Marcos in the ban of selling pets from puppy mills! You can Google'puppy mills' and see for yourself the HORRIBLE conditions that these poor animals are subjected to. Thank: You Michael Willette Sent from Outlook Mobile 27 380 Andrea Dykes· From: Sent: To: Subject: We are Carlsbad residents Ronnie Rubio <rubioronnie9@yahoo.com> Saturday, April 09, 2016 12:01 PM Council Internet Email Pass Please PASS the ordinance on puppy mill pet stores! This country is euthanizing thousands of homeless dogs a day because of puppy mills and owners that support this greedy business. There are thousands of loveable dogs in shelters that need homes. SHAME ON YOU" if you continue the cycle of allowing these greedy people to profit at the expense of these helpless animals. Sent from my iPhone 28 381 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: We are Carlsbad residents Jennie Sypniewski <j.ski9@yahoo.com> Saturday, April 09, 2016 12:00 PM Council Internet Email Pass Please PASS the ordinance on puppy mill pet stores! This country is euthanizing thousands of homeless dogs a day because of puppy mills and owners that support this greedy business. There are thousands of loveable dogs in shelters that need homes. SHAME ON YOU" if you continue the cycle of allowing these greedy people to profit at the expense of these helpless animals. Sent from my iPhone 29 382 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Ronnie Rubio < rubioronnie9@yahoo.com > Saturday, April 09, 2016 11:51 AM Council Internet Email Pass Please PASS the ordinance on puppy mill pet stores! This country is euthanizing thousands of homeless dogs a day because of puppy mills and owners that support this greedy business. There are thousands of loveable dogs in shelters that need homes. SHAME ON YOU if you continue the cycle of allowing these greedy people to profit at the expense of these helpless animals. 30 383 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Jennie Sypniewski <j.ski9@yahoo.com> Saturday, April 09, 2016 11:50 AM Council Internet Email pass Please PASS the ordinance on puppy mill pet stores! This country is euthanizing thousands of homeless dogs a day because of puppy mills and owners that support this greedy business. There are thousands of loveable dogs in shelters that need homes. SHAME ON YOU if you continue the cycle of allowing these greedy people to profit at the expense of these helpless animals. PLEASE PASS THE ORDINANCE!!!!!! Sent from my iPhone 31 384 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Pamela <pbtaximom@aol.com> Saturday, April 09, 2016 11:46 AM Council Internet Email Puppy Mills Please PASS the ordinance on puppy mill pet stores! This country is euthanizing thousands of homeless dogs a day because of puppy mills and owners that sup[port this greedy business. There are thousands of loveable dogs in shelters that need homes. SHAME ON YOU" if you continue the cycle of allowing these greedy people to profit at the expense of these helpless animals. Thank you for listening! Sent from my iPhone 32 385 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: To whom it may concern ... Lance Wulff <lwulff2012@gmail.com> Saturday, April 09, 2016 11:23 AM Council Internet Email Dont wait for the state As a Carlsbad resident i am urging you to stop the pet stores that use puppy mills. Very cruel... Very inhumane. Thank you for your time. Lance 33 386 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Renee Wines <rllwines@yahoo.com> Saturday, April 09, 2016 11:14 AM Council Internet Email URGENT MATTER Please PASS an ordinance on puppy mill pet stores ... This country is euthanizing thousands of homeless dogs a day because of puppy mills and owners that support this greedy business. They get sick of their dog in just a few weeks, that same dog ends up a shelter where its euthanized simply because there is NO ROOM for all these dogs ... "SHAME ON YOU" if you continue this cycle! 34 387 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Dear City Council Liz W <lawsprings22@gmail.com> Saturday, April 09, 2016 11:01 AM Council Internet Email Puppy Mill Pet Store Ban You simply must pass the ban on puppy mill pet stores. There is no place for this type of business in this day and age of animal consciousness!! The public at large does NOT want this in Carlsbad. Do the bidding of the people and pass the ban. Elizabeth Wolff Registered Voter 35 388 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Dear Mayor Hall, ldaviesS@cox.net Friday, April 08, 2016 10:50 AM Council Internet Email Thank you Just wanted to thank you for the opportunity to meet with you. I know your time is valuable and I really appropriate it. Please consider a ban. Live animals are not plastic bags. It is not fair for them to have to wait for the state to enact laws to protect them. Once again, thank you so much for meeting with me. Sincerely, Leslie Davies The following is from a local vet who is currently practicing in San Marcos. She sent it to the SM City Council a few months ago. Dear San Marcos City Council, My name is Meghan Collins, I am a practicing veterinarian in San Marcos. I am writing to you in response to the Item 10 (the pet store ordinance) on this evenings agenda, regarding banning the retail sale of non-shelter dogs, cats and rabbits in pet stores. I am in extreme support of banning this destructive practice. I have treated many pets from the Mini Toy puppy store in San Marcos with horrible, progressive and often fatal congenital defects that are typically a result of puppy mill breeding. My experiences have been not only discouraging and frustrating to see so many preventable conditions, but equally devastating for new pet owners. These owners are often misled into believing they are paying upwards of $2,000 for the best and healthiest pet possible. Owners have told me with pride that their puppy was flown in from Missouri, unawares this is one ofthe largest and notoriuous locations for puppy mills. The owners unfortunately do not know any better (or they would have gone elsewhere) and are understandably attracted to a store advertising "mini toy puppies". Many people have tried to raise awareness with nonviolent protests and educational attempts, but we continue to see just as many sick and birth-defect riddled cases (ranging from liver shunts, abnormal respiratory function, etc.) from these stores. One particular case resulted in a puppy that was critically ill and struggling to breathe. However, the pet store demanded the puppy be returned to them if the owner wanted to be refunded. The puppy was in NO condition to transfer, and was expected to die in transport (for which they were aware). The owners, hysteric and upset, agreed to this horrible option they were not comfortable with, because they had spent so much on medical expenses, and could not afford to elect otherwise. We have already successfully banned these types of stores in other cities in this area. I strongly urge you to support this ban, to help abolish this septic practice that is more concerned with profit than in the health of the animals they are mass producing and selling. Sincerely, Meghan Collins, DVM Thank you, Leslie Davies 1 389 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Dear city council members: Conni Nardo <clnardo@cnardo.cts.com> Friday, April 08, 2016 2:58 PM Council Internet Email BAN THE PUPPY MILL STORES I'm sad that I even have to write this email to you. I'm sad that our town council has ignored an issue that hundreds of other city councils around the US have already addressed. I'm sad that you are not listening to your citizens who are crying out on behalf of the puppies and other animals being sold at pet stores within our city boundaries. I'm sad that you are ignoring me and others who work tirelessly to provide care and love for animals. I'm sad that you are deflecting the issue by stating that you support a state wide ban rather than a city ban so that you don't have to take responsibility for your vote .... a vote given to you by the people of Carlsbad who elected you to make the right and moral decisions on our behalf. And, I'm angry. I'm angry because once again you have chosen to be weak. I'm angry because you are not representing our town with integrity and honesty. I'm angry because you were elected to do a job and you have failed. I'm angry because you are playing games with the lives of animals who are relying on you-each of you-to make a choice to be humane and decent human beings and you are failing at that too. So guess what? I'm going to take that sadness and I'm going to take that anger and I'm going to take my voice and I'm going to speak out on behalf of the animals and I am going to shout to the heavens that you have failed again at being decent, moral and ethical. I am going to let everyone I know, via email, via social media, via word of mouth and every other avenue I can take part in about your failure to act and your failure as a representative of Carlsbad. I am going to work to ensure that you are not elected again to this council in any manner. I am going to join with the majority of Carlsbad voters who have had enough of your disrespect, your constant disregard for the lives of others, and your sleezy business practices and I am going to vote you out of office and replace you with thinking, reasonable adults who will act with integrity and honesty and will listen- really listen-to their community when they ask their "leaders" to save lives. With all due respect-you all should be ashamed of yourselves. And, I hope you lose sleep thinking about all the animals you killed with your inability to act on their behalf. Their deaths are on your shoulders. You allowed it and will continue to allow it if you don't vote through the ban. You will have to live with yourself knowing that you killed the innocent souls. I hope you can live with that. I know I couldn't. Conni Nardo 5209 Milton Road Carlsbad, CA 92008 760-415-1245 clnardo@cts.com 1 390 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Dear Carlsbad City Council, Mindy Schwartz < mindyaschwartz55@gmail.com > Friday, April 08, 2016 2:20 PM Council Internet Email Ban Pet Stores That Buy From Puppy Mills I have been a resident of, and a voter in, Carlsbad for over 15 years. I am writing to you today to ask you to please join other cities in San Diego County and ban the sale of dogs from puppy mills anywhere in our beautiful city. While of course the unscrupulous breeders are the biggest problem, as long as there is a market for their puppies, the conditions will never improve. Carlsbad Pets (formerly California Pets) has a history of selling dogs from puppy mills, places where dogs are bred and maintained in inhumane conditions. They have also sold dogs that weren't healthy to unwitting buyers. They should not be exempt from any ban. There are so many dogs in local shelters, and with local rescues, that need good homes. Please vote to keep Carlsbad a humane and loving city. Thank you, Mindy Schwartz 7304 Black Swan Place Carlsbad, CA 92011 1 391 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: knott.nancy@gmail.com Friday, April 08, 2016 11:20 AM Council Internet Email Puppy mills I am asking the city Council to listen to the citizens of Carlsbad. I am asking our city to join the countless other cities in San Diego County as well as the nation in banning puppy mill sales through pet stores. There is no place in our community for pet stores that buy their dogs through puppy mills ... City Council, your favorability rating in the city is lower than you can imagine. This is due in large part to your block voting and complete inattention to the voices of the people ofthis community. Carlsbad is a community full of animal loving citizens. Why not listen to us for a change? Sent from my iPhone 1 392 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: knott.nancy@gmail.com Friday, April 08, 2016 11:32 AM Council Internet Email; council@carlsbad.gov Puppy mills I live in the community of Aviara in Carlsbad California. I am strongly urging the council to pass a ban on the sale of dogs through pet stores in our community. Many of these dogs are coming from puppy mills located throughout the United States. This is not conjecture ... It is documented. Legitimate breeders do not sell to puppy stores. Our rescue centers are overcrowded with dogs seeking families. For our city to continue to allow these stores to continue is cruel and inhumane. Council, it is time for you to get your eyes off the almighty dollar and start looking at what really matters in our city which is the health and welfare of all our citizens, even our beloved animals who have no voice. Try listening to your constituency for once. Your favorability rating is at an all-time low. Your continual block voting has the attention of everyone in the city. At this point it seems that the city council is motivated by greed and greed only. Pass this ban. NOW. This is not a state issue; it is a city issue. Nancy Knott 1315 Corvidae st Carlsbad, CA 92012 Sent from my iPhone 1 393 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Dear Carlsbad City Council, Carl Kloss Jr. <cklossl@sbcglobal.net> Thursday, April 07, 2016 3:09 PM Council Internet Email No more puppy mills Please step up and do the RIGHT THING. Ban puppy mills in Carlsbad. As animal lovers we can't say it better. Carl and Kathleen Kloss 6334 Huntington Drive Carlsbad, CA 92009 1 394 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Christine <cmiller927@cox.net> Wednesday, April 06, 2016 6:58 PM Council Internet Email Please pass pet store ordinance I am writing to you today to ask that you please pass an ordinance banning retail pet stores from selling dogs, cats or rabbits unless they from rescues or from shelters. I personally foster dogs that are rescued from puppy mills and I know first hand the horror they are forced to live in year after year. It would shock you to see these dogs, and the condition that they are rescued from. Some are so severely matted, they literally can't stand up completely or sometimes even open their eyes or mouths all the way. They are nearly always filthy, sick, and miserable. They spend their lives suffering in small, dirty cages, and never have a moment offreedom. When I get them, they have never seen grass, they have never seen a toy or experienced kindness from humans. Not to mention that the continuous breeding of dogs, cats and rabbits is horrendous when you consider how many thousands of wonderful animals are put to sleep every year in California due to overcrowded shelters. There simply are not enough homes for them all. Discouraging breeding operations is a crucial first step to addressing this heart breaking problem. And featuring homeless pets in the pet stores would increase their chances of finding homes, and would also make room in the shelters to save more lives. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, Christine Miller 2 395 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Jan a Frost <janafrost246@gmail.com > Thursday, April 07, 2016 6:48 AM Council Internet Email Carlsbad puppy mill Please shut down this puppy miii.This has gone viral all over Facebook. Puppy mills are a very cruel and torturous business Sent from my iPhone 1 396 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: email@addthis.com Wednesday, April 06, 2016 1:26 PM Council Internet Email ldaviesS@cox.net has shared something with you http://www.seasidecourier.com/opinion/time-to-shutter-the-carlsbad-puppy-mill/article c8da1308-fa87 -11 e5- b222-ebOb629f364d.html#.VwVw3zbZ7Ec.email ---This message was sent by ldavies5@cox.net via http://addthis.com. Please note that AddThis does not verify email addresses. To stop receiving any emails from AddThis, please visit: http://www.addthis.com/privacy/email-opt- out?e=OAi4 fK59uHq3 U7hyqX.ocbp3uHL 1 dLRl 1 397 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Pamela Adams <pladams2@aol.com> Wednesday, April 06, 2016 10:33 AM Council Internet Email Ordinance Request Dear Mayor Hall and City Council Members, I am writing to you today as a concerned citizen. I am terribly concerned about retail pet stores and their use of puppy mills. As you know, the City of Oceanside was able to pass an ordinance banning this type of retail establishment and I would like to see Carlsbad in line with this ban. We have all heard about puppy mills and the devastating circumstances in which animals live and are treated so it makes sense that any progressive city would jump at the opportunity to ban this activity. We can't save the world, I know that, but we can each do our part to do what's right and to what we can. Please join me in taking a stance against this thoughtless and brutal industry. Many thanks, Pamela Adams 1 398 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: To Whom It May Concern: Felice Kay <kayif@aol.com> Wednesday, April 06, 2016 10:12 AM Council Internet Email Puppy Mills As a long time Carlsbad resident, I am asking you to pass an ordinance requiring all retail pet stores sell animals only from rescuers or shelters. Supporting businesses that provide pets from "mills" is not what Carlsbad is about. Thank you. Felice and Ian Kay 2 399 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: email@addthis.com Wednesday, April 06, 2016 8:28AM Council Internet Email ldaviesS@cox.net has shared something with you Please do the right thing. Pass a ban. I know of 5 puppies, just since X-mas purchased from this store that were ill. http:/ /www.seasidecourier.com/opinion/time-to-shutter-the-carlsbad-puppy-mill/article c8da1308-fa87 -11 e5- b222-ebOb629f364d.html#.VwUq8MR9bio.email ---This message was sent by ldavies5@cox.net via http://addthis.com. Please note that AddThis does not verify email addresses. To stop receiving any emails from AddThis, please visit: http://www.addthis.com/privacy/email-opt- out?e= XpUKzxzOCskF4ArBG8wawgjECsFHxwb W 1 400 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Jacquelyn Peter <jraestar28@gmail.com> Tuesday, April 05, 2016 8:21 PM Council Internet Email Ban Retail Pet stores Please support the ban on retail stores from selling animals unless they are shelter animals. Puppy mills are not humane and need to be closed. Sincerely, Jacquelyn Rae 2 401 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: Rosemarie Marousek <rmdm3525@gmail.com> Wednesday, April 06, 2016 10:59 AM To: Council Internet Email Subject: Fwd: Still waiting for a respectful reply I thought the Carlsbad city counsel would be more respectful to the people who write them regarding an issue to be addressed. I am extremely disappointed that not even ONE person took the time to reply with EVEN a short paragraph! This no action does not give a citizen much faith and can only believe that the citizens are of NO importance at all. AGAIN I am requesting a reply to my letter to you again ..... ----------Forwarded message ---------- From: Rosemarie Marousek <rmdm3525@gmail.com> Date: Sat, Apr 2, 2016 at 11:07 AM Subject: Still waiting for a respectful reply To: Citycouncil@carlsbadca.gov Rosemarie Marousek <rmdm3525@gmail.com> to Citycouncil I am asking you as individuals with heart to pass an ordinance banning retail pet stores from selling dogs, cats or rabbits unless they from rescues or from shelters. I have first hand viewed a puppy mill a number of years ago and am sure they are not much better now. I rescued two Standard Poodle from a 4x5 solid box with only a small window on the front. I was unable to cut them down and had to hand cut the solid mats down which took HOURS! I was able to get them vet checked and later put with wonderful people. Another incident: I rescued too more smaller poodles, all of which I paid for, just to get them out. While there I view rusty old grooming utensils, dogs in cages with blue eye, the husband was hosing down dogs in the cages, and was later told that some had died in whelping and some others died in male fights. There were no laws given to these awful breeders. Yes, they occasionally got check but payoffs were often. I also viewed an over the road large truck truck handing off young puppies to the Oceanside store. These puppies are taken from their mom way to early mostly at 5-6 weeks old. They are usually 1 Mar days 402 sick from poor care of them and their mother. Isn't it a law that animals have to be at least 8 weeks to be sold. Why then are these puppies sold to the pet stores at such an early age. Some of these dogs are not AKC as stated. The unethical breeder claim the litter was larger to get papers to attach to mistake breedings. The local buyer of the pup does not know the health/emotional background of this puppy at all. And you must know the mothers are breed over and over again while receiving a very poor diet or health care. That included the surviving babies! I have witnessed the California Pet that was in the mall with such dogs. Also the ones that are not sold stay in these cages for months They are being denied the nurturing from new owners when most needed for a good normal development in many areas. The people in the condo area I had lived in for 16 years had rescued and paid for dogs that were too large by age in the cages and then had to pay hugh medical bills to get them healthy. Viewing these animals, as a dog person of knowledge, they were not purebred by no means! So now you the council has an ethical choice to make. A law to protect animals from horrible overbreeding and no common care. I am sure you all are aware that puppies from these mothers have a lifelong health risk and are emotional scarred. It is up to all of you to stop the selling of these puppies so that NO more dogs are keep inhumanely for fast buck continually breeding. Now in doing so, you can give life to the many dogs looking for homes in the humane society centers. This can happen by only allowing the selling of unwanted dogs cats and rabbits in the PET store! So think with your heart and soul when deciding the fate of these animals. Make it your integrity builder to do the right thing!! Many other cities and towns have not overlooked the humanly responsibility to inforce new laws thus giving all animals a heard voice. Yours. I thank you for reading this in its entirety. Those that have not, need to if they have heart. It would be greatly appreciated to receive a reply back. ....... Thank You "Live, Love, Learn & 2 403 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Becky Rice <ausshepards@cox.net> Tuesday, April 05, 2016 9:17AM Council Internet Email Subject: Fw: puppy mills. Carlsbad City Council members, I have been director of Aussie and Others Rescue for 14 yrs. We have been called several times about pups/dogs that were purchased through pet stores. All of these dogs originated at puppy mills from Ohio, Alabama, Arkansas etc. There is a paper trail on dogs from pet stores, we were able to research each puppy mill to see how many times they were cited for lack of care, neglect, abuse etc. Each of the dogs that were relinquished had one of two traits, behavior problems or medical issues, both of which stemmed from being born into deplorable conditions at puppy mills. It was heartbreaking for families who fell in love with these pups but could no longer care for them due to their problems. Many of the pups were purchased by young familes who after relinquishing the dog continued to pay the overpriced fee because they bought the pup on credit which the pet store is only too happy to provide. It is a loss for the family and the pup. Please do not allow this type of store in your city. Becky Rice director Aussies and Others Rescue San Diego 619 469 3748 1 404 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Debbie Brant <brantdebbie@gmail.com> Monday, April 04, 2016 11:03 PM Council Internet Email Puppy Mills Please stop letting pet stores sell pets unless they are Rescues or an animal shelter. The puppy mills are awful and cause these poor animals to live in horrible, filthy conditions for the most part. Thank you, Debbie Brant 2 405 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Dear Carlsbad City Counsel, Kathryn Diiullo <orgservice@hotmail.com> Monday, April 04, 2016 8:13 PM Council Internet Email Please pass a ban Please support an ordince supporting a ban on retail pet stores that sell eat's or dogs unless they are from shelters. Sincerely, Kathryn Mooris Carlsbad, CA, 92009 Sent from my V erizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone 3 406 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: jim diiullo <jdeulo@hotmail.com> Monday, April 04, 2016 7:38 PM Council Internet Email Please pass a pet store ban As a Carlsbad resident, I am asking you to ban pet stores. When free Enterprise rips off our troops, it is time to draw the line. Sincerely, James Diiullo Carlsbad, CA 92009 Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone 4 407 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Good Afternoon, Krishna Majmudar < kmajmudar@hotmail.com> Monday, April 04, 2016 5:18 PM Council Internet Email Ban on Pet Stores Selling Puppy Mill Dogs I hope all is well. I am contacting you to beg you to pass the ordinance banning pet stores from selling puppy mill dogs. As I'm sure you're well aware, there are many poor animals of all kinds (including dogs) who are orphaned and who could use a home. Also, the practice of breeding is quite disgusting, really: can you imagine being a living factory for some disgusting person who profits from selling your children, who you're forced to produce due to their greed? It's a terrible state that no being should have to go through, man or animal. Please consider banning puppy mill dogs. Thank you very much. Sincerely, Krishna 1 408 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Attachments: Joy Zakarian <joyzakarian@gmail.com> Monday, April 04, 2016 4:45 PM Council Internet Email please ban retail sales of animals not from shelters or rescue groups LCA Carlsbad City Council letter 4-4-16.pdf TO: Carlsbad Mayor Matt Hall, Mayor Pro Tern Lorraine Wood, and City Council Members Mark Packard, Keith Blackburn, and Michael Schumacher FR: Joy Zakarian, Director, Last Chance for Animals San Diego To the Carlsbad Mayor, Mayor Pro Tern, and City Council Members: - I am writing on behalf of the members of the San Diego chapter of Last Chance for Animals (LCA), to urge you to pass the proposed ordinance to ban the retail sale of dogs, cats, and rabbits who are not from shelters or rescue groups. We hope that Carlsbad will join 1the growing list of cities nationwide (including Chula Vista, Encinitas, Hermosa Beach, Huntington Beach, Irvine, Oceanside, San Diego, San Marcos, Los Angeles, Vista, and West Hollywood) that have taken a firm stand against animal overpopulation and cruelty. LCA began the fight against puppy mills 20 years ago in Elko, Nevada where LCA's undercover investigation exposed a puppy mill whose dogs had turned to cannibalism to survive. LCA has led several investigations into puppy mills and continues to make it a top priority. In 2008, LCA teamed up with Cesar Millan to investigate the operations of World Kennel USA, a puppy mill in Lancaster, California, which resulted in the rescue of over 300 dogs and a full expose of the puppy mill business and its shocking realities on National Geographic's The Dog Whisperer. To learn more about the misery of puppy mills, visit www.banpuppyrnills.com. An animal originating from a puppy mill or any breeder takes the place of an adoptable companion animal in a shelter that may never get adopted. Banning the retail sales of animals is an important tool to promote the humane treatment of animals, help stop pet overpopulation, and save community resources involved in housing, adopting out, and sometimes killing unwanted pets. Thank you for your concern about this important issue. Please find our attached letter. Sincerely, Joy M. Zakarian, MPH Director, LCA San Diego 2 409 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Lyle Davis <thepaper@cox.net> Monday, April 04, 2016 3:21 PM Council Internet Email An act of compassion The Paper has long been a strong supporter of legislation designed to shut down puppy mills and their retail outlets. By banning the sale of dogs and cats you will help The San Diego Humane Society, dog rescue organizations (501c3-non-profits) help find homes for these dogs, both pups and adults, and cut down on the unnecessary euthanization of dogs in San Diego County. By eliminating the ability of pet stores to sell pets from puppy mills you have eliminated the market for puppy mills and they will, thankfully, go away. I urge a Yes vote on the ban. Thank you. lyle e davis lyle e davis editor/publisher The Paper www.thecommunitypaper.com 760.7477119 4 410 Joy Zakarian joyzakarian@gmail.com Last Chance for Animals, San Diego P.O. Box 356, CardiffCA 92007 www.LCASanDiego.org 3 411 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: JoAnn D <joannd1953@gmail.com> Monday, April 04, 2016 1:35 PM Council Internet Email Please close down puppy mill stores. They are being so cruel to these poor animals. They should be against the law. There are many animals that are waiting for a home in the shelters. Please adopt from them. They need a home so badly. Thank you for you ... 1 412 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: Rees, Patrice < patricerees@vistausd.org > Monday, April 04, 2016 11:38 AM To: Council Internet Email Subject: Sale of Pets Urgently writing to pass the ordinance banning the sale of pets in stores unless they are from rescues or shelters ..... Puppy Mills are horrific. Caged, lifeless animals suffering their entire lives. How to you sleep???? Patrice Rees Patrice Rees Resource Specialist Alta Vista High ( 760) 724-3775 Ex. 82115 patricerees@vistausd .org 3 414 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Dear Carlsbad Council: Bonnie Kutch <bkutch@kutchco.com> Monday, April 04, 2016 11:31 AM Council Internet Email Ban on Pet Stores that Sell Dogs, Cats and Rabbits On April 12th, PLEASE pass the ban on pet stores that sell dogs, cats and rabbits-unless those animals come from shelters or rescue organizations. Breeders' greed should not be at the expense of the poor animals. We have ENOUGH homeless animals as it is. Thank you. My address is below. Sincerely, Bonnie Kutch Bonnie Kutch Director 619-299-1010 Kutch & Company 6434 Caminito Listo 1 Suite B-100 I San Diego, California 92111 "Celebrating 25 Years oj'Keeping Our Clients in rhe Limelight" www.kutchco.com 4 415 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Mary Ledvinka <mbledvinka@gmail.com> Monday, April 04, 2016 10:54 AM Council Internet Email Pets stores. Sale of puppies kittens and bunnies We need your support. With out it a change can not be made. A change that is desperately needed. Please take the time. Educate yourself. Ask questions. Find out the truth. The truth hurts. The truth is painful.. ..... Please stand with us. Not against us. Follow your heart Thank you, M.B. Ledvinka Proud SCCAD Member. 5 416 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Joe & Kathleen Voss <voss4@cox.net> Monday, April 04, 2016 10:05 AM Council Internet Email Puppy Mill Ban Please pass a ban on retail pet stores that sell cats, dogs or rabbits unless they are from shelters or rescues. Kathleen Voss 3776 Via Cabrillo Oceanside, CA 92056 760 630 7414 6 417 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: areysbergen@juno.com Monday, April 04, 2016 8:52 AM Council Internet Email just say NO to Puppy Mill puppies for SALE in Carlsbad Carlsbad City Council .. we elected YOU to make the right decisions for all members of the City of Carlsbad .. including the animals! we're not living in the dark ages -this is the Year 2016 Mayor Hall, Mark Packard, Michael Schumacher-wake up and smell the coffee! times are a changing!! by your decision to allow the Carlsbad shopping mall to sell puppies amounts to sanctioning animal ABUSE! don't be apart of the Problem--be apart of the SOLUTION .. just say NO to Puppy Mills in the City of Carlsbad Alice Reysbergen Carlsbad Resident/Property Owner Registered Voter 7 418 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Barbara Mannino <barbaraman@aol.com> Monday, April 04, 2016 7:32 AM Council Internet Email Ban on retail pet stores Please pass a ban on retail pet stores that sell cats, dogs or rabbits unless they are from shelters or rescues. I volunteer for rescues and at the County animal shelter, and I see so many dogs and cats and rabbits that are abandoned, stray and never sought, who need good homes. So many of them are purebred as well. Please support this ban on retail pet stores. Thank you. Barbara Mannino 1 419 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Nancy Kay <nekay@roadrunner.com> Monday, April 04, 2016 6:44AM Council Internet Email Puppy Mills Please stop the sale of puppy mill puppies at stores in Carlsbad. Our city is the last one in the area to still allow this inhumane practice. Thank you, Nancy Kay 2627 Cazadero Drive Carlsbad 2 420 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Dear Sirs; cczeleny <cczeleny@cox.net> Monday, April 04, 2016 6:14 AM Council Internet Email Retail stores selling animals from commercial "puppymills" We need to be more responsible in reducing the needless suffering and countless deaths inculcated by puppy mills and the retailer sales of these abused animals. These vendors need to offer homeless shelter dogs, cats, and rabbits instead for sale. Please aid this cause by passing appropriate legislation. Sincerely, Camille Zeleny 10255 Kashmir Lane Escondido, Ca. 92029 Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Tab® S 3 421 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: teddyrodo@hotmail.com Sunday, April 03, 2016 10:36 PM Council Internet Email Pets Acquisition dear council -please pass a ban on pet stores that sell pets unless they are from shelters or from Rescues. teddy rodosovich senior, & if needed, 858-967-5632 Sent from Outlook Mobile 4 422 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: City Council of Carlsbad, Viki Y <tenmoku7@gmail.com> Sunday, April 03, 2016 8:41 PM Council Internet Email Please ban Puppy Mill animal sales I am a native Californian. For the past ten years I have vacationed in the city of Carlsbad during summer months. I have brought friends from the east coast to Carlsbad to share it's beautiful beaches and other attractions. I have recently learned that you are in a powerful position to take a vote whether or not to ban the sale of puppy mill puppies in your city. This letter is to urge you to PASS A BAN based on the simple fact that you can do the right thing. The puppy mill industry is based solely on greed. The welfare of the lives ofthe animals involved runs a distant second to turning a profit. It takes mere minutes to conduct a search on the internet to see the horrific and unforgivable conditions in which these animals live. These animals are most always sickly due to massive inbreeding. They are sold, often at top dollar, to unsuspecting consumers who often endure heartache and enormous veterinary bills caring for their beloved pet. Many of these pets frequently die early. I personally know two people who were forced to euthanize their dogs after long and expensive illnesses that were congenital defects. There are currently pet stores such as one in Lakewood, CA called "Adopt and Shop" that sell animals from nearby shelters. It is a successful model that could work in any city that has an animal shelter or rescue groups. This is not a request to ban all pet stores, just a request to ban the sale of animals coming from mills. Please vote to pass a ban and free the City of Carlsbad from being a part of a tragic, inhumane, greed- driven supply chain. Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Viki Yamashita 5 423 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: momjean@san.rr.com Sunday, April 03, 2016 7:25 PM Council Internet Email Carlsbad Pet Store Ban Dear Carlsbad Mayor and City Council-members, - As a concerned citizen, I am asking to please pass a ban on retail pet stores that sell dogs, rabbits or cats unless they are from rescues or from shelters. Sincerely, Jean Jacobelly 6 424 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: mslizann@san.rr.com Sunday, April 03, 2016 6:44 PM Council Internet Email Ban Pet Stores In Carlsbad Dear Carlsbad Mayor and City Council-members, As a concerned citizen, I am asking to please pass a ban on retail pet stores that sell dogs, rabbits or cats unless they are from rescues or from shelters. Thank you for your time, lizJacobelly 619-857-1964 mslizann@san.rr.com The soul is the same in all living creatures, Although the body of each is different. -Hippocrates 7 425 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: City Council, Scott Dveris <sdveris@roadrunner.com> Sunday, April 03, 2016 6:44 PM Council Internet Email Ban Retail Puppy Stores I implore you to ban any pet stores selling any animals other than from shelters or reputable rescue organizations. We are over-populated with pets and thousands are being put down every day. Regards, Scott 8 426 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: UKELAINE@aol.com Sunday, April 03, 2016 6:32 PM Council Internet Email BAN on selling Pets at Pet Stores in Carlsbad Dear Carlsbad Mayor and City Council-members. As a concerned citizen, I am asking, begging you to please pass a ban on retail pet stores to STOP selling retail dogs, rabbits or cats and only deal with animals needing homes from rescues or from shelters. So many Cities nearby have already passed this ban and not only would the majority of the people in your City appreciate this happening, but, so MANY more people in all of San Diego :) Thank you so much for your time Elaine Saunders 9 427 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: L HENDRICKSON <lhendricksonS@sbcglobal.net> Sunday, April 03, 2016 4:47 PM Council Internet Email; Linda Hendrickson Please ban pet stores that use puppy mills Dear Mayor Hall and City Council, - Please ban pet stores that use puppy mills. I would like Carlsbad's pet stores to only deal with pets which come from shelters or rescues. Puppy mills are largely unregulated, and many of them have very cruel conditions. Furthermore, the pets end up having many expensive health problems. Other nearby cities have enacted bans on this terrible practice, and it is time for Carlsbad to do the same. Thank you, -Linda Breen, 2758 Olympia Drive, Carlsbad 10 428 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: To Whom It May Concern: amy ouska <aouska@gmail.com> Sunday, April 03, 2016 3:23 PM Council Internet Email I implore you to pass a ban on pet stores that sell pets unless they are from shelters or from Rescues. Thank you, Amy Ouska 11 429 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Hello, Beth Nikodem <beth@nikodem.com> Sunday, April 03, 2016 2:35 PM Council Internet Email Matthew Hall Please don't dishonor San Diego I was saddened to learn that the beautiful City of Carlsbad is so far behind other cities in banning the sale of animals that are born from and in abusive conditions. I, nor anyone I know can find any humane logic that would stop you from doing so. If the decision is money motivated, know that these stores can make a good profit, probably even more so, by rehabbing their brand via the rehabbing and reselling of the so many animals that need homes; selling quality brands of pet products; and supporting the community in saving lives. The tolerance for this kind of animal abuse has and continues to wane nationally. Please don't dishonor the people of San Diego County by continuing to allow this behavior. I am grateful for your service. Please do the right thing. Respectfully, Beth Nikodem 12 430 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: reb5935@yahoo.com Sunday, April 03, 2016 1:06 PM Council Internet Email I SUPPORT a ban! I am a homeowner, taxpayer, and local voter and I frequently spend money and vacation in Carlsbad. I enthusiastically SUPPORT a ban on the retail sale of dog, cats, and rabbits. Should the city council not for a ban, I can assure you I will not spend another dime nor support the city of Carlsbad, and I will encourage my friends and family to do the same. I would much rather head right down the street to Encinitas, who does have such a ban, and many ofthe same attractions Carlsbad has. Please, listen to the public and do what is right for the animals, and the cities reputation. Reba Shilling 13 431 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Dear council, ARWOB <animalrescuers@sbcglobal.net> Sunday, April 03, 2016 11:34 AM Council Internet Email Please BAN pet stores Please, we urge you to pass a ban on pet stores that sell pets unless they are from shelters or from Rescues. There are SO many dogs and cats. Adults, seniors and PLENTY of kittens and puppies already saturating all shelters and all rescue groups. There are plenty of animals up for adoption seeking families to adopt them. Partnering to help them find homes vs encouraging pet stores to bring "supply" from back yard breeders and puppy mills. We hope you agree with the Ban and see how important it is to pass it, nothing but PROS for it to pass and many CONS for it to not. Thank you, Alondra Gomez Registered vet tech Sent from my iPhone 14 432 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: To whom it may concern, Shabana Axis <shabana518@gmail.com> Sunday, April 03, 2016 11:25 AM Council Internet Email Shelter dogs in pet stores Please only allow pet stores to sell rescues & shelter dogs. As I'm sure you know, puppymills are extremely cruel & inhumane & millions of amazing, loving animals are being killed in shelters every single day. By banning pet stores from selling puppymill dogs, you will help to end so much cruelty & suffering. Thank you!! Kindest regards, Shabana :) Woodland Hills, CA Sent from my iPhone 15 433 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Gina Avila <heavensentmgty@gmail.com> Saturday, April 02, 2016 10:17 PM Council Internet Email Ban on retail pet stores As a long time resident of this area I am asking you to please ban retail pet stores that do not sell animals from rescue shelters. Thank you, Gina Avila 16 434 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Dear Carlsbad City Council- D Golden <debbygolden@cox.net> Saturday, April 02, 2016 5:15 PM Council Internet Email Please help us reduce animal cruelty I would respectfully ask that you consider adding to Carlsbad's image, as a progressive city, that it also does not tolerate or support cruelty to animals in any way! Join the other progressive cities surrounding you on this issue. Carlsbad is a wonderful family-oriented city. Puppy mill stores do not belong in Carlsbad. They don't belong anywhere because they promote animal abuse and cruelty. It's 2016-time to put old harmful ways behind us as we learn and grow as a society. At one time, we didn't know how horrible the abuse was, just as you probably didn't know. But now that we do know, it's impossible to turn away and pretend this is a humane practice. I'm very confident that the good people on the Carlsbad City Council would never in any way condone profiting off the abuse of animals. I can't wait to hear that you voted to shut down, and prevent any future puppy mill stores from opening and operating in the lovely city of Carlsbad. Thank you- Debby Golden North county resident This email communication and any attachments may contain proprietary, confidential, or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this email in error and that any review, disclosure, dissemination, distribution or copying of it or its contents is prohibited. The sender does not waive confidentiality or any privilege by mis-transmission. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately, delete this email, and destroy all copies and any attachments. =================================================================== GoGreen! Print this email only when necessary. Thank you for being environmentally responsible. 17 435 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Rosemarie Marousek <rmdm3525@gmail.com> Saturday, April 02, 2016 11:07 AM Council Internet Email Still waiting for a respectful reply Rosemarie Marousek <rmdm3525@gmail.com> to Citycouncil I am asking you as individuals with heart to pass an ordinance banning retail pet stores from selling dogs, cats or rabbits unless they from rescues or from shelters. I have first hand viewed a puppy mill a number of years ago and am sure they are not much better now. I rescued two Standard Poodle from a 4x5 solid box with only a small window on the front. I was unable to cut them down and had to hand cut the solid mats down which took HOURS! I was able to get them vet checked and later put with wonderful people. Another incident: I rescued too more smaller poodles, all of which I paid for, just to get them out. While there I view rusty old grooming utensils, dogs in cages with blue eye, the husband was hosing down dogs in the cages, and was later told that some had died in whelping and some others died in male fights. There were no laws given to these awful breeders. Yes, they occasionally got check but payoffs were often. I also viewed an over the road large truck truck handing off young puppies to the Oceanside store. These puppies are taken from their mom way to early mostly at 5-6 weeks old. They are usually sick from poor care of them and their mother. Isn't it a law that animals have to be at least 8 weeks to be sold. Why then are these puppies sold to the pet stores at such an early age. Some of these dogs are not AKC as stated. The unethical breeder claim the litter was larger to get papers to attach to mistake breedings. The local buyer of the pup does not know the health/emotional background of this puppy at all. And you must know the mothers are breed over and over again while receiving a very poor diet or health care. That included the surviving babies! I have witnessed the California Pet that was in the mall with such dogs. Also the ones that are not sold stay in these cages for months They are being denied the nurturing from new owners when most needed for a good normal development in many areas. The people in the condo area I had lived in for 16 years had rescued and paid for dogs that were too large by age in the cages and then had to pay hugh medical bills to get them healthy. Viewing these animals, as a dog person of knowledge, they were not purebred by no means! 18 Mar days 436 So now you the council has an ethical choice to make. A law to protect animals from horrible overbreeding and no common care. I am sure you all are aware that puppies from these mothers have a lifelong health risk and are emotional scarred. It is up to all of you to stop the selling of these puppies so that NO more dogs are keep inhumanely for fast buck continually breeding. Now in doing so, you can give life to the many dogs looking for homes in the humane society centers. This can happen by only allowing the selling of unwanted dogs cats and rabbits in the PET store! So think with your heart and soul when deciding the fate of these animals. Make it your integrity builder to do the right thing!! Many other cities and towns have not overlooked the humanly responsibility to inforce new laws thus giving all animals a heard voice. Yours. I thank you for reading this in its entirety. Those that have not, need to if they have heart. It would be greatly appreciated to receive a reply back ........ Thank You 19 437 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Dear City Council, Rosemary Hutzley <rosehut26@yahoo.com> Friday, April 01, 2016 11:04 AM Council Internet Email Please reject the selling of puppy mill animals - Please vote against retail pet stores selling animals that are bred at puppy mills. We are a humane society and by letting pet stores sell these animals we encourage the abuse, maltreatment and death of innocent animals. The city already has an issue with the growing number of dogs and cats that need homes. Why on earth would we want to encourage the mass breeding of more animals by allowing pet shops to purchase inbred and sometimes very ill animals to pass on to unsuspecting customers as perfect AKC dogs? There are many great dogs, cats and other animals that are currently waiting to be adopted from the shelters or animal rescues. Many of these animals are pure bred or puppies ready for a nice family. I have in the past purchased a retail dog who was very sick and died. I currently own a rejected rescue animal from the Carlsbad shelter who is the best dog I have ever owned! Thank you, Rosemary Hutzley 20 438 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Hello, Janelle Zukowski <janelle.zukowski@gmail.com > Friday, April 01, 2016 9:20AM Council Internet Email Ban retail sale of non-rescue pets! I am a resident of Carlsbad, CA and I feel strongly about banning the retail sale of pets. Please pass an ordinance banning the retail sale of pets unless they are from rescues or shelters. Pets should not be bred to sell while our shelters have so many great animals that need a home. Thank you, Janelle Zukowski 21 439 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Jacquelyn Peter <jraestar28@gmail.com> Thursday, March 31, 2016 6:50 AM Council Internet Email Subject: Puppymills City Council. Please pass a ban on stores that retail animals. The conditions are deplorable in the puppymills. There are so many shelter animals that need homes. Sincerely, Jacquelyn Rae 1 440 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Larry <lkucerab@yahoo.com> Thursday, March 31, 2016 6:00AM Council Internet Email - Please pass an ordinance banning retail pet stores that sell dogs, cats or rabbits unless they come from rescues or from shelters. Our shelters are loaded with adoptable animals and need this support. Larry Kucera 2 441 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: m.middaugh@sbcglobal.net Wednesday, March 30, 2016 7:45 PM Council Internet Email Right thing T-Mobile. America's First Nationwide 4G Network. Please do what is right, and allow pet shops to sell only animals from shelters and rescue facilities. This is the right thing and should be the only thing to do. Sincerely and thank-you, Kathleen Anaheim, CA 3 442 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Dear council members: Pam Harris <pjr223@yahoo.com> Wednesday, March 30, 2016 7:41 PM Council Internet Email Please support ordinance to ban sale of dogs/cats/rabbits Please support the ban on the sale of dogs, cats, and rabbits at retail stores. San Diego County is an animal loving town and we do not want to have stores that sell animals from commercial breeders. We can work together with shelters and rescues to find homes for all the adoptable animals that don't have homes. Thanks! Pam Harris 4 443 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: lryart@cox.net Wednesday, March 30, 2016 11:13 AM Council Internet Email The sale of dogs, cats, and rabbits Honorable Mayor Matt Hall, and City Council Members of Carlsbad, I urge, and beseech you to consider the plight of dogs and puppies brought in to our cities and county that have been bred through the "Puppy Mill" system that is still rampant in this country. It's not about the right to do business; rather it is the about the obligation to prevent horrific conditions, and cruelty under which these dogs are bred. The rescues throughout San Diego county do a terrific job, as does the Dept of Animal Services, but there are still never enough homes for all the orphaned puppies and dogs .. Likewise the situation with the sale of rabbits, especially during Easter time, has been a constant problem over my life time ... So many that are bought for gifts for children end up dying because of improper care, or end up in the shelter/rescue system. The shelters have also had to battle the huge numbers of cats entering their doors ... especially during kitten season. The only logical answer in my mind is to ban the sale of these animals at retail pet stores, unless they come from legitimate rescue organizations, or the county shelters. This can only serve to make Carlsbad a more compassionate city, and a more desirable place to live. Sincerely, Larry Abgarian 4 444 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Dear Carlsbad Council: RobinEsch . <gonehikingre@gmail.com> Wednesday, March 30, 2016 11:32 AM Council Internet Email Request to pass ordinance banning retail pet stores that sell dogs/cats/rabbits unless they are from rescues or shelters I am writing to request that you please pass an ordinance banning retail pet stores that sell dogs, cats or rabbits unless they from rescues or from shelters. Sincerely, Robin Eschenbruecher 3 445 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Lori Kuhn <bananaboat92679@yahoo.com> Wednesday, March 30, 2016 11:52 AM Council Internet Email Please help the animals The puppy store in the Carlsbad mall needs to be shut down unless they stop purchasing puppies from puppy mills. Puppy mills promote cruelty to animals. Thank You, Lori Kuhn A Carlsbad Mall shopper who will not support puppy mill pet stores 2 446 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: JoAnn D <joannd1953@gmail.com> Wednesday, March 30, 2016 1:40 PM Council Internet Email Please close down all puppy mill stores in Carlsbad. It is totally cruel to all animals. They put all the poor baby's in small cages and sell them. There are plenty of animals available that need homes at all the shelter's in town. Please tell all the ... 1 447 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Richard Riehl < richard_riehl@yahoo.com > Wednesday, March 30, 2016 8:13 AM Council Internet Email Subject: Puppy Mills Stop Making Puppy Mills Profitable At the Carlsbad City Council's April 12 meeting, Dale Bartlett, policy manager for the Humane Society of the United States puppy mill campaign, will ask the council to ban stores that source their pets from puppy mills. Oceanside, Encinitas and San Marcos have already instituted such bans. The issue has become personal for me, as expressed in the following column I wrote for the North County Times ten years ago. You Can Help Stop Puppy Mills 6/23/06 North County Times Olivia moved in with us last month. She's had a hard life and it shows. Loss of vision in one eye and the aches and pains of old age make it hard for her to get around. My wife and I took her in partly out of pity and a sense of responsibility. As Robert Frost said in verse, "Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in." To our surprise and delight, within hours after Olivia joined the family we discovered she was more of a gift than an act of kindness. She captured our hearts, even after our discove:ry she hadn't been house-trained. No, Olivia isn't a widowed aunt being passed around the family in her twilight years. She's our newly adopted, 1 0-year-old toy poodle. While searching online for dog rescue agencies we came across Olivia's picture posted on Critter Crossings of Fallbrook. She had the sad and frightened eyes of a puppy mill survivor. During her first day with us Olivia sat quietly in corners and trembled, flinching at our eve:ry approach, rarely venturing forth from her new kennel. She'd been debarked by her captors. After a few days she began to come out of her shell. But she refused to take a leash and was still too frightened to move more than a few steps at a time. We bought her a doggie stroller with the fitting brand name, "Outward Hound," so we could take her with us on our daily walks. She's now become somewhat of a celebrity on the Batiquitos Lagoon trail, bringing smiles of encouragement as she rides royally along. After a lifetime of mistreatment, Olivia has a long way to go to learn to trust humans. From what we've learned about puppy mills, she was one of the lucky ones. Referred to as "brood 1 448 bitches," others like her are imprisoned for years in small cages for one purpose only, to be bred repeatedly before being killed after their reproductive profitability wanes. According to the Humane Society of the United States, there are thousands of puppy mills currently operating in the U.S., many of them after repeated violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act. But with fewer than 100 U.S. Department of Agriculture inspectors overseeing breeders, zoos, circuses and laboratories nationwide, it is unlikely law enforcement alone can stop the abuse. The best way to end the suffering of dogs like Olivia is to make puppy mills unprofitable. They supply many of the dogs sold in retail pet stores, over the Internet, through newspaper ads, on street corners and at swap meets. You can help by refusing to buy your family pet from any of those places. Adopt your pet from a local animal shelter, where both you and your dog will be scrutinized to assure a healthy match. Stories of mistreated puppies smuggled across the border don't get as much press as the fierce debate over immigration reform. But the despicable treatment of these helpless little illegal immigrants deserves equal attention. Olivia was 18 years old when she crossed the Rainbow Bridge two years ago to wait for us. We feel her silent presence every time we return home from our daily walks. You can give her back her voice by letting Mayor Hall and the city council know that allowing shopping malls to sell puppies amounts to sanctioning animal abuse. In memory of our toy poodle's hard life, I'd love a Carlsbad ban on the sales of puppy mill dogs to be known as "Olivia's Law." The Riehl World Twitter Face book 2 449 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: sterlingscott@roadrunner.com Wednesday, March 30, 2016 7:34AM Council Internet Email puppy mill store please ban the retail of pets in carlsbad unless they are from shelters or rescues. whether they admit to it or not, these cruel puppystores and pet stores get their puppys from mass-producing puppy mills. reputable breeders never sell their animals to these stores. they always want to know who gets their dogs and how the dogs are doing. as a resident of carlsbad, I think it is terrible that one ofthese stores is allowed in our city. ann scott, 2475 jefferson #206, carlsbad, ca. 92008. 760 521-8069 1 450 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: Cc: Subject: lynn m alley <lynnalley@me.com> Wednesday, March 30, 2016 6:35 AM Council Internet Email California Pets and other such pet stores Dear Mayor Hall and Council Members, As a 30 year resident of Carlsbad, I would like to demand that the Council enact a ban on the sale of any and all so-called "puppy mill" animals within the city limits. Furthermore, I would ask that the city institute some kind of policy regarding the care and conditions under which animals are kept in pet stores. I am sure by now you are all aware of one particularly egregious case involving California Pets, a store in the Carlsbad Mall, where the animals are routinely neglected and badly cared for and where they suffer. What a shame upon the City of Carlsbad. And the fact that Mayor Hall has repeatedly resisted any discussion with those who would right this situation is .... well .... no big surprise. There are no big developers or "big money" involved in the support ofthe animals. Just common decency and compassion. See you at the City Council meeting! Lynn Alley 7147 Lantana Terrace Carlsbad, CA 92011 2 451 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Heather H <heather.heffernan@gmail.com> Tuesday, March 29, 2016 5:37 PM Council Internet Email SUPPORT the ban on retail pet stores selling dogs and cats Dear Carlsbad City Council Members: I am writing to urge you to pass the ban on retail stores selling dogs and cats in the city of Carlsbad. Retail pet stores that sell dogs and cats get the kitties and puppies they sell from cruel puppy mills/kitten farms. NO reputable breeder would ever sell their animals in a pet store. Puppy mills are horrific. They breed and breed and breed the females until they cannot have any more litters, then they destroy them. Most of these dogs and puppies never touch the ground, they are kept in tiny wire cages. This is animal cruelty and must be stopped. The only way to stop these puppy mills is to no longer allow the sale of these puppy mill puppies in retail pet stores. Pet stores should only be allowed to have rescue puppies, dogs, cats and kittens in their facilities. Please do the right thing and join San Diego, Chula Vista, Oceanside, Encinitas, Vista, San Marcos and many others that have already banned these cruel practices in their cities. Thank you for your consideration, Heather Heffernan 1 452 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Hello, Rufenacht, Marci <mrufenacht@definiens.com> Tuesday, March 29, 2016 3:29 PM Council Internet Email Carlsbad Resident-PLEASE Protect Puppy Mill Animals! I've been a Carlsbad resident for the past 13 years and am proud to live in such a beautiful city. However, every time I go to the Westfield Mall, I am embarrassed that the city of Carlsbad still allows retail pet stores to operate. These stores exist for the sole purpose of making money. These profits are only possible because greedy humans imprison innocent animals and force them into a life of misery. These loving animals are either forced into continuous breeding (until they die or are killed because they are of no use anymore) or if they are lucky, sold off to pet stores as puppies. Sadly, MANY of these sweet angels sold to pet stores are sick with deadly diseases and often die because nobody cared to ensure their health and safety. How, in good conscious can you continue to support the torture of these animals in OUR city? This is truly about educating the public, including the Counsel on the reality of puppy mills. Nobody wants to believe the horror these cute puppies experienced prior to arriving in the pet store window. It's time we stopped covering our ears and listened to the facts. Someone has to be their voice. That someone can be you. Please step up and join the likes of San Diego City, Oceanside, Encinitas and San Marcos and ban stores that source their pets from puppy mills. Make me proud to say I live in Carlsbad. I look forward to attending the upcoming City Council meeting on April 12th. Sincerely, Marci Rufenacht 760-845-4707 3 454 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: STOP PUPPY MILLS!! Cindy Richardson <emailingcindy@gmail.com> Tuesday, March 29, 2016 3:08 PM Council Internet Email Please, I urge you, be kind to animals that die when people bye! Please, I urge you, be kind to animals that die when people bye! Please pass an ordinance banning retail pet stores that sell dogs, cats or rabbits unless they from rescues or from shelters. Cindy Richardson 4 455 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Dear Mr. Hall, Heather Frenner < heathermariafrenner@gmail.com > Tuesday, March 29, 2016 10:54 PM Council Internet Email Time for Change As a concerned US Citizen of the rights and well being of retail animals,that are sold to people, by people, who are not fully aware of, nor are concerned with the immediate and long term care of these animals. As you know, many of the cats, dogs and rabbits that are sold from retail establishments, end up at an animal shelter, and euthanized or dumped off and abandoned. It's time to put an end to the cruelty. Instead of retail pet stores, I propose adoption boutiques-featuring the animals that are "at risk for euthanasia" at animal shelters-and employ credible people who have the proper training to find loving, forever families. Sincerely, Heather Frenner Beverly Hills, California. Sent from my iPhone 3 456 And rea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Dear Council, Kim_75766@yahoo.com Tuesday, March 29, 2016 7:22 AM Council Internet Email Ban Pet Store I am a concerned resident and tax payer in North County San Diego. I want to beg of you to please proceed with the considered ban on pet stores in Carlsbad. Our shelters are full, as well as rescue groups pulling pets out of the shelters. We do not need an additional influx of animals sold when we have a crisis on our hands as is. Not only does this cost us in Tax dollars, it is also unethical. These pet store animals are pulled from large mill breeders, who profit highly at the expense ofthe parent animals that are not treated ethically. Being unethical, if pet stores are not banned, it will be a bruise on the reputation ofthe city. Thank you, Kim Treiber 1 458 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Nate Freed <nrfOOO@hotmail.com> Monday, March 28, 2016 7:03 PM Council Internet Email Please ban the retail sale of pets I am a resident of Carlsbad and I do not support the retail sale of any pets in stores, unless they are a rescue or from a shelter. I am in support of a city ordinance which bans this practice. Thank you. Nathan Freed 2 459 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Attachments: Rebekah Snyder < rebekahsnyder82@gmail.com > Monday, March 28, 2016 6:54 PM Council Internet Email Please vote to ban puppy stores imagel.JPG; ATTOOOOl.txt; image2.JPG; ATT00002.txt; image3.JPG; ATT00003.txt; image4.JPG; ATT00004.txt; imageS.JPG; ATTOOOOS.txt Dear Mayor and Council Members, I implore you to listen to the public and the many, many cities around the nation, and to make the humane and best decision for consumers to vote on a BAN of retail stores that sell dogs, cats, and rabbits. After seeing the case of Scooter on the news, and going into the store myself, I was appalled this even has to be considered. Puppy stores are a thing of the past and not representative of the fine city Carlsbad is. I am including some pictures I recently took while in the store (to include the kennel tags so you see this is from the Carlsbad Pets store). Animals in glass cages, sitting in their feces, with no water. One can only imagine the deplorable conditions the parents of these commodities live in if this in what the public sees on a busy Saturday with potential customers. Please vote to ban these kind of stores. This is an embarrassment to the city of Carlsbad. Thank you for your time. Rebekah Snyder 3 460 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Rebekah Seery <rebekah.seery@gmail.com> Monday, March 28, 2016 6:39 PM Council Internet Email Support a ban on pet stores I enthusiastically support a ban on retail establishments that sell dogs, cats, and rabbit! The ONLY time a store as this should should exists is if they are working with local shelters and rescues and working to re-home homeless animals-not pumping more into the equation from questionable sources. Carlsbad is a tourist destination with an impeccable record of listening to its constituents. Please help Carlsbad maintain its reputation by going to BAN stores that sell dogs, cats, and rabbits. Our city is better than this, and the voters want better from our elected officials and beautiful city. Mrs. Seery 4 461 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Hello, douglaross@aol.com Monday, March 28, 2016 6:00 PM Council Internet Email Stores that sell bred pets I understand you are considering an ordinance banning retail store that sell dogs, cats or rabbits that were bred for that purpose. I sincerely hope you do this. So many animals are euthanized because of overbreeding. It just doesn't make sense. Thank you! 5 462 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Jim Kilby <jimkilby@att.net> Monday, March 28, 2016 5:32 PM Council Internet Email Puppy Mill Ordinance Dear Mayor and Fellow Council Members It is my understanding that the City Council will consider an ordinance banning the retail sale of dogs, cats, and rabbits unless they come from rescues or shelters. City after city in state after state have adopted similar measures to protect these poor animal's mothers and father from a lifetime of caged living in an enclosure not much larger than the animal. Please help these suffering animals by passing this ordinance. Thank you, Jim Kilby Saving a dog won't save the world. But for that dog the world changes forever. Dogs are family. 6 463 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Dear Councilmembers, Denay Heddy <kaikanay@yahoo.com> Monday, March 28, 2016 5:11 PM Council Internet Email Puppy Stores Please vote on a ban of the sale of dogs and cats in retail stores in your city. Thank you for your consideration and compassion for these animals. Denay Heddy Going Vegan Saves Liveslll 7 464 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Pati Giddens <magikhandspati@yahoo.com> Monday, March 28, 2016 2:48 PM Council Internet Email To whom it may concern. With all the homeless, abandoned, and abused animals in this world, please pass this. There are too many animals that need homes, and puppy mills continue to stay open, that are an utter nightmare. Look deep inside yourselves and take up this great cause of getting animals adopted and not shopped. Thank you, Patricia S. Giddens. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad 8 465 Andrea Dykes From: Subject: 3/25/16 Dear City Council: Council Internet Email FW: PUPPY MILL PET STORE Dreamweaver Design & Construction Inc. 2475 Jefferson #206 ~Carlsbad, CA 92008 Phone (760) 521-8667 ~Fax (760) 729-7329 THE ART OF GREAT LIVING As a long time resident and business owner in Carlsbad, I have a vested interest in the character of our city. Supporting controversial vendors who sell products of questionable origin to unsuspecting members of our community, in particular members of the military, for substantial sums and outrageous credit terms, does not exemplify who we are as a people or a community. Please lend your support to ending this smear on our character and rid us of "Puppy Mill" pet stores. Sincerely; Scott Sterling 1 466 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Please council members, Audrey Stansbury <audreyladell@gmail.com> Monday, March 28, 2016 2:12 PM Council Internet Email end stores that sell dogs and cats. ban stores that sell puppies and kittens. please..... get with the program. sincerely, audrey stansbury. do something, save a dog. 1 467 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: Michel van der Kleij <aklananimalrescue@gmail.com> Monday, March 28, 2016 12:30 PM To: Council Internet Email Subject: Live animals sold in stores Dear Sir/Madam, As a past visitor of your fair city, I want to express my extreme concern over the fact that live animals are sold at stores. No background checks, no suitability checks, no house calls, nothing ... Animals need a loving and suitable home, just like people. The general public are increasingly aware of this, thanks to numerous campaigns on internet. Hence, please abolish the sale of live animals in your city! Thank you very much. Michel J.L. van der Kleij, BSc. (Hons.) Certified Dog Trainer, Founder and Director Aklan Animal Rescue & Rehabilitation Center (AARRC), Philippines http://aarrc.tukcedo.nl Stichting Albert, Netherlands http://albert.tukcedo.nl Email: aklananimalrescue@gmail.com 1 468 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Kim Bourland <kim.bourland@yahoo.com> Monday, March 28, 2016 12:11 PM Council Internet Email Ban retail pet stores Please ban retail pet stores & puppy mills in general. Sent from my iPhone 2 469 Andrea Dykes From: dina@iciplaw.com Sent: To: Sunday, March 27, 2016 9:25 PM Council Internet Email Subject: Special Request -Puppy Mill Ban Attention: Mayor and City Council Members, This is a special request to please pass an ordinance banning any pet store in Carlsbad from selling puppies, cats/kittens and rabbits unless they are from residents who cannot keep them or from rescues and shelters. Thank you for this consideration, Dina M. Dennis Dina Dennis Carlsbad Resident 805 Windward Lane Carlsbad, CA 92011 Office Manager //CA Notary Public lnterContinentaiiP 2141 Palomar Airport Road #320 Carlsbad, CA 92011 1 470 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Alisha Germany <alishamaevip@icloud.com> Sunday, March 27, 2016 1:43 PM Council Internet Email Puppy mill Please pass the ordinance to shut down puppy mills!!! 255 tamarack Ave Carlsbad ca 92008 Sent from my iPhone 2 471 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Lauren Shetterly Gulley <lcshetterly@gmail.com> Saturday, March 26, 2016 4:21 PM Council Internet Email Ban pet stores that sell dogs, cats or rabbits please send your comments too. Dear Mayor Hall, Mayor Pro Tern Wood, and Councilmen Packard, Blackburn and Schumacher: Please do everything you can to end pet stores in Carlsbad from selling puppies, dogs, kittens, cats and rabbits. These animals should be acquired from non profit shelters, rescues and sanctuaries. Many if not most of the dogs and cats sold in pet stores, come from horrible backgrounds. You must know what puppy mills are and how they are places of horror for animals bred and born and sold from those places. Those animals wind up in the pet stores such as those in Carlsbad. These stores are only interested in selling these animals for a huge profit. There is no concern for the health or welfare of these animals. The only concern is to sell to anyone for top dollars any of the pets in the store. And many many times these animals are not healthy. I know from first hand experience. I have a friend who got a German Shepard puppy from fue pet store a few years ago. The puppy died in less than 6 months from purchase. My friend was devastated. The puppy had died from an illness that should have been revealed at time of purchase. Then just recently, in October 2015, an acquaintance, got two puppies from the store in the mall in Carlsbad. Both puppies were born in Iowa, Both puppies had giardia and bordatella. Both puppies were sick and yet the store still sold them. The cost was almost $4,000to buy them even though they were both sick. The store did not take the puppies back, did not acknowledge that they sold sick puppies or in anyway show responsibilty for these dogs. Both puppies were treated at the owners expense with my help at two veterinarian offices. It took weeks of treatments to get these puppies well. I know a family who had a similar experience when they bought a black labrador puppy at a pet store in another city. Their puppy was later diagnosed with epilepsy. All pet store are not the same. But when they sell animals for a profit, do not reveal any existing illness, give misleading information about the animals background, hand out paperwork that says veterinarian exam given yet no vet name or location listed, then they are a business that should be banned permanently from operating. These animals deserve to be treated with real concern. Instead they are treated as a commodity like a pair of shoes or some other inanimate item. Animals feel pain, hunger, thirst, loneliness. They are not disposal objects sold to the public for outrageous prices and sold to anyone regardless of the buyer's maturty, responsible, financial status. As long as the store gets their money, the business goes on. Please look closely into your conscience, into your common sense, into your logic, into your heart. Please end these pet stores from operating their greedy, harmful business. End the link holding animal cruelty together. Sincerely, Lauren C. S. Gulley Marketing Manager, MBA Candidate 703.405.4679 1 472 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: rainandme@cox.net Saturday, March 26, 2016 1:24 PM Council Internet Email Fwd: Ban pet stores that sell dogs, cats or rabbits 2 473 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Lisa Merrigan < lisamerrigan@sbcglobal.net> Saturday, March 26, 2016 11:36 AM Council Internet Email Ban pet stores/ puppy mills Dear Mayor and City Council-members, This email is to strongly urge you to please pass an ordinance banning retail pet stores that sell dogs, cats or rabbits in Carlsbad unless they from rescues or from shelters! This has already been Implemented in most cities and Long over due for Carlsbad! Thank you, Lisa Merola 6393 Paseo Descanso Carlsbad, Ca 92009 Sent from my iPhone 3 474 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Kathy King <KKing456@hotmail.com> Saturday, March 26, 2016 10:52 AM Council Internet Email; Council Internet Email Ban on retail pet stores Dear Mayor Hall and City Council Members, - As an employee with the Department of Animal Services I have seen puppies relinquished to us that were injured because the owner didn't have money for vet care after spending $2,000 to buy the (mix breed!) puppy from a retail pet store. The pet stores do not refund the cost since it's much cheaper to just 'exchange' the puppy. They buy them very cheaply from the Midwest (generally) where the puppies are churned out like crops of potatoes. Though I think potato farmers take better care of their crop than the puppy mill operators do. You only need to check a website like National Mill Dog Rescue to see the horrors. The stores will tell you that the pups are from reputable breeders. Really? I've met reputable breeders and they have homes BEFORE the litter is even delivered. They do NOT send their puppies half way across the country to be sold in a store. They don't 11eed to. Puppies and kittens in retail stores are from mills. Please make the compassionate choice and join other forward thinking cities by banning the sale of puppies and kittens in retail stores. These stores can let shelters or reputable rescues house animals there, much like Petco and Petsmart do. Thank you for your consideration. Kathleen King 4 475 And rea Dykes From: Sent: To:- Subject: La uri Lansdale < laurilansdale@live.com > Saturday, March 26, 2016 9:36AM Council Internet Email opinion Good morning, I just want to share how cruel these puppy mill pet stores are. Walk through the one at the Carlsbad mall. It smells, the animals are cramped, and not walked. We are more evolved than to treat animals this way. We create a need for these puppy mills, by having this disgusting pet stores. Thank you for your time. lauri lansdale Realtor BRE# 01396218 Windermere Homes and Estates 6965 El Camino Real #107 Carlsbad, CA 92009 Phone: (760) 822-3707 Website: laurilansdale.withwre.com "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." -Maya Angelou 5 476 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Dear City Council, c i <conanthelibrarian2004@yahoo.com> Saturday, March 26, 2016 8:39 AM Council Internet Email Retail sales of puppy mill animals Please pass the ordinance to ban retail sale of pets unless they come from a rescue or shelter. Many neighboring cities are doing this with great results. The rescue group I work with transports rescued pets to a stores in Thousand Oaks and Montecito that are very successful. There are many other stores like this in our state . We need to stop the suffering of puppy mill animals and promoting irresponsible breeding. Let Carlsbad join the ranks of cities that are more humane, it's what our residents want. Sincerely, Catherine lntoci 2604 Colibri Lane Carlsbad, CA 92009 6 477 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Seamwalther73@yahoo.com Saturday, March 26, 2016 7:21AM Council Internet Email Please,,I cry everytime I see the dogs in the petstore,,we should not breeding more dogs,, when there are so many in shelters,,please stop this insanity Michele Sent from my Verizon 4G L TE Smartphone 7 478 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Phonegranny <phonegranny@prodigy.net> Saturday, March 26, 2016 5:58 AM Council Internet Email Call to action -pet stores Dear Mayor and City Council, I live in San Marcos where our Mayor and City Council passed an ordinance banning retail pet stores that sell dogs, cats or rabbits unless they from rescues or from shelters. Please stand with them! We must stop these merchants from using animal to make a buck. I know you are familiar with puppy mills. This is not a way for God's furry creatures to spend their lives. Thank you. Terry Wolfe 608 Via Del Campo San Marcos, CA 92078 760-891-0068 8 479 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Attachments: SEE ATTACHED Scott Sterling <sterlingcreations@roadrunner.com> Friday, March 25, 2016 6:58 PM Council Internet Email; Leslie Davies PUPPY Mill PET STORE Scan0316.pdf 10 481 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Melanie Murnane <smmurnane@roadrunner.com> Friday, March 25, 2016 6:44 PM Council Internet Email Pet Store/Puppy Mill ordinance Dear Mayor Hall and City Council Members, As a longtime Carlsbad resident and an active volunteer at the Carlsbad County Animal Shelter I urge you to pass an ordinance in Carlsbad banning retail pet stores that sell dogs, cats or rabbits unless they come from rescues or from shelters. These animals that come from Puppy (cat, rabbit} Mills are often poor of health, are poorly bred and under-socialized. The stores charge exorbitant fees and generally take advantage of an uninformed public, especially those who are in the military. Their interest rates are also usurious. While these issues are a concern, the most egregious problem with Puppy Mills is that the poor parents of these cute puppies suffer their entire lives, bearing one litter after the other, and never leaving their small, filthy and inhumane cage. This is not a business that any informed citizen of Carlsbad would want to support. Please do the ethical thing and join the other enlightened cities in North County and across the country to pass an ordinance as soon as possible. Thank you for your consideration, Melanie Murnane 5233 Milton Road Carlsbad CA 92008 Sent from my iPad 11 483 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Elizabeth Smith < lizannesmith@att.net> Friday, March 25, 2016 5:12 PM Council Internet Email Puppy Mills Please Ban Puppy Mills in Carlsbad Calf. Thank you 12 - Elizabeth A. Smith 484 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: gshortley@aol.com Friday, March 25, 2016 11:10 AM Council Internet Email Ordinance Please pass an ordinance banning the sale of dogs, cats, rabbits from retail pet stores unless these animals have come from a shelter or rescue group. They are all special and we need to speak for them. Barbara Shortley Fallbrook, Ca. 92028 1 485 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Beverly Fox <beverlyfox@ymail.com> Wednesday, March 23, 2016 4:19 PM Council Internet Email Pet stores I was asked by a friend to speak out regarding pet stores in Carlsbad. Let me preface my comments by saying that I am not affiliated in any way with PET A. I do feel, however, that pet stores housing cats and dogs should be banned in Carlsbad as they have been in numerous other cities. When I shop at the Westfield Carlsbad mall, I sometimes pass the pet store, and I am dismayed that the cats and dogs are confined to small cages day and night. In this age of the Internet, there is no reason that people who are desirous of owning a pet can't locate the exact pet they are looking for in various sites on the Internet. Private breeders or people needful of finding the perfect pet owner for a pet they can no longer care for can make contacts so easily. There is absolutely no need for brick and mortar stores housing cats and dogs in tiny cages. It really is inhumane. My family has obtained family pets from both Helen Woodward in Rancho Santa Fe and online from private parties, and these venues provide the perfect arrangement. We know the animals we have obtained have received the best care. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Beverly Fox Carlsbad, CA 1 486 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: lilush14@aol.com Monday, March 21, 2016 2:28 PM Council Internet Email Feedback on the Puppy Mill Controversy Dear Honorable Mayor Hall, Mayor ProTem Wood, Council Members Packard, Blackburn and Shumacher, Greetings. I am writing to you regarding the puppy mill controversy, which I've been following in San Diego, San Marcus, Oceanside and Santee. Given that millions of deserving puppies, kittens, bunnies, dogs and cats are euthanized in shelters annually, it makes NO SENSE to me that pet-shop owners would continue to sell animals in pet stores, when we clearly have a surplus of all breeds of animals. It's a win-win for the city and the animals to supply puppies and kittens, et. al, to pet stores, rather than import pets from puppy mills. A quick Internet search will reveal the horrors of puppy mills. This is a matter of doing the right thing ... supplying healthy and deserving animals to pet stores (for those who don't wish to visit an animal shelter), where there is an overage, rather than ADDING to the problem of pet overpopulation. In summary, I am in favor of legislation banning puppy-mill puppies and other animals, from being sold in pet stores in Carlsbad. I am IN FAVOR of selling shelter puppies instead. ALL breeds of dogs can be found in shelters and with other rescue agencies. I'm looking to the City of Carlsbad to make the moral choice. Sincerely, Lili Feingold San Diego, CA 1 487 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Erin Riley-Carrasco < erin@danceunlimitedoceanside.com > Monday, March 21, 2016 2:25 PM Council Internet Email Subject: Ordinance to ban puppy mill pet stores in Carlsbad Dear Carlsbad City Council Members, I am urging you to please pass the ordinance banning retail puppy stores in your city. This is not only an ethical issue but a huge economic issue for the city of Carlsbad and our country. Over 10,000 dogs are euthanized/sentenced to death EVERY DAY in our U.S. shelters! Military families and hispanic families (where there is a language barrier,) are constantly being targeted by his stores to sign deceptive "installment plans" to pay for these animals they cannot afford at an" interest rate" of up to 36%? According to the shelter in Camp Pendleton, 98% of the dogs relinquished/dumped at their facility were purchased from the (now closed) Oceanside "Beach Buddy Puppies" pet store and the puppy mill pet store in the Westfield Shopping Center in your city! I am a former Carlsbad resident and current Oceanside resident, and Oceanside business owner of27 years. I have seen the Missouri Puppy Mill trucks pull up in front ofthe Westfield Shopping Center Pet Store and unload countless small puppies that have just been shipped in from 3000 miles away, yet when people enter the store and ask where their puppies are from, the employees respond "small reputable "local" breeders." That is an outright lie! Puppy mill pet stores like this one are making a lot of money off the backs of the suffering mother dogs of these cute puppies who spend their ENTIRE lives in a small cage with little veterinary care and deplorable conditions. Does this sound ethical to you? Does targeting military and low income families sound ethical to you? Our cities and tax payers are the ones who end up bearing the economic burden of these overcrowded shelters because these types of unethical pet stores are in business. If people want a certain breed, they can seek out a small reputable breeder or contact one of the thousands ofbreed specific rescue groups that exist in our country. I am also aware that in the past 2 months, 2 puppies have died after being sold from the Carlsbad pet store because they were so ill, which is often the case with puppy mill pets. One dog was sold to a military family who spent close to $20,000.00 in vet bills trying to save their dog. Again, with overcrowded shelters and dogs constantly being dumped and who are just waiting to be adopted and to find their forever home, WHY would Carlsbad agree to support and be home to a business that puts profits over the welfare of animals? As with the Sea World decision that was just announced about ending their orca breeding program & phasing out their show (basically forcing their orcas to perform "tricks" for dead fish,) this demonstrates that the public does not want to support businesses or cities for that matter, that look upon animals as property and disposable. It is really unfortunate to me that Oceanside had the integrity, foresight and forward thinking mentality to pass this much needed ordinance, but Carlsbad has not? Please join the over 115 cities in the U.S. are have passed similar ordinances because it is the RIGHT thing to do!! Join other southern California cities like San Diego, Chula Vista, Dana 2 - 488 Point, Laguna Beach, Huntington Beach, Rancho Mirage, Los Angeles, Vista, Encinitas and Oceanside who realize that retail puppy mill pet stores are an antiquated thing of the past! Cities that recognize that laws must be in force to protect our companion animals who have no voice. WE must be their VOICE! Retail pet stores are truly a travesty and we are looking to you to please pass this ban! Thank you very much for your time and consideration, Erin Riley-Carrasco 760-458-9588 3 489 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Terran Bayer <tbayer@westwaystudio.com> Monday, March 21, 2016 11:49 AM Council Internet Email You can help stop puppy mills - Please pass an ordinance banning retail pet stores that sell dogs, cats or rabbits unless they from rescues or from shelters. Thank you. Terran Bayer (858) 848-9378 tbayer@westwaystudio.com 4 490 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Judy Bayer <jbayer820@yahoo.com> Monday, March 21, 2016 11:12 AM Council Internet Email Please pass ordinance regarding retail pet stores As a volunteer at the Helen Woodward Animal Center, I see so many animals who need homes. Please pass an ordinance banning retail pet stores that sell dogs, cats or rabbits unless they from rescues or from shelters. Thank you. Judith Bayer 1 491 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Importance: Dear City Council, Debbie <debbie@mac-case.com> Monday, March 21, 2016 10:40 AM Council Internet Email Ban Retail Pet Stores High - I ask that you please pass an ordinance banning retail pet stores that sell dogs, cats or rabbits unless they from rescues or from shelters. I thank you for your time, Debbie Vasquez 2 492 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Tina Overland <t.overland@icloud.com> Monday, March 21, 2016 10:14 AM Council Internet Email puppy mill stores To the Mayor and Carlsbad City Council members, I am sending this email to ask you to please pass an ordinance banning retail pet stores that sell dogs, cats or rabbits unless they come from rescues or from shelters. Sincerely, Tina Overland 1 493 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: JAN HOOPER <hooperjan@sbcglobal.net> Monday, March 21, 2016 9:59 AM Council Internet Email Pet Stores Please pass an ordinance banning pet stores that sell dogs, cats and rabbits except for those that are rescues. Traditional pet stores that sell puppies perpetuate puppy mills, even those that claim to get their puppies from compassionate breeders. Until there is no longer a need to eutheunize pets in shelters due to overcrowding, pet stores that sell puppies have no place in a compassionate society. Thank you for your attention and consideration in this important humane matter. Jan Hooper 2 494 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Kris Nelson < krisnelson@cox.net> Monday, March 21, 2016 7:20 AM Council Internet Email Please do the right thing Please vote to close retail stores which sell puppies from out of state. Our research shows that the majority {IF NOT ALL) of the suppliers of dogs for these stores are businesses which bred and sell FAR MORE than 20 puppies per year-which is the limit of reputable breeding numbers. Such stores are the reason that puppy mills can stay in business, a sad state of affairs. Kris Nelson 1 495 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: anita wood <awood4053@gmail.com> Monday, March 21, 2016 6:05 AM Council Internet Email Puppy mills - Please ban the sale of ALL animals coming from these heartless breeders. As a former employee of the SDHS, I've seen first-hand how these animals are treated. It's truly a crime! Anita Wood 2 496 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Dear City Counsel, Lisa Paglia <lpags@me.com> Sunday, March 20, 2016 11:31 PM Council Internet Email Please ban pet store puppies I respectfully ask that you ban the sale of all puppies from pet stores, unless they are from rescues or shelters. These are living, breathing animals, that are not being properly cared for all in the name of profit. Please do not continue to encourage the inhumane treatment ofthese animals in order to let these stores flourish. No puppy should be kept in a cage weeks on end until they are sold -not to mention the horrible conditions they are under prior to arriving at the store. Please join the people and ban the sale of puppies at these stores today! Sincerely, Lisa Paglia Sent from my iPhone 3 497 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Patkk < patkkSS@att.net> Sunday, March 20, 2016 10:48 PM Council Internet Email Pet store sales Please ban all Carlsbad pet stores from selling dogs, cats and rabbits. Thank you Patricia I Kay-Kreutzer Please support Labrescuers.org. Thank you. 4 - 498 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Hi City Council Members, Scott Dveris <sdveris@roadrunner.com> Sunday, March 20, 2016 9:20 PM Council Internet Email Ban Puppy Retail Stores I implore and beg you to pass an ordinance banning retail pet stores that sell dogs, cats or rabbits unless they from rescues or from shelters. I've spent the last 5 ~years volunteering at the Carlsbad County Animal Shelter watching thousands and thousands of adoptable animals being put down because of the over population of pets. And these pet stores are obtaining puppies from Puppy Mills the most horrific, deplorable conditions you could ever imagine in your worst dreams. Please stop them from making money with no care about the animals they shipping in. Regards, Scott 5 499 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: debra hodgen <debrahodgen@me.com> Sunday, March 20, 2016 9:15 PM Council Internet Email Please Ban Pet Stores Dear Mayor Hall and council members, - I have worked in Carlsbad since 2004 and have my own business, Debra Hodgen Wellness and I volunteer for an animal rescue group to foster kittens so that they can be safely adopted into good loving homes. I think Carlsbad is a wonderful community. I do not think the City of Carlsbad would want to support businesses that make money by buying and selling animals bred and raised in horrific conditions, such as puppy mills and cat and bunny breeders. Please help animals that cannot help themselves and ban these pet shops. I would support pet shops that sell animalis from shelters and rescue organizations. Thank you for your thoughtful consideration. Debra Hodgen 760 420 2104 6 500 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: DAVID HODGEN <hodgendavid7@aol.com> Sunday, March 20, 2016 9:08 PM Council Internet Email Please read ... Objection to Puppy Mill Stores Dear Honorable Carlsbad Mayor and City Council Members, I am writing this email to you in an anguished plea to have you ban the sale of puppies, cats, and rabbits that are from breeding mills from across the country. You will undoubtedly be inundated with many emails in opposition to these stores and those letters of protest will be more eloquent in the explanation as to why they should be banned. My reasoning is quite simple .. .I love animals and they should never, EVER be put into abusive scenarios for profit. Please take into consideration the overwhelming facts that the Mayors and City Council members in San Marcos, Oceanside and the City of San Diego have all banned the sale of these abused animals. I hope you will carefully consider all the facts that are presented and make a prudent, humane decision. Thank you for taking the time to read my letter. DAVID HODGEN 7 501 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Dear City Council Members, Lani Bray <lanigbray@gmail.com> Sunday, March 20, 2016 7:51 PM Council Internet Email Puppy Mill Pet Stores On behalf of someone who has done a lot of volunteer work on behalf of animals, I have to say that puppy mills are among the worst offenses of animal abuse there is. - The only way to get rid of that problem is to not support them in cities across the country by not allowing puppy mill pet stores to open. I would like to encourage you to join the growing number of cities in San Diego who are outlawing pet stores in their cities, except those who get their animals from our local shelters. Please do the right thing, and outlaw pet stores in Carlsbad. Thank you, Lani Bray 8 502 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: colleenkellycolleen@aol.com Sunday, March 20, 2016 7:14 PM Council Internet Email Puppy Mill puppies I own a home in Carlsbad, and I implore you as my representative to cease the opportunity of the sale of puppies from puppy mills. Colleen Kelly Sent from my Verizon 4G L TE Tablet 9 503 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Dear Carlsbad leaders- Pamela Brand <pambrand.sd@icloud.com> Sunday, March 20, 2016 6:43 PM Council Internet Email Ban the retail sale of dogs & cats & rabbits Please pass the ordinance banning retail pet stores that sell dogs, cats or rabbits unless they from rescues or shelters. Not all Carlsbad residents are educated in the cruelty and horrid living conditions that exist at puppy mills. I looked forward to meeting you on April 12th. Regards, Pamela Brand Sent from my iPhone 10 - 504 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Mary Glanville <mglanville@regulusrx.com> Sunday, March 20, 2016 3:18 PM Council Internet Email Request to pass an ordinance banning retail pet stores selling animals Dear members of the Carlsbad City Council, Working with various rescue organizations here in Carlsbad and CA overall I am very familiar with where the dogs, cats and rabbits come from when they are sold in pet stores. They come from mills that are solely interested in profiting from these animals-they don't care about these animal's welfare whatsoever. Why must we as tax payers pay for animals being euthanized in shelters and allow the sale of these puppies, kittens and baby rabbits for someone else's profit? To me and many other taxpayers and citizens of Carlsbad and CA overall this is unconscionable. Why must animals suffer solely for profits? We need to educate and invest in the animals that are already here-in our shelters. Lets have these pet stores provide these dogs, cats and rabbits for an adoption fee. Please help pass an ordinance banning retail pet stores from selling puppies, kittens and rabbits. Thank you. Best regards, Mary Glanville 11 505 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Belinda Rachman <belindaesq@hotmail.com> Sunday, March 20, 2016 3:15 PM Council Internet Email PLEASE ban all pet shops unless they ONLY sell animals from the pound or rescue groups - I have lived and worked in Carlsbad since 1996. I have been on the board of the Arts Associates and volunteer as a teacher with Junior Achievement. I have worked in French Bulldog rescue since 1990. I am very proud of our city and would LOVE to see you put an end of our town's participation in the puppy mill business. Close to 100% of all puppies and kittens sold in pet stores come from facilities that are horrendous!!!!!!! The conditions are deplorable. I should know, I have donated thousands of dollars to buy these poor French Bulldogs when they come up at auction so that we can put them in loving homes instead of dirty cages where they get no medical care or grooming. Instead of encouraging people to buy these pets, we need to deal with all the unwanted dogs in our own facility on Palomar Airport Road!!!!! We can save money and do the right thing ait the same time!!! Many other communities have taken this humane step and you should too!!!!! http://www.youtube.com/embed/B4A--7uEzY?rel=O Belinda Rachman, Esq. Your Peaceful Divorce Expert Divorce In A Day Mediation Official Buffington Post blogger http://www.huffingtonpost.com/belinda-etezad-rachman http://www.divorce-inaday.com Who do you know who is even thinking about getting a divorce? Have them look at my website. It is so important that parents work together instead of fighting each other. Mediation is the perfect way to divorce. 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Those who have done 30 seconds of research know these businesses thrive off of cruelty and greed. Shame on Carlsbad!!!! We need to join the cities who have put an end to retail pet stores unless they source their animals from rescue or the shelter. Carlsbad is way too good for this type of business!!!! DON'T ALLOW IT IN OUR FINE CITY!!!!! 14 508 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Nancy Kay <nekay@roadrunner.com> Sunday, March 20, 2016 2:25 PM Council Internet Email No to Puppy Mills Please pass an ordinance for Carlsbad to ban the sale of puppy-mill puppies within the city. Encinitas & Oceanside have already done it and it's time for Carlsbad to follow suit. Thanks, Nancy Kay 2627 Cazadero Drive Carlsbad 92009 15 509 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Dear City Council, Laurie & Rob Ackles <acklesmail@gmail.com> Sunday, March 20, 2016 1:23 PM Council Internet Email Please ban retail pet stores! Please pass an ordinance to ban retail pet stores that sell dogs, cats or rabbits unless they are from rescues or animal shelters. We do not want to support this type of business in Carlsbad! Thank you! Laurie & Rob Ackles 1763 Oriole Court Carlsbad 92011 16 - 510 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Hello Kerri Shafer-Ross <ksross40@gmail.com> Sunday, March 20, 2016 1:22 PM Council Internet Email Please-ban puppy mill stores in Carlsbad I am writing asking that you please consider banning all stores selling animals from breeders and puppy mills. Other local cities have done so and for Carlsbad to not follow suit will be a huge disappointment. I would like to think the city in which I call home and in which my tax dollars go would not be one in which supported these type of stores. These animals live in horrible confined cages never touching grass or having human touch (breeder dogs/puppy mills parents) and we HAVE to put a stop to this. There are far to many animals who die each day in shelters, because there are not enough homes for them and yet Carlsbad wants to support allowing these animals to die by supporting puppy mill stores? I have to hope we are above that and our conscious and morals will BAN these stores when the time comes to vote. Please follow cities like Oceanside and San Marcos and show these breeders and store owners we will NOT stand for the horrors that go on at their puppy mills. The time has come to ACT! Thank you Kerri Shafer-Ross 6812 Caminito Sueno Carlsbad CA 92009 -Kerri Save Lives-please spay and neuter! 17 511 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Sue Robey <sue.robey@yahoo.com> Sunday, March 20, 2016 1:05 PM Council Internet Email Ban retail pet stores Please pass an ordinance banning retail pet stores that sell dogs, cats or rabbits. Thank you for your consideration. Sue Robey Carlsbad resident and animal lover. 1227 Mariposa Rd Carlsbad, Ca 92011 Sent from my iPhone 18 - 512 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Joan Durso <joandurso@yahoo.com> Sunday, March 20, 2016 12:57 PM Council Internet Email Stop the Puppy Mills Please ban the puppy stores. They purchase their dogs from puppy mills where the mother dog is abused and highly neglected. P.lease help stop this abuse! Joan Durso Sent from my iPhone 19 513 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Steve Hicke <stevehicke@gmail.com> Sunday, March 20, 2016 12:30 PM Council Internet Email Banning Puppy Mills - Dear City Council, Please prohibit retail pet stores from selling animals other than those rescued or from animal shelters. The Puppy Mill industry in Southern California needs to be stopped and here is your opportunity to be part of the situation and not part of the problem. Thank you, Steven Hicke 20 514 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Sandy Boss <sandyboss@cox.net> Sunday, March 20, 2016 12:25 PM Council Internet Email Ban the Sale of Pets Please vote to ban the sale of pets unless they are rescued animals for adoption. This puppy mill thing is an idea whose time has gone! Thanks Sandra Boss, R.N. 21 515 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Nickie Arbisi < nickie.arbisi@gmail.com > Sunday, March 20, 2016 11:57 AM Council Internet Email PLEASE Please pass an ordinance banning retail pet stores that sell dogs, cats or rabbits unless they are from shelters. thank you Nickie arbisi 22 - 516 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: pls vote to BAN puppy mills, Thank you, Cathy Bolger Sent from iPad Cathy@cathybolger.com www.cathybolger.com Cathy Bolger < kbolgerl@cox.net> Sunday, March 20, 2016 11:55 AM Council Internet Email Pis ban puppy mills 23 517 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Dear Mayor and Councilmembers, Bob Silvern <bobsOO@cox.net> Sunday, March 20, 2016 11:41 AM Council Internet Email Please pass the ban on bred animals I urge you to pass the ordinance banning pet stores from selling bred animals. Millions of animals are needlessly put to death in shelters each year. - You can make a difference by preventing local pet stores from selling "bred" animals while so many are in dire need of a loving home. Thank you, Bob Silvern 24 518 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Jaci Ackles <jaci.ackles@gmail.com > Sunday, March 20, 2016 11:31 AM Council Internet Email Please Stop Puppy Mills I am asking that you please pass an ordinance banning retail pet stores that sell dogs, cats or rabbits unless they from rescues or from shelters. Thank you, Jaci Ackles 25 519 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: greenknight <greenknight@cox.net> Sunday, March 20, 2016 11:05 AM Council Internet Email Ban Puppy Mill Stores Please ban stores from selling live animals that are not rescues or from shelters. Sent fiom my '!'-Mobile 4G LTE Device 26 - 520 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Hello, Monica Lanctot <monicalanctot@hotmail.com> Sunday, March 20, 2016 10:58 AM Council Internet Email Please pass ordinance banning that sale of companion animals in retail pet stores In your upcoming April12 City Council meeting you will be discussing a potential ban on the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits in retail stores unless these animals are being provided by an animal rescue or shelter, a model that has been widely adopted by both small and large businesses (e.g., Petco & Petsmart) across Southern California, including San Diego, Chula Vista and Oceanside. These bans are critical to stopping the production of companion animals in "puppy mill" environments in which the breeding animals are treated horribly-rarely let out of their cages and banished to a life of constant baby production followed by loss (ofthe litter). Most of the businesses that provide animals to retail pet stores are based in Missouri, where the laws for humane animal treatment are either very loose or non-existent. Not only is this bad for the breeding animals and their litters born into this environment, but it is bad for the unwitting consumer who spends a lost of money for an animal with a high likelihood of developing behavior problems from mistreatment and expensive medical problems due to exposure to disease-infested conditions in their original"production" environments. Carlsbad residents--all residents in San Diego--deserve better than this. As do the companion animals that are suffering in these horrible situations. Oceanside is the perfect example of an area that implemented this ban and has pet stores which successfully transitioned from selling animals to selling animal products, which is a much more sustainable business model. The market for a pet is finite and in-frequent, but the market for pet products is rich and everlasting. PLEASE pass this ban on the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits in retail stores unless these animals are being provided by an animal rescue or shelter. It is better for consumers, small pet businesses, and for the animals. Sincerely, Monica Lanctot San Diego resident 27 521 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Honorable City Council Jim Kilby <jimkilby@att.net> Sunday, March 20, 2016 10:50 AM Council Internet Email Puppy mill ordinance - It is my understanding that the council will discuss an anti puppy mill ordinance in Carlsbad on April12. The lives of the puppies' mothers and father is beyond reprehensible. The pet store owners will claim they don't get their "stock" from puppy mills ... but they do. These stores have only one objective: buy low and sell high. These bulk breeders in the Midwest make this possible. Reputable breeders will not sell to pet stores. Please do the right thing and pass an ordinance, like so many other cities nationwide, that bans the retail sale of puppies from these stores. Thank you, Jim Kilby 28 522 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Jolene Smith <drumcozy@sbcglobal.net> Sunday, March 20, 2016 10:48 AM Council Internet Email Retail pet stores Dear Mayor and Council Members, Please pass an ordinance to ban retail pet stores that sell dogs, cats and rabbits unless they are from rescues or shelters. Sincerely, Jolene Smith 29 523 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Rosemarie Marousek <rmdm3525@gmail.com> Sunday, March 20, 2016 10:47 AM Council Internet Email Please read don't ignore. Thank you I am asking you as individuals with heart to pass an ordinance banning retail pet stores from selling dogs, cats or rabbits unless they from rescues or from shelters. I have first hand viewed a puppy mill a number of years ago and am sure they are not much better - now. I rescued two Standard Poodle from a 4x5 solid box with only a smaH window on the front. I was unable to cut them down and had to hand cut the solid mats down which took HOURS! I was able to get them vet checked and later put with wonderful people. Another incident: I rescued too more smaller poodles, aU of which I paid for, just to get them out. While there I view rusty old grooming utensils, dogs in cages with blue eye, the husband was hosing down dogs in the cages, and was later told that some had died in whelping and some others died in male fights. There were no laws given to these awful breeders. Yes, they occasionally got check but payoffs were often. I also viewed an over the road large truck truck handing off young puppies to the Oceanside store. These puppies are taken from their mom way to early mostly at 5-6 weeks old. They are usually sick from poor care of them and their mother. Isn't it a law that animals have to be at least 8 weeks to be sold. Why then are these puppies sold to the pet stores at such an early age. Some of these dogs are not AKC as stated. The unethical breeder claim the litter was larger to get papers to attach to mistake breedings. The local buyer of the pup does not know the health/emotional background of this puppy at all. And you must know the mothers are breed over and over again while receiving a very poor diet or health care. That included the surviving babies! I have witnessed the California Pet that was in the mall with such dogs. Also the ones that are not sold stay in these cages for months They are being denied the nurturing from new owners when most needed for a good normal development in many areas. The people in the condo area I had lived in for 16 years had rescued and paid for dogs that were too large by age in the cages and then had to pay hugh medical bins to get them healthy. Viewing these animals, as a dog person of knowledge, they were not purebred by no means! So now you the council has an ethical choice to make. A law to protect animals from horrible overbreeding and no common care. I am sure you all are aware that puppies from these mothers have a lifelong health risk and are emotional scarred. It is up to aB of you to stop the selling of these puppies so that NO more dogs are keep inhumanely for fast buck continually breeding. 30 524 Now in doing so, you can give life to the many dogs looking for homes in the humane society centers. This can happen by only allowing the selling of unwanted dogs cats and rabbits in the PET store! So think with your heart and soul when deciding the fate of these animals. Make it your integrity builder to do the right thing!! Many other cities and towns have not overlooked the humanly responsibility to inforce new laws thus giving all animals a heard voice. Yours. I thank you for reading this in its entirety. Those that have not, need to if they have heart. It would be greatly appreciated to receive a reply back ....... . Thank You 31 525 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Ellen Williams <ellenw31@roadrunner.com> Sunday, March 20, 2016 10:39 AM Council Internet Email puppy mills Please stop all pet stores selling any animal that is not a "rescue". This means no puppies from breeders. The pet store in the Carlsbad Mall is a terrible example. We need to only allow pets that are from legitimate rescue organizations that need homes. No sales! Ellen Williams 1820 Oak Ave Carlsbad CA 92008 32 - 526 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Dear Council Members, SAnder1575@aol.com Sunday, March 20, 2016 10:33 AM Council Internet Email Ban Puppy Mills in Carlsbad I am a residence of Bressi Ranch, Carlsbad and a current dog volunteer at the San Diego Department of Animal Services at the Palomar/North Shelter. If you have any doubt about the importance of this ban, please google the phrase "puppy mill." It is unfortunate that Carlsbad does not have this ban when our neighboring communities of Oceanside, Vista, San Marcos and Encinitas have already approved such a ban. The conditions in which these puppies are bred is deplorable. It produces a sub-standard product, if that is the way you want to look at the life of a living pet. Not only are these puppies coming from kennels that have no standard of care they often times remove a puppy from its Mother way to soon. Giving the puppy no time to develop socially or health wise. In the last 3 months patrons of the Carlsbad Pet store at the Carlsbad Mall have purchased sick dogs that have later died. The most recent was a young Marine Family who spent $2400 on a dog only to have it sick and dying within weeks. This puppy was financed and the family must incur the debt of a pet they no longer have. It is time for our City to do the right thing and stop the interstate transport of living baby dogs from known puppy mills in Ohio, Indiana, and Iowa to name a few. It is barbaric and become big business with little care for the lives of pets that have no voice for themselves. I greatly appreciate your consideration regarding this important matter. Sincerely, Shirley Anderson sander1575@aol.com 33 527 Andrea Dykes --------~-~---------------------·------------------------------------------------------From: Sent: To: Subject: Patrice Eifllng <pa.tricee@msn.com> Sunday, March 20, 2016 10:12 AM Council Internet Email STOP PUPPY MILLS Please ban puppy mill stores. Please pass an ordinance banning retail pet stores that sell dogs, cats or rabbits unless they are from rescues or shelters. Not only are many animals being put down for lack of good homes but those breeding mills are often cruel to the breeding animals. We don't need to breed more animals, there is an over abundance of animals in need. Take care of those animals and stop putting money in the pockets of those who only look to profit. I am not a Carlsbad resident, but I do shop and visit Carlsbad frequently with out of town guests. I hope Carlsbad government will truly look at the whole picture of this situation. Sincerely, Patrice Eifling Fallbrook, Ca 34 528 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Dear Carlsbad City Council, Sarah Van Coops-Bush <svcoops@mac.com> Sunday, March 20, 2016 10:09 AM Council Internet Email April12 vote The public will be requesting that the Carlsbad City Council ban puppy mill stores. I ask that you vote to pass an ordinance banning retail pet stores that sell dogs, cats or rabbits unless they from rescues or from shelters. Also we plan to attend the City Council meeting April12, @ 6:00. Thank you for doing the right thing for companion animals. Sincerely, Mr. And Mrs. Jason Bush Sent from my iPad 35 529 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Hello: Janel Scott <dznd4you@outlook.com> Sunday, March 20, 2016 10:05 AM Council Internet Email puppy mills - I am writing to urge you to follow suit with Oceanside, San diego, and other cities who have made the ethical and humane decision to ban pet stores from selling cats, dogs, and rabbits unless they are from shelters. There are thousands of pets ready to be adopted and finding a forever pet from shelters will help to end the evil and cruel practice ofthe pet mill industries who care only for money with no regard to the welfare and care of the animals trapped in the breeder's prison. You can see for yourself by watching the video called "How much really is that puppy in the window"? Please do the right thing and vote against having pet stores who are supplied like spare parts from the animal mills. Thank you, Janel Scott 36 530 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Tiffani Lobue <bwtiffani@hotmail.com> Sunday, March 20, 2016 10:03 AM Council Internet Email PLEASE pass ordinance banning retail sales of Dogs, Cats, Rabbits, etc.. Dear Mayor and Council Members, PLEASE pass the ordinance banning the retail sale of puppies, kittens, rabbits, etc .. in our fair city! Please promote ADOPT, DON'T SHOP! Spay is the way ... it's cuter to neuter Thank you, tiffani LoBue 5478 Gran Via Carlsbad 37 531 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Honorable Council, Anne Christian <annechristian45@gmail.com> Sunday, March 20, 2016 9:55 AM Council Internet Email Ban puppy mills in Carlsbad You owe it to your constituents, and I include dogs among them (!), and do not allow puppy mill dogs to be sold in Carlsbad. Thank you! Anne Christian 38 532 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Mimi Kloeffler <hippiegirl760@cox.net> Sunday, March 20, 2016 9:54AM Council Internet Email Please and thank you Please pass an ordinance banning the retail sale of any animal unless it is from a rescue. Mimi Kloeffler Oceanside, CA 39 533 Andrea Dykes ______ _. _________________________________________________________________ __ From: Sent: To: Subject: Barbara Mannino <barbaraman@aol.com> Sunday, March 20, 2016 9:51 AM Council Internet Email Please ban retail pet stores in Carlsbad Please ban retail pet stores in Carlsbad. I volunteer at the Carlsbad Animal Shelter run by the County of San Diego. Everyday, new dogs and cats come into the facility who are never claimed. I've seen numerous pure bred puppies abandoned in the shelter a week or two after Christmas. We don't need more commercial puppy mill retail shops-we need more people willing to rescue pets who are homeless. Please do the right thing. Barbara Mannino 40 534 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Alana Agcaoili <agcaoilia@icloud.com> Sunday, March 20, 2016 9:49 AM Council Internet Email Puppy mills Stop allowing retail pet stores. They are cruel. Giving people money for abusing animals is completely unjust and they will continue to breed them as long as they can make money. So help stop what you can. Make a difference for a creature that cannot control their fait. Alana check Sent from my iPhone 41 535 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: To whom it may concern, Amber Hemandez <ambercorinne@gmail.com> Sunday, March 20, 2016 9:36 AM Council Internet Email Please ban puppy mills! I'm a concerned citizen asking for help to please ban these puppy mills! Both these animals and their families become victims because of these puppymills. These stores put these animals in cruel conditions, they trapped in a glass case not feeling how a dog should, free. All I ask is please help us and let's help better our community and the animals we love within it. These store owners are only concerned about the money and financing families rather than being concerned for the well being of these animals. PLEASE help and shut dm;vn these stores. Thank you for taking the time to read this message. Thank you again, AMBER HERNANDEZ 42 536 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Terri Northcutt <terri.northcutt@gmail.com> Sunday, March 20, 2016 9:30 AM Council Internet Email BAN THAT PUPPY MILL STORE IN CARLSBAD'S MALL. IT'S A DISGUSTING STATEMENT ON CARLSBAD. Sincerely, Terri Northcutt (Moving to Carlsbad in a couple of months from Vista) 43 537 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Shelley H Ross <shelleyhross@gmail.com> Friday, March 18, 2016 11:21 AM Council Internet Email Please Ban Puppy Mills Carlsbad is a comprised of many ethical and moral minded folks who care about the well being and humane treatment of homeless domestic companion animals .. I emplore you to please pass an ordinance banning the retail sale of p~3ts in stores unless they are from rescues or from animal shelters. Until all animals from shelters and rescue groups have found homes there is no needed for retail sales of pets unless they are from shelters and rescue groups. Thank you for your attention, Shelley Ross Carlsbad Resident since 2004 44 - 538 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Hello, Starr Grundy <jsgrundy@roadrunner.com > Wednesday, March 16, 2016 7:45 AM Council Internet Email Please ban the retail sale of pets My name is Starr Grundy and I am writing today to ask you to please ban the retail sale of pets in Carlsbad. Thank you very much for your time. Best regards, Starr Grundy 2332 Summerwind Place Carlsbad, CA 92008 760-730-1325 1 539 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Follow Up Flag: Flag Status: ldaviesS@cox.net Tuesday, March 15, 2016 11:10 AM Council Internet Email Sick dog purchased from Carlsbad Pets Follow up Flagged - https:/ /we bma il. west.cox. net/ do I red i rect?u rl=http%253A%2 52 F%252 Fwww .lOnews.com%252 Fnews%2 52 Fdog-from- carlsbad-pet-store-tests-positive-for-distemper-local-couple-forced-to-euthanize-puppy Dear Mayor and City Council-members, This is just one of several dogs purchased from Carlsbad pets that is sick or died, just in the last month. It is my understanding, after speaking with the other people, that the store has paid them NOT to go to the media or speak to the protesters. This is not unusable. Thank you, Leslie Davies 2 540 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Follow Up Flag: Flag Status: Dear Council Members: Linda Sinclair < lindajsinclair@gmail.com > Monday, March 14, 2016 7:36 PM Council Internet Email Please PASS the ordinance to prohibit the sale of small animals, including puppies, in pet stores Follow up Flagged A few years ago, the Carlsbad City Council rejected a proposal to ban the sale of puppies at pet stores in Carlsbad. I understand a similar proposed ordinance is again up for discussion at the April12, 2016 City Council meeting. I further understand that at this time, council members are divided 3-2 in favor of not passing the ordinance. It is inconceivable to me (and to many others of your constituency) why any council member would vote against this ordinance. San Diego, Encinitas, Oceanside, Vista, San Marcos, Chula Vista and many other cities have already enacted similar ordinances. It is time for Carlsbad to join the ban on the sale of puppies and other small animals at pet stores. The evidence is overwhelming and backed by groups/organizations such as the ASPCA, the Humane Society and Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, that puppies sold in pet stores come from puppy mills, regardless of what pet store owners may say. It is common knowledge, again backed by extensive evidence, that puppy mills are uniformly places where helpless animals are kept in deplorable, inhumane conditions, solely to make money by breeding and selling puppies, many if not most of which have illnesses and/or genetic conditions that render them unhealthy and suffering. Meanwhile, the breeding dogs are kept in unspeakable conditions of filth, lack of medical care, lack of basic care and lack of socialization. in wire cages where they spend their entire lives. If the Carlsbad City Council again refuses to pass this ordinance, council members will be responsible for supporting this deplorable industry. I urge all council members to vote yes on passing the ordinance to prohibit the sale of small animals, including puppies, in pet stores. Thank you, Linda Sinclair 6122 Paseo Monona Carlsbad, CA 92009 7 60-931-0861 3 541 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Vicky Estuesta <vestuesta@gmail.com> Monday, March 14, 2016 10:04 AM Council Internet Email Pet Stores in Carlsbad that sell small animals Dear Carlsbad City Council Members, I am writing in support of banning small animals (dogs, cats, rabbits) from being sold in pet stores in Carlsbad. I base this on first-hand knowledge, and proof with paper work, of a puppy purchased from California Pets in Carlsbad, that was driven directly from the pet store to the veterinarian after purchase, and was diagnosed with pneumonia and ear infection. The puppy was shipped to California Pets from The Hunte Corporation. Please do research on that company, especially from Source Works. I know this topic was on the agenda in 2013 and now you have the opportunity to revisit this and follow the lead of other nearby cities in doing the right thing. Please reconsider adopting a "no small animals sold in pet stores" ordinance for Carlsbad. Regards, Vicky Estuesta 1 542 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Sydney LeBlanc <sydney@financialwriter360.com> Friday, March 11, 2016 2:12 PM Council Internet Email puppy mills PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE ...... let's not allow these helpless animals to be tortured the way they are in these mills. The conditions re deplorable. If you ever saw one, it would break your heart. please pass an ordinance banning the retail sale of pets in stores unless they are from rescues or from animal shelters. sydney leblanc carlsbad resident 15 years 2 - 544 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Pam Whisnant <pamwhisnant@me.com> Saturday, March 12, 2016 1:36 PM Council Internet Email Requests for Animal Protection Dear Carlsbad City Council Members, Carlsbad is long overdue passing a law to protect domestic animals. Please pass an ordinance banning the retail sale of pets in stores (like Oceanside recently did) and encourage our pet stores to sell animals from rescues or shelters. I'd also like to see signs posted in parking lots along our beaches, at shopping centers and other highly populated areas that warn people of the risks of keeping animals in cars. See http://www. utsandiego .com/news/20 14/feb/28/ encinitas-pets-signs-hot -cars-campaign-escondido/. Thank you, Pam Whisnant 978 Merganser Ln. Carlsbad, CA 92011 1 545 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: James Veltman <jim.veltman@gmail.com> Saturday, March 12, 2016 9:39 AM Council Internet Email Pet Store Ban - In your upcoming Council meeting please pass an ordinance banning the retail sale of pets in stores unless they are from rescues or from animal shelters. Other surrounding cities have passed similar bans and we should present a united front on this issue. Why not get ahead of the issue for a change, instead of reacting to it? Thank you for consideration of this proposaL Jim Veltman Carlsbad voter 2 546 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Connie Chavez <cmchavez@pacbell.net> Friday, March 11, 2016 8:54 AM Council Internet Email Pet Stores in Carlsbad We plan to attend the April 12th meeting of the city council to support the request to ban pet stores in Carlsbad. We do not support animals sold in pet stores and feel that the best way to support animals for homes are to go through rescue groups and the local shelters. We have far too many wonderful dogs and cats that can be adopted through these channels thus saving their lives and supporting the local facilities that take them in. We would prefer no animal pet stores in Carlsbad but if they are to be allowed that they only offer animals from shelters or rescue groups. Thank you- Constance and Victor Chavez 1 547 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Sharon Redsun <sredsun@roadrunner.com> Thursday, March 10, 2016 9:27 PM Council Internet Email banning the retail sale of pets in stores unless they are from rescues or from animal shelters Dear City Council Members: - Please pass an ordinance banning the retail sale of pets in stores unless they are from rescues or from animal shelters. If a Carlsbad resident would like a pet, there are wonderful local shelters with plenty of adoptable animals. Thank you, Sharon Redsun Carlsbad resident for the past 23 years 2 548 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Nancy Keating < naksf@att.net> Thursday, March 10, 2016 3:18 PM Council Internet Email Retail sale of puppies and dogs, cats and kittens Please do the right thing and ban the retail sales of puppies and dogs, cats and kittens. These animals are born into horribly harsh conditions with little or no care -it's all about the money. If you think that the mall store is a step above this-look into the back rooms; my husband used to read the meters there. He said the conditions were horrible! Puppy mills are bad business for everyone but the mill owner. Thank you, Nancy Keating CA.RVT (20 year resident of Carlsbad before moving to Fire Mountain, O'side) 1 549 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Ellen <eschneiderl17@aol.com> Thursday, March 10, 2016 11:25 AM Council Internet Email Puppy mills Please ban the sale if animals from anywhere besides shelters or rescues. Thank you Ellen Schneider. Sent from my iPhone 2 - 550 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Doris Schiller <dorisschiller55@gmail.com> Thursday, March 10, 2016 8:26AM Council Internet Email puppy mills Please disallow the retail sale of dogs at pet stores unless they are from shelters. Doris Schiller 3 551 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Joyce Lain Kennedy <jlk@sunfeatures.com> Thursday, March 10, 2016 7:49 AM Council Internet Email Ban puppy mills in Carlsbad This horrific practice harmful to dogs AND OWNERS must end. Joyce Lain Kennedy I Syndicated Caree[S Columnist I Tribune News Services Job Search Letters For Dummies I Job Interviews For Dummies I Resumes For Dummies Telephone 760-431-1660 I Website sunfeatures.com I Email jlk@sunfeatures.com 4 - 552 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: ldaviesS@cox.net Thursday, March 10, 2016 7:37 AM Council Internet Email Please support the pet store ban Dear Mayor Hall and City Council-members, Please pass an ordinance banning the retail sale of pets in the Carlsbad. This is not just a humane issue. It is also a consumer fraud issue. Listen to the people. Sincerely, Leslie davies Thank you, Leslie Davies 5 553 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Mayor and City Council, PAMELA SLATER-PRICE <pcslater@mac.com> Thursday, March 10, 2016 7:33 AM Council Internet Email Puppy mills - Please use your power to effect a tremendous good for your city and citizens: ban the sale of puppies from mass breeders known as puppy mills. These poor creatures are bred and raised in miserable conditions and their mothers suffer terribly until they are worn out and destroyed. The puppies most often are subject to illness and weakness due to poor breeding and conditions. These outfits are run by borderline criminals who care only about profit and have no moral or ethical values. Certainly NOT the image Carlsbad wants. This is not "pro business" -it is trafficking on misery. I urge you to stand up to these merchants of misery as your neighboring cities have done. Join San Marcos, Vista, Oceanside, San Diego and Chula Vista and DO THE RIGHT THING. Your constituents and your conscience will thank you. Respectfully, Pam Slater-Price Del Mar Sent from my beautiful iPhone 6 6 554 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Theresa Donnelly <tdonnellypao@gmail.com> Thursday, March 10, 2016 7:26AM Council Internet Email Retail Pet Store Sales Dear Members of Carlsbad City Council, Thank you for your time in considering this imperative ordinance to ban the sale of animals in pet stores and instead give homeless animals a chance to be showcased in prominent retail pet supply stores. It is a well known fact that responsible breeders put so much love and care into their breeding program. They are selective on where their animals go and in most every breed club's code of ethics, it specifically prohibits placement in a pet store. This is because breeders that are ethical take a pet back at any time and serve as mentors for the new pet family. Pet stores, on the other hand, are not even required to tell the consumer where the animal is coming from until point of sale. This denies the consumer an opportunity to ensure the pet they are spending upwards of thousands on, research if the breeder has USDA violations. In investigating this issue, the Humane Society of the United States and other animal advocacy groups have traced pet store animals to deplorable breeding conditions. The mother dog is bred to death and the animals receive little to no vet care. There is also a growing body of scholarly research that ties severe health and behavior issues to animals purchased through pet stores. Lastly, these stores employ deceptive loan tactics by charging exorbitant interest rates and make a pet owner exchange a defective dog (once attached of course) instead of covering owner's pet bills. In city after city, I have heard horrific stories from people duped into buying these poor, sick animals. I urge you to pass this ordinance and join the more than 120 other cities that have made such a compassionate stance. Thank you! Theresa Donnelly District Leader Volunteer California Congressional District 52 tdonnellypao@gmail.com t 808.388.3423 humanesociety.org 7 555 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Hi City Council members, Linda Logan < KisekiAkitas@aol.com > Wednesday, March 09, 2016 4:39 PM Council Internet Email Please ban pet stores that sell from commercial breeders I spoke at San Marcos City council about being a Reputable Breeder, a copy of my contracts are on my web site on my available page. www.KisekiAkita.com. What I would like to touch base on is the types of different breeders out there these days. There are several different types, the USDA Licensed (most are puppymill breeders), the BYBers (Back Yard Breeders), & The Reputable/Hobby Breeders (who breed to meet that breeds standard). Let me say that since you will see lots of photos of the puppymills and how their dogs are raised I will give you a bit more on the BYBers & the Reputable breeders and the BIG differences in all of them. The puppymill breeders start breeding the females as young as 4-6 months. They are bred every heat cyde after that until they no longer produce or produce smaller than normal litters. Then they are either auctioned off or killed. They get very little health care. No health testing to help prevent passing on any genetic issues. Are sold very young to Hunte Corp and trucked into pet stores. Yes the people at the pet store may work with pups and take care of them there, but where was any human contact or imprinting before that? These puppymill breeders usually have multiple breeds, breeding them and mix breeding them & sell them as "designer" dogs. So they can make more money. Did you know the pet stores charge from $1800 up to $4000 for a "designer" dog? Which is nothing more than a mutt. It can not be AKC registered! Although many new dog registries have opened up and are pay for registries as well. Guess you could start your own dog registry and offer registration papers with a fancy design on it and charge less than some of the others and make a profit too! AKC & UKC are the only true registries in the USA. A BYBer breeds for profit, with little or NO health testing. They are breeding many dogs as they can as often as they can. They can have only one pair or up to 10 pairs. NO health testing! Although they will tell you they have been vet checked, it is NOT the same thing. Very little vet care for them, pups are usually sold at a very high price and most are so filled with wonns they are very sick or get real sick. They are sold with full registration so they can be bred over and over again all for a few extra bucks. It is all about the money for them. They also use many false registries since not all of their dogs came with registration papers. It could be as simple as they bought a dog from a decent breeder and broke their contract so no papers, so they go to another pay for registry and get papers. Google dogs registries see what you get. These breeders also accept pay pal, and payments. They hide pedigrees (if you do get a pedigree hardly any Champions or 3 or 4 generations back) and get nasty when you ask about health testing or genetic issues. Check www.puppyfind.com type in a breed and you can see how many puppies are listed for that breed, you can also search by state. Then you have the Reputable/Ethical/Hobby breeders. We show our dogs, we put obedience titles, rally titles, and some do Therapy, Service, Search & rescue work. We breed to a standard written by the parent club for each breed. We sell puppies to SELECT homes, we have applications, we do background & home checks, we 8 556 pick the puppy that is right for that person or family, not just oh we want that one and whip out a credit card. We want our puppies in Forever fabulous homes! If for any reason they can not keep that puppy then it comes back to us, if they go against that in the contract they have fines to pay. If by chance it ends up in the shelter or rescue we take it back or help with funding. We do NOT just abandon our pups we have bred. Our pets are sold on spay/neuter contracts. Our puppies are played with, socialized, and well taken care of from day one. They are raised in our home, not in a wire cage or bam. We do proper health testing that is required for our breed, these tests can be viewed per breed and checked for proof of being done by AKC number or the dogs AKC registered name at www.offa.org. For an example look up one of mine, the daughter of my service dog I had with me last night, Kiseki's Don't Stop Believin'. Our pedigrees (almost every one if not all are Champions) are posted on our websites along with health testing done. Our female are not bred until they have passed their health tests and are over 2 years old. Then they have no more than two or three litters, and are spayed and either are found a forever couch potato home, or are kept until they pass naturally. It depends on the breeders and where they live and how much space they have (city limits and all). Most Reputable breeders work with and help with their breeds rescues through the parent club. We do fund raisers, or donate goods for raffles to help our rescues. We educate people about our breed every chance we get. We educate our puppy buyers and are sure they are right for the breed. Very few breeds are hypo allergenic as claimed at the pet store people. And if people were educated about buying puppies before buying them on a whim I am sure a lot less would be ending up in the shelters or in BYBers hands! Poodles & Bichons are the only two breeds I am aware of that d not have the normal "dander" that causes allergies. By mixing breeds to create "designer breeds they are adding more genetic issues. See this article: http:/ /www.glo balanimal.org/20 1 0/12/02/man -who-created -labradoodles-regrets-the-cross-breed/ Designer dogs are nothing more than a glorified mutt and should cost you any more than a shelter dog. There is a Dog show coming up at Bates Nut Farm in Escondido on June 13 & 14 it runs from 8 am to 5 pm. Go out, watch, look at the dogs, look at how well they are taken care of, talk with some of the other breeders, owners, and professional handlers. NONE of those dogs or any of their get (offspring) will ever see the inside of a pet store! I know several breeders, including myself who have given away pups because it was a fabulous home and they didn't have the money to pay for a pup (depending on breeds/breeders pups cost $1500 and up to $3500). I know in my last litter I sold two out of seven. Three are training for service dogs, one was returned to stud owner in lieu of a stud fee. That pup is currently doing Lure Coursing and training for Agility, conformation and possible Bam hunt work. My service dog I had with me last night is 8 years old. She is a retired show dog and has several titles. She had ONE litter of 6 puppies, two of which I kept! The rest are in wonderful pet/companion homes. Her son is looking for his forever home, until it comes along he is here with me being cared for, loved & socialized. Her daughter is almost 5 yrs old, she has had 1 litter and they are almost two years old. I have had this breed for almost 17 years. 2litters and I know where every one of my pups are! I am in contact with my puppy owners all the time. I have one in Japan with his service (navy) dad, I have one in CT, and the rest are here in Southern 9 557 California. I am more than willing to come talk to you, or give you any more information you need to make an informed decision. I did not have time to go into all ofthis or all of my background & history, so here it is: I grew up with Norwegian Elkhounds, showing & breeding, my mentor is one of the top breeders in Elkhounds today! I took Animal Care classes through SCROC (So Cal Regional Occupational Center) in Torrance in High School, I worked as a veterinarian technician forever 10 years, both in Los Angeles County and San Diego county. I have taught bunny care classes in a store that sold small animals (rats, & bunnies). I have had Akitas for almost 17 years. I have worked many Meet The Breed booths (MTB) with my dogs, and helped educate the public about our breed. I have worked at the MTB booths at Eukanuba dog show when it was in Long Beach for 5 years before it moved to FLORIDA, also the Pet Expo in Orange County. I am a member of ACA (Akita Club of America) for many years and in good standing. I used to be a member of Inland Empire Akita Club until it folded several years ago. I have a registered kennel name with AKC. I work hard with ACA rescues and am on the rescue committee. If you would like I will provide you with references. My service dog I have is CH Moonlight Kiseki's Kall Girl, CGC, CGCA, CGCU, VA, SD. I have Journey (her daughter) who needs a few singles to reach her CH, but entries have been down and we have been struggling to get enough for a point. She is also training for service work for my son Kris (who also spoke last night), he has seizures, and has been diagnosed with PTSD. Please if you have any questions, any concerns, or want to learn more about the Akita, please feel free to contact me. Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Linda Logan 760-294-2008 10 558 And rea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Attachments: Linda Logan <KisekiAkitas@aol.com> Wednesday, March 09, 2016 4:27 PM Council Internet Email Please Ban pet stores that sell from commercial breeders! imagel.PNG; A TTOOOOl.txt; image2.PNG; A TT00002.txt; image3.PNG; A TT00003.txt; image4.PNG; A TT00004.txt; imageS.PNG; A TTOOOOS.txt; image6.PNG; A TT00006.txt; image7.PNG; ATT00007.txt There are many different breeders out there please read over is and see the differences! Hobby & Reputable breeders are mostly the same and NEVER sell to pet stores! In fact they have contracts that have big fines attached if any of their pups/grand pups end up in a retail establishment! 11 559 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: To whom it may concern: Ashley Ward <wardashley90@gmail.com> Wednesday, March 09, 2016 4:11 PM Council Internet Email City Ban -Carlsbad Please pass an ordinance banning the retail sale of pets in stores unless they are from rescues or from shelters. This is a very serious issue that must be addressed in Carlsbad. It impacts the community tremendously. Thank you, Ashley Enjoy the day, Ashley Ward 12 - 560 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: > > Dear City of Carlsbad, > Kind Clothing <angels444angels444@yahoo.com> Wednesday, March 09, 2016 3:23 PM Council Internet Email Retail Puppy stores > I shop at the mall there in Carlsbad quite often as I am a resident of Oceanside. I am very disappointed to see that the pet store has opened again. Everyone knows where those puppies come from. They come from puppy mills and it is a disgusting industry that needs to be addressed. Cities across the U.S. are banning these stores unless their animals come from a shelter or rescue organization. I urge Carlsbad to join the growing number of San Diego cities banning these stores. > >Thank you, >Jennifer Taylor 13 561 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Hello Council Members, Sarah Van Coops-Bush <svcoops@mac.com> Wednesday, March 09, 2016 3:38 PM Council Internet Email Retail pet stores ban I will plan to attend the meeting on April 12th. Please pass an ordinance banning the retail sale of pets in stores unless they are from rescues or from shelters. Thank you, Sarah Bush Sent from my iPhone 6 1 562 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Dear City Council Members, sdveris@ road run ner.com Wednesday, March 09, 2016 2:50 PM Council Internet Email Ban Puppy Retail Stores Please use your voting power and BAN any and all retail puppy stores in Carlsbad. The inventory of puppies are obtained from the most horrific puppy mill environments imaginable. This Puppy Store owner, the company who owns the puppy mill, and the employees of the puppy mills could care a less about the well-being of the animals. They care about one thing only exploiting for Monetary gains. PERIOD! Not to mention the thousands and thousands of dogs put down in your Carlsbad County Animal Shelter due to over-crowding. There are enough shelter dogs, rescue dogs, and reputable breeders to obtain dogs, than this disgusting, horrific puppy mill/retail industry. Please do the right thing!! Regards, Scott Dveris 2 563 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: City Council Members, Kelsey Swann <ke.swann@yahoo.com> Wednesday, March 09, 2016 2:44 PM Council Internet Email banning retail sale of pets Please please an ordinance banning the retail sale of pets in stores unless they are from rescues or shelters. It just passed in San Marcos a few weeks ago, let's have Carlsbad follow suit and help end puppy mills. Regards, Kelsey Swann 3 564 '1 1 ~THEPUPPYMill ~PIIIJECT April 28, 2016 Carlsbad City Council Members and Celia A. Edmonson City of Carlsbad 1200 Carlsbad Village Dr Carlsbad, California 92008 Dear Mayor Matt HaH, Mayor Pro Tern Lorraine Wood and Council Members Mark Packard, Keith Blackbmn, Michael Schumacher and Celia A. Edmonson: I am writing to you as a concerned citizen of San Diego County, as well as on the behalf of many of your constituents in the city of Carlsbad. lam the West Coast Director for The Puppy Mill Project, a 501 © (3) nonprofit organization. 1 am writing to applaud your consideration of a Retail Pet Sales Ordinance. Pet Stores such as Carlsbad Pets in your commwlity have a a record of misleading the public as to the origin and quality of their puppies. We have obtained public records demonstrating that Carlsbad Pets purchases their puppies from conunercial breeding facilities engaging in deplorable practices related to the health and well- being of the dogs-places that the general public would find abhorrent and tmacceptable. These are facilities that house hundreds of dogs. They have been cited for licensing viollations due to animals with visible health problems, as well as unsanitary and unsafe conditions. Without doimg extensive research, the average citizen would have no idea that the puppy they are about to purchase comes from such appaJling circumstances. In short this is a business making significant profits off of egregious animal cruelty and unsuspecting consumers who would never knowingly support such an industry. My position is that supporting such a business in tbis community mns counter to Carlsbad's mission, beliefs and progressive nature. Stores such as Carlsbad Pets are the reason over 145 municipalities in the United States and 6 cities in San Diego County have taken local action to require such stores to convert to a humane business model in order to continue operating in their conununities. These ordinances are effective because they eliminate the primary sales outlet for unetbical breeders (responsible breeders, in contrast, do not sell to pet stores), and consumers are no longer misled as to the origins of the pet they are purchasing. I would like to highlight here that it is the misrepresentation of the origin of the puppies that should most certainly give you pause as you know, you were elected to protect the citizens of Carlsbad from just such duplicity. Many of your constituents have hailed your service to Carlsbad and are urging you to do the right thing for their community. ln 2012, I initiated the introduction of an ordinance in the city of San Diego prohibiting the retail sale of dogs, cats and rabbits from commercial breeding facilities, wjllicb passed unanimously in August of 20J 3. I encourage you to do the same and fulfill your promise to protect your citizens of Carlsbad and vote yes on a Retail Pet Sales Ordinance. Respectfully, Sydney Cicourel West Coast Director The Puppy Mill Project www. thepuppymillproj ect. org 565 .. Table of Contents Section Paoe Swnmary of Key Points and Recommendations ............................................................................. 3 Puppy Mill Facts ............................................................................................................................. 4 Differences between Puppy Mills and Responsible Breeders ......................................................... 5 Deficiencies in the Animal Welfare Act ......................................................................................... 6 Fail ures in USDA Enforcement ...................................................................................................... 8 Addressing the Pet Store Myths .................................................................................................... I 0 Where Can r Get a Dog? ............................................................................................................... 12 Summary of Retail Sales Ordjnances ............................................................................................ l3 Supporting Materials Text of Relevant Ordinances Chicago Companion Animal and Consumer Protection Ordinance .................................. 14 Los Angeles Retail Pet Sale Ordinance ............................................................................. 20 San Diego Retail Pet Sale Ordinance ................................................................................ 23 University of Pennsylvania Study on Risks of Pet Store Puppies ................................................. 29 Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) Puppy Buyer Complaints, A Five Year Summary, 2007-2011 ............................................................................................... 32 2 567 Summary of Key Points and Recommendations • Tbe most effective and enforceable way to eliminate the salle of animals bred in inhumane conditions and protect consumers is a retail pet sale ordinance that prohibits the sale of aJI commercially-bred cats and dogs, allowing pet stores to sell only animals sourced from shelters or rescue organizations. • We do not recommend an ordinance that would exempt a c:ategory of breeders allowing them to source pet stores provided that certain standards or conditions are met. Specifically, an ordinance that would create an exemption allowing breeders without direct violations or certain indirect violations of the Animal Welfare Act (A WA) to source to pet stores will render any ordinance ineffective. While these ordinances may be a well-intentioned effort to eliminate the most problematic of breeders, they offer no protection agaimst inhumane breeding operations and undem1ine the purpose behind a retail sales ordinance. An ordinance that exempts breeders based on a record of no violations will still allow pet stores to source dogs from breeders that operate with the most common and egregious characteristics of commercial breeding facilities, including stacked cages, wire or mesh flooring, repeated and unlim ited breeding, a lack of exercise, no human interaction, and minimal, if any, geneti c or health screening of breeding parents. These conditions are permissible under federal law and are therefore not reported or docwnented in Un ited States Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspections, and would not result in any violation. Accordingly, a breeder may keep dogs in appallingly inhumane conditions and be in compliance with all USDA regulations. Ordinances with this type of exemption are not a middh! ground between pet stores and proponents of retail pet sale legislation. Pet stores are often in favor of ordinances with such exemptions and advocate for them, demonstrating that they do not have any effect on pet stores or the sources from which they purchase their do,gs. • Ordinances that impose additional disclosures, such as incliUding the USDA license number and inspection reports for the breeders and brokers sow·cing the:ir stores, are not em~ctive and have little, if any, impact on pet stores or consumers. This type <)f inf01mation is not sufficient to in fluence consumer purchasing decisions, and will not caus.e a pet score to begin sourcing their dogs from mot·e humane sources. The breeder's USDA license number and inspection repott do not provide enough detail to allow a conswner to learn about the living conditions or level of care that a breeder provides, and are likely to provide a false sense of assurance to the consumer. 3 568 Differences between Puppy Mills and Responsible Breeders The key distinction between a responsible breeder and commercial breeder that breeds solely for profit is that responsible breeders do not sell to pet stor•es. Breed clubs prohibit their members from selling to pet stores, and selling to a pet store does not allow a breeder to properly screen potential purchasers. Retail sales bans that prohibit pet stores from selling commerciall y- bred animals do not affect truly responsible breeders. Therefore, most jurisdictions have eli minated sales from all commercial breeders. In additi.on, in contrast to p uppy mills, responsible breeder:s: • Never sell their puppies to pet brokers. • Do not sell their puppies over the Internet. • Provide appropriate food, water, shelter, and veterinary car•e for their animals. as well as sanitary conditions. • Carefully screen potential buyers and take care to place their puppies in loving homes. • Take proper care of breeding dogs. Mothers are only bred :a limited amount of times and receive appropriate veterinary care. • Typically specialize in one or two breeds and care about th<! breed. They are knowledgeable about their breeds' genetic and health issues. They test andl screen their breeding dogs to try to improve the breed and ensure healthy puppies. • Maintain only a smaJJ number of dogs. Responsible breede:rs are typically hobby breeders and are almost always too small to require United States Department of Agriculture licensure. • Operate with transparency. Responsible breeders allow potential purchasers to tour d1e property to see the living conditions of the dogs and meet the breedi111g mother/parents. • Properly socialize their puppies and ensure that puppies are with their mothers tor an adequate amount oftime. • Participate in breed competitions and are often members of national and local breed clubs. Breed clubs strongly discourage consumers from purchasing puppies from pet stores and their ethkal guidelines often do not allow for breeders to sell to ]pet stores. 5 570 Deficiencies in the Animal W.::lfa re Act • Pet stores rely on the fact that their breeders are licensed with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and cite their breeders' clean USDA record to support the pet stores' claims that they only source from reputable breeders. To the contrary. USDA licensure or an absence ofUSDA violations do not support any inference of humane or quality breeding. • Commercial breeders that sell to pet stores mu t be licensed by the USDA. The standards governing the care of cats and dogs in commercial breedi~ng facilities are set forth in the Animal Welfare Act (A WA), 7 U.S.C. § 2131 et. seq. and its accetmpanying regulations, 9 C.F.R. § I et. seq.2 • USDA licensure and standards do not protecl commercially-bred dogs. The A WA's standards are too minimal to ensure humane care or treatment and the USDA does not effectively enforce the AWA. • Even if enforced to its fullest extent, the A WA only requires the bare minimum in housjng facilities and care for the animals. The standards are far below what most people would consider humane or acceptable for companion animals. • The A W A leaves significant discretion in the hands of commercial breeders to define what constitutes an adequate level of care for the dogs with respect to living environment, cleanliness and sanitation, feeding, veterinary care, housing structures, and comfort. • A breeding faci lity could have hundreds of dogs stacked in cages in a bam, continually bred, and confined in spaces only six inches larger than their bodies for their entire Lives and thls would oot violate the A W A. Under the A WA and its regulations: • Dogs may be caged 24 hours a day. There is no exercise 1requirement if dogs are housed with other dogs and certain minimal size requirements are met for the dog's enclosure. • Dogs may be caged in a space with only six inches ofspa~.:e on each side, not including the tail. 2 Pet stores often reference the length of the A W A and its regulatio10s as evidence of the high standards to which their breeders are held, but onJy a small subpart of the A W A and its regulations applies to the humane care and treatment of dogs and cats in commercial breeding facilities. The A WA also contains sections on licensing, registration, record-keeping, and identification of animals, among other things unrelated to the care of the animals. It also contains standards for animals used in research, transported commercially, and exhibited to the public and includes provisions for rabbits, guinea pigs and hamsters, nonhuman primates, and marine mammals. Accordingly, the length of the A WA and its regulations is not indicative of the strength of the protections it affords or the difficulty of complying with its provisions. The A WA and its regulations are available here: http://www .aphis. usda.gov/ani mal wei fare/downloacb/ Ani mai%20Care%20B lue%20 Book%20- %2020 13%20-%20FINAL.pdf. 6 571 • Dogs may be kept in stacked cages. Mesh or wire nooring is allowed. • There is no limitlo the number of dogs on the premises. • Human interaction with the animaJs is not required. • Breeding females at the first heat cycle and at every heat C) cle is permissible. • Unwanted animals may be euthanized or auctioned off. 7 572 Failures in USDA Enforcement • Even if standards were sufficient to ensure humane treattnent of cats and dogs, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is overburdened and has a demonstrated record of lenie ncy towards commercial breeders resulting in a failure to prok~ct the animals under its care. This consistent lack of enforcement is another reason why relying on a breeder's USDA inspection record is insufficient to ensure that a breeder maintains any standard of acceptable care. • The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's (APHIS) An imal Care Unit is responsible tbr inspecting licensed facilities and enforcing the Animal Welfare Act (A WA). In 2015, the Ani mal Care Unit was responsible for overseeing 11 , I 03 licensed and registered fac ilities. 3 • The Animal Care Unit bas 119 tota l field employees, i111cluding only 47 "Animal Care Inspectors", on staff to inspect the 11 ,103 facilities und!er its supervision, not just commercial dog breeders and brokers. This includes animal exhibitors (including circuses, zoos, educational disp lays, animal acts. petting fa1·ms/zoos, wildlife parks. marine mammal parks, and some animal sanctuaries). research facilities (including hospitals, colleges and universities. and pharmaceutical tirms), and animal transporters (such as airlines and trucking companies). • US DA oversight is limited and inspections are often infrequent. While the Animal Care Unit inspects every new licensee, subsequent inspection is based on a "Risk Based Inspection System". Facil ities determjned to be lower risk may only be inspected once every 2-3 years; faci lities that are a moderate or average risk may only be inspected once a year ... • In 2010, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) conducted an audit of the Animal Care Unit and found numerous inadequacies in its enforcement of the A W A, including the following:5 APH IS took litt le or no enforcement action agains1t most violators of the A WA . 2,416 violators had repeat violations, some of wh ich ignored minimum care standards. APHIS did not properly cite or document violations. APHIS did not accurately report repeat or direct violations, leading t.o less frequent inspections and leaving the animals at higher risk for neglect and illness. Some serious direct violations were incorrectly reported as indirect violations (examples included significant tick infestations on the dogs, cockroach infested food sources, and excessive accumulations of feces and waste).6 3 This information was provided directly to The Puppy Mill Project from the USDA on August 17,2015, in response to a July 29, 2014, Freedom oflnformation Act request. ·• The Risk Based Lnspection System is described here: http://www.apllis.usda.gov/wps/portal/aphislhome/? I dm v&urile=wcm%3Apath%3A %2Faphis content libr ary%2Fsa our focus%2Fsa animal welfare%2Fsa awa%2Fct awa risk based inspection system 5 The full text of the report, including photos and exan1ples ofthe issues idemified above, is available at hup://www.usda.gov/oig/webdocs/33002-4-Sf.pd f. 6 The USDA defines a direct violation as one that ''has a high potential to adversely affect the health and well-being of the animal". An indirect violation is one that ·'does not have a high potentia.! to adversely affect the health and well-being of the animal." 8 573 APHlS assessed minimal penalties that did not deter· v iolators. APHIS misused its guidelines to lower the penalties for violations. including miscounting violations and changing the gravity of violations 9 574 Addressing the Pet Store lVIytbs Myth: Consumers are better protected purchasing a pet f1rom a pet store. • Dogs sold in pet stores are not healthier. Commercial breeders are not required to screen for any congenitaJ health defects. The conditions in commercial breeding facilities often lead to health issues, and dogs are often bred for appearance to obtain certain physicaJ traits, without regard for the resulting, often serious, health implications. Puppies are then shipped in crowded trucks for long distances, creating significant risk for the spread of illness. The Humane Society of the United States has prepared a five-year summary of the more than 2,400 puppy buyer complaints they have received, which is included in this packet starting on page 32. The Puppy Mill Project and other organizations also receive complaints from consumers. This is likely only a small subset of the individuals that have purchased sick puppies at pet stores. • Dogs sold in pet stores do not have better temperaments. Not on ly are many pet store puppies taken from their mothers before proper socialization occurs, but they d1en sit in cages without proper exercise. training, or socialization. A 20 l4 study conducted by the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine determined that puppies purchased from pet stores come with an increased risk for behavioral problems as adults (included in this packet starting on page29). • Consumers usually know more about an animal when it is adopted from a rescue. When a consumer obtains a pet from a rescue organization, that animal has often been carefuiJ y vetted, temperament tested, and treated for any illnesses prior to adoption. Rescues often carefully match potential adopters with animals that will be a good long-term fit for their family and offer post-adoption counseling and assistance with training and behavioral issues. Most rescues wi ll take an animal back at any point in its life. Rescues are also often subject to stringent disclosure requirements related to the history of the animal. In contrast, pet store purchases are frequentJy impulse buys without proper research into the breed and P'ersonali ty of the dog, or the economic costs of owning an animal. Myth: Pet stores must sell animals in ordel' to be succe.ssfUII. • Most pet stores throughout the country run hi ghly successful businesses by only selling pel supplies and offering pet services, such as grooming. Of the $58.04 bi ll ion d1at Americans spent on their pets in 2014, they spent $22.26 billion on food, $13.75 bi llion on supplies and over the counter medicine, and $4.84 billion on pet services such as grooming and boarding. Only $2.15 billion was spent on li ve animal purchases.7 Both large chains (such as Petco and PetSmart) and small local businesses run thriving pet stores without selling animaJs. • lf an ordinance exempts out animals sourced from shelters and rescues, pet stores may continue selling animals under a "humane" modeL where the store :sells cats or dogs obtained from an animal control center, humane society, or rescue organization. Stores that convert to a humane model will likely see an expansion of their customer base as there are many consumers who will not shop at any pet store that sells animals other than thosi! sourced from shelters or rescues. There are examples of very successful pet stores operating under the humane model seJiing 7 These figures were provided by the American Pet Products Association available at http://www.americanpelproducts.org/press industrytrends.asp. 10 575 rescued animals across the country. Myth: Regulation should be directed at bad breeders, not p,et stores. • Pet stores are a primary sales outlet for irresponsible breeders. Pet stot·es are necessary to sustain and perpetuate the industry, and therefore a signific:ant contributor to puppy mill cruelty. Eliminating the sales outlet for commerciall y-bred puppies is essential to addressing the puppy mill problem. • In contrast, regulations imposed on breeding operations are difficult to legislate and almost impossible to enforce. To ensure that an animal is sourced from a quality breeding operation and humane conditions, any regulation would have to go far beyond what is currently required by federal and state law. The entity imposing the regulatio111 would then be tasked with enforcing it, which would require inspections of hundreds of breeders, many of which are out of state. Regulating the retail sale of commercially-bred puppies is a practical and enforceable course of action that addresses the issue at tJ1e local level. Myth: Retail pet sale ordinances are extremist measures aitrned at shutting down pet stores. • Most animal welfare advocates are ardent supporters ofresjponsible pet ownership and humane pet stores, and often lovers of particular breeds. Retail pet :sale ordinances have overwhelming public support fi~om even outside of the animal welfare cornmunity. While each municipality has its own individual motivations for enacting retail pet sale legislation, their goals often extend beyond animal welfare. • There are often substantial economic arguments in favor of enacting retail pet sale ordinances. Passing companion animal legislation is likely to reduce the costs incw-red by municipal animal control facilit ies, which are often open admission shelters that use taxpayer dollars to house, feed, provide veterinary care for, and euthanize stray and re:linquished animals. A retail pet sale ordinance can reduce the bw·den on city shelters and local rescue organizations by decreasing the number of animals coming into shelters and rescues and increasing the number of animals adopted out. • Most retail pet sale ordinances are motivated by a need to protect consumers. Consumers purchasing cats or dogs from pet stores are usually unknowingly supporting an inhumane breeding industry and ate often w1aware of the likelihood that they are purchasing a pet that may have significant health or behavioral issues. Simply plUt, consumers are not getting what they pay for. Consumers often spend more than $1000 on an animal from a pet store, and can then be faced with several thousand dollars in veterinary costs to care for their ill pet • Retail pet sale ordinances are an effective way to address tbe problems related to pet overpopulation and reduce euthanasia rates. When there ar,e already thousands of unwanted animals, it does not make sense to continue importing thousands of intact animals into local communities. Bringing in even more animals capable of reproduction when there is already a surplus only contributes to pet overpopulation and increased euthanasia rates. ll 576 Where can I get a Dog? There are many options fo r consumers to get a dog of thei,:r choice: • Retail pet sale ordinances that prohibit the sale of commeJrcially-bred animals in pet stores do not affect a consumer's ability to obtain a dog that matches their preferences and needs~ it simply shifts the source of that animal to a more reputable one. • Responsible breeders. Responsible breeders offer dogs that are healtllier and better socialized than dogs sold in pet stores for a similar, sometimes lowe1r, price. Breed clubs or organizations. and even animal welfare organizations, are helpful resources and can often recommend responsible breeders. • Breed-specific rescues. Nearly every breed has a rescue and it is easy to locate breed-specific rescues with an Internet search. These breed-specific rescues include Bichon Frises, Basset Hounds. Alaskan Malamutes, Bemese Mountain Dogs, Pugs, Chinese Shar-Peis, and nearly anything in between. Many of these breeds are very expensive and are often designated as designer or hj gh-end breeds, yet they are readily available in rescue. Breed-specific rescues are extremely knowledgeable about their breeds and are outstanding choices for someone wanting a specific breed of dog. • Loca l shelters or rescue groups. The Humane Society of the United States estimates that there are 6-8 million cats and dogs entering she lters each year and that 25 percent of the dogs in shelters are purebred. Mixed breeds found in shelters often do not suffer from the same genetic and hereditary issues associated with purebred dogs. Dogs find themselves in shelters for a number of reasons related to life circumstances (for example, the owner has passed away. is moving, or no longer has the time for a pet), many of which are completely unrelated to the dog itself. • Petfinder.com. Petfinder.com is a national, searchable database where you can locate thousands of animals of all ages, sizes, and breeds in need of homes at shelters and in rescue throughout th e country. A search conducted in February 20 I 6, for ··baby" or "young" dogs within I 00 miles of San Diego, California, returned 3,397 results. Once expanding that search to include dogs of any age. the search rerumed 7.279 resuJts. 12 577 Summary of Retail Pet Sale Ordinances • The majority of retail pet sale ordinances provide for a complete prohibition on the retail sale of cats and dogs (and rabbits in some cases) in pet stores unless the animal is sourced from a shelter, humane society, or rescue organization. 8 • Most legislative entities incorporate the commonly-accepted definition of a puppy mill as a commercial breeding facility that prioritizes profits and financial gain over the health and well- being of the animals, based on industry research and investigation, govemment reports, and breed club guidelines that support the conclusion that commercial breeders who sell to pet stores prioritize profit over the well-being of their animals. • There are over 100 municipalities in the United States and Canada that have enacted a retail pet sale ordinance. Many of these ordinances have been enacted throughout Florida, Califomia, and New Jersey, and cities in Texas, New Mexico, and Ohio have also passed retail pet sale legislation. • Retail pet sale ordinances have been passed in all types of urban and suburban municipalities, including some of the largest cities in the United States (L<Jis Angeles, California~ Chicago, Illinois; Phoenix, Arizona; San Diego, California; El Paso, Texas), medium-sized cities (Toledo, Ohio; Albuquerque, New Mexico), and small villages and t:ownsbips. Many of these jurisdictions had pet stares selling commercially-bred animals at the time the ordinance was passed. where others passed preemptive ordinances. Tn Florida alone, there are over 35 retail pet sale ordinances that have been enacted. • Beverly Hills, California, is one of the latest cities to enact a sales prohibition that will penn it pet stores to sell only cats, dogs, and rabbits sourced from rescues and shelters. • The text of the Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Diego ordinances are included as separate attachments. These ordinances provide a clear, easily enfoJrceable, and effective approach to protecting consumers. promoting animal welfare, and regulating local pet overpopula tion and the problems associated with it. • Retail pet sale ordinances that prohibit the sale of animals from commercial breeders with an exemption only for shelters and rescues are easy to enforce by simply requiring local offici.als to verify the source of each animal in the store as a shelter or Jrescue. • Legal Challenges. Six of six legal challenges to retail pet sale ordinances in federal court have now been resolved in favor of retail pet sale bans. Federal ·district courts in Rhode Island, Florida, Illinois, Arizona, and New York have now upheld retail pet sale ordinances against lawsuits raising several constitutional objections from pet stores and breeder associations. The courts have unanimously rejected all of the pet stores· claims. ln fact, Florida courts have now upheld retail pet sale ordinances against challenges in both federal and state court. 8 Best Friends Animal Society provides a list of retail pet sale ordinances in the United States and Canada, avai !able at http://bestfriends.org/Resources/J urisd ictions-With-Retai 1-Pet-Sale-Bans/_ This page also provides links to the text of these ordinances. 13 578 WHEREAS, The Chic<ago Commissaon on Animal Cnn: nnd Control (the "CACC") unpnuncls upproxun~tely 20,000 animals each year. ln 2011 , the C/\CC euthanized 9.624 dogs t~n<.l cats out' of2 1.0S5 (46%). Ba.-;ed on the CACC's ~-;timutl!d cust lo euthanizc a dog and cal , rhe Ciry srcnt between $2J4,H64-$303, I XX curhanizing dogs find cars in 20 II. In 2012, the GACC cuthnnizcd 7,652 dogs and cats out of 19,523 (39'X.) spending an estimated $199,124- $251,384; WHEREAS. Each yem thousands M dogs amll'itls lill'l.! cuth<~nt~~d in the City. b!!GtliSL' they are not wunted. In 20 II, 6.32X dogs nnd t:<tls Ia ken in by lh~o.· Ct'\CC w~o.·rc O\\ ncr surrenders, which was 30% of the CACC's dog and cat intake. In 2012, 6,130 t.il>gs ;~nd cats taken in were ow ner surrenders (31 %). Owner surrentlers were the second lnrgcsl source of tlogs and cats taken into the C/\.CC behind strays in 2011 and 2012. By promoting the utloptil)llof'such dogs and cats, this Ordinance will rcuucc the financial burden on City taxpayers, who ray much of the cost to care for and cuthanizc many thousands of animals. In mldlit ion. by Slopping the sa le or puppy mill puppies and killen mill kith!ns in the City (~lnillHIIS that :1rc hllnwn tu have health ami behavior:1l issues as discussed aho\'e). this Ordin:m~:c should rL·duL't..: the amount of unw~u111:u animals brought to org.ani/.ations like the C.'\CC. which would al so rcdtu.:c the linanl.'ial burden on City l<lxpaycrs; WHEREAS, According to the Red Door Animal Shelter. rabbits are the third-most popular pet in the U.S., after dogs and cats. Rabbits are oJieQl trea ted inhumanely in the breeding mills and these animals are often viewed as disposable, wit hi the largest inOux of abandoned ttnimn1s being collected annually just after the Easter holidny. The Humane Society of the U.S. estimates thut 801Yu of rabbits sold as Easter or springtime pc:ts ure e\·enrmllly abandoned; WHEREAS, The Red Dour Animal Sht..:ltcr rcpurts thatnvl..!r n thuusand rabbi1s were rescued by Chicago area shelters in 2013, with on unknown number of these pets perishing before rescue could be made. This Oruinancc is necessary to decrease abandonment of r<~bbits; WHEREAS. The City incurs signil'ic<ml c()sls carin1? li1r antltrcuting animals brought intu the CAC'C. Since 2010, the CACCs anmaal hudgct apprupriatt..:c.J lWI.'r £300,000 in llwd: supplies; anc.J c.Jmgs. ml!dicinc and chemical materials alon~o.• tu c.:<arc lor its animals; WHEREAS, Because the CAC'C rcl.'ei,·cs ad\lpti"n .lh~s uf$65 per unimal, there IS a signiliL'ant lin~ncial incentive ltlr the City tn pronmtc the rchahil it:uiun and adoption or r'-'SL'liC c:tts and dogs by prohibiting the retail sales of comm..:rc:ially-brcd cuts and dogs by businl'ss cs1nblishmcnts located in the City. ln 2011. 0nly 1.404 (7%) uogs and c:-ats were atloptcd directly oul of the C ACC and only 1.341 (7%) were udopled directly out in 2012. Consumers may be more likely to adopt a dog or a cat if dogs and cats were not rendily available for purchase in pl:l stores. Mon.:over, there is a large financial bcnclit to consuml!rs who :tdopt animals. as the $65 fcc chnrgcd by CACC is in many cases signi llcantl y lowl.'r th;m the cost of purchasing a dog or cat trom a pet store: 581 w 1-1 En f. AS, Across t h~..· 1:0li1Hry, thousands or intl..:peHdl.'nt p.:t Stoi'I.'S as \\1t:ll :Is "" g~: chains operate prolit;.~bly with a business model focused on th•C s;rk ol' pL'I service.-; ;111d !->upplics und not on the sale of dogs nnd cats. Many or tl11.:se stores collabvrate wrth loeal<mimal shelters and rescue organizations to orter $pace and support for showcasing adoptable homeless pt:ts on their premises; WHEREAS, This Ordi1iancc will not affect a consumer's <1bility to nbtam a dog or cal of hrs or her choi<.:t: direct ly rrom a breeder. a brl·ed-sp~:<.:ilic rcst.:lll.' organiz;l\ron or a shrltc.:r; WHEREAS, In the United States nnd Canada alon~:. o•ver .:10 citie!'i hnve enacted ordinances addressing the sale of puppy and kiucn mill dogs :mtl ems, including Los Angeles, California; San Diego. California; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Austin, Texas; Toronto, Conada; nnd Brick. New Jersey; WHEREAS, Many cities have ndopted kgislation harming th~ sale 1.1f rabbits. includmg San Francisco. Calil(lrnia: Los Ang.cks. California: Richmond, 1.1C: FMt Worth . San Ani\Hlio. /\ustin. and llouston. TX; WHEREAS. Current F~tkral, Illinois und City laws nmll'l.:gulatwns tlo not J11'llpl·rly address th~: sale of puppy and kitt~:n mill tlogs and cats or rabbtit mill rabbits in City busin~:ss estublishments; WHEREAS, The Cit y Council bclit!ves it is in the bcs,t interests oi'the City to adopt reasonable regulations to reduce costs to the City and its rcsidti.!llls, protect the citizens of the City who may purchase cats or dogs or rnbbits from a pet store or o ther business establishment. help prev~nt inhumane breeding conditions. promote community a•w<m.:ncs s or ani rna! well;rn.:. e1nd foster n more hum<mt: en\'in>nment in the City; and. WHEREAS, The City desires to amend the Municipnll Code ofrhc City to rcgularc the retail S<llc of cats, dogs and rabbits in the City by adding the Ja,nguagc shown below; now. therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO: SECTION I. Th~ ahovc rt.:~itals arl· irll·orporat..:d hl.'rdn hy rdl.'r~.·ncl.' and mall\: th~: lim.lings ufrh~ City Counc.:il. SECTION 2. Chapter 4-3X4 of the Municipal Cmle .or Chicago is hereby amended by inserting n new Section 4-3/<4-0 15. as follows: 582 4-3~4-0 J 5 Rct:til S ale of Dogs, Cats and lh1hbils (a) lh•fiut/um,'\. A-:; u:o;cu in thi-:; sed inn: ··oncr(s) for sale" means to display. sdl. tkliv~r. t,rr~.·t· I'M sak ur ad,>ption. adwnJs~.· ror th~ sale or. barter. au~tinn. t!ivc away or othcrwis~ di spusc or·' dog. ~:tlllf r~lbhtl. "Retailer'' means nny person lic~nscd or required Lt> b~ litcnsc:tluntlcr this chapter who otTers for snlc: nny dug. cnt or rnbbit in the City. "Rescue orgunization" means any not-for-profit ~~rguni~at.il>n th:ll has l:tx ~.·xempt sta tus umkr S..;ctiun 50 I (c){3) of' the United States Internal Rcwnu~ Cud c. whose mission and pmctin: is. in whole or in Si!:,.'lliticant part, the rescue and placcmenr of dogs, ~:nts or n.1bbits. (b) Restrictions on the rc:tail :wle o(aninwlx. A rclililcr may ul'lcr lor salt: only those-clogs. ca ts or rabbits tha t the retail er has obtained from: (I ) un animal control center, animal care facili ty. kennel, pound or training facility nperated by any subdivision of locnl. slate.! ur fcc.Jernl gov~mm~m: or (2) a humane society or rescue ort!anization. {c) t.:H'IIIJ>Iiolls. The restrictions on n:tai krs set fnn h 1 n .subs~<.:t 1011 (hI u r this .s~~~ ion shall nut <lpply to any cntity listed in parngmphs (I) or (2) uf subs~o:ction (b) of this sc~tion. ur to any vcr~rinaty hospiral or d inic licensed pursuant to th~ Vct~.•rin:rtry Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of2004. codified at 225 ILCS 115. (d) Disclu.wres required. Any rctaih:r who of'f'crs tor sale a do~. C<ll or r<Jbbit shall make the fol lowing disclosures to the customer about sul·h animal: (I) for each dog or cal: a writh:n tlisl..'losurc nh:cl 111g nllnl' 1111..· n:quirl!mcnts set li.)rtl\ in Sect ions 3.5 or :us. as appl icable. ofth~ .<\nimal Wt'ltitr~ Act. codilicd at 225 ILCS 605; and. (2) for each rabbit: (i) the brt!t:d, approximate age, sex and color of the animal; (ii) the date and description of any inoculntion or medical treatment that the animal received while under the possession of the retailer; {iii) the name and address of the location where the animal was bom. res~.·ue<.l, rclinq11ishcd or impounded~ and (iv) ifthe animal was returned by a customer. the c.l<tle of and reason Ji)r the return. The disclosures required under this subsctuon (d) shall h~: pruvitkd by the rct;1ikr to the ~o:ustomcr 111 written form and shall be signed by both the rctu iler ''"d t.:ustomer :tt the time of sale. The retailer shall rctuin the original copy of -:;uch disc ltl:<UTI.' \111U ;11:knowlcdgcment li)r a period uf2 years from the dnte ofsnlc. Upon n:qucsl by an iluthori/:~d city ofticial. the original copy of 583 ORDINANCE NO.-------- An ordinance adding a new Section 53.73 to Articl1e 3, Chapter 5 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) to prohibit the sale of commercially bred dogs, cats and rabbits in pet stores, retail businesses or other commercial establishments in the City of Los Angeles. WHEREAS, the sale of commercially bred dogs, cats and rabbits contributes to the proliferation of homeless or unwanted animals that end up in public animal shelters; and WHEREAS, prohibiting the sale of commercially btred dogs, cats and rabbits in pet stores, retail businesses or other commercial establishments may lower the City's shelter animal euthanasia rate and lead to a greater adoption rate of shelter animals. NOW THEREFORE. THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF LOS~ ANGELES DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. A new Section 53.73 is added to Article 3 of Chapter V of the Los Angeles Municipal Code to read as follows: SEC. 53.73. SALE OF COMMERCIALLY BRED DOGS1, CATS AND RABBITS IN PET STORES-PROHIBITION . It shall be unlawful for any person to sell any live dog, cat or rabbit in any pet store, retail business or other commercial establishment located in the City of Los Angeles, unless the dog, cat or rabbit was obtained from an animal shelter or a humane society located in the City of Los Angeles, or a non-profit rescue and humane organization registered with the Department of Animal Services. For purposes of this Section, a rescue and humane organization is defined as a California non-profit corporation that is exempt from taxation under Internal RE:!Venue Code Section 501 (c) (3), participates in early age spay/neuter of animals, com1plies with State and local laws regarding the humane treatment of animals, and whose mission and practice is, in whole or in significant part, the rescue and placement of dogs, cats or rabbits. A violation of this Section may be prosecuted as a misdemeanor. A violation of this Section also may be enforced by means of an adminiistrative citation and penalty in the amount of $250 for the first violation, $500 for the sec:ond violation and $1,000 for the third violation. The ordinance will become operative six months after its effective date, and expire on June 30, 2016, unless extended by ordinance. 1 586 ORDINANCE NUMBER 0-.202.80 (NEW SERIES) DATE OF FINAL PASSAGE AUG 0 5 2013 -------- AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 4~, ARTICLE 2, DIVISION 7 OF THE SAN DIEGO MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING A NEW SECTION 42.0706 RELATING TO THE PROHIBITION OF THE SALE OF DOGS, CATS, AND RABBITS IN PET SHOPS, RETAIL BUSINBSSES, OR OTHER COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO. (0-2013-1 02) COR.COPY2 WHEREAS, the Companion Animal Protection Society presented a report to the Committee on Public Safety and Neighborhood Services (PS&NS) on March 13, 2013; and WHEREAS, the sale of dogs, cats, and rabbHs (companion animals) contributes to the proliferation of homeless or unwanted animals that end up in the public animal shelters and humane societies; and WHEREAS, the need exists to reguJate pet shops, retail businesses, and other commercial establishments iliat sell companion animals; and WHEREAS, existing federal and state laws, including the federal An.imaJ Welfare Act, the California Lockyer-Polanco-Farr Pet Protection Act, the California Polanco-Lockyer Pet Breeder Warranty Act, and the Califomia Pet Store Animal C:are Act, illustrate society's trend towards promoting the humane treatment of animals by regulEtting dog and cat breeders, as well as pet shops and stores; and WHEREAS, according to the Humane Society of tbe United States, hundreds of thousands of dogs and cats in the United States have been housed and bred at substandard breeding facilities known as "puppy mills" or "kitten factories." that mass-produce animals for sale to the public, and many of these animals are sold at retail in pet shops; and -PAGE 1 OF 6- -I ' J 588 (0~2013-102) COR.COPY2 WHEREAS, because of the lack of proper animal husbandry practices at these facilities, animals bom and raised at these "puppy mills" and "kitten filctories" are more likely to have genetic disorders and lack adequate socialization, while breeding animals utilized there are subject to inhumane housing conditions and are indiscriminately disposed of when they reach the end of their profitable breeding cycle; and WHEREAS, prohibiting the unregulated sale of comJpanion animals in pet shops, retail businesses, or other commercial establishments may lower the sale of dogs and cats from inhumane ''puppy mills" and '1citten factories/' may lower the shelter arumal euthanasia rate, and lead to a greater adoption rate of shelter animals; and WHEREAS, there are many reputable, responsible dog and cat breeders who refuse to sell through pet shops and who work carefully to screen families and ensure good, lifelong tnatches; and WHEREAS, the City seeks to prohibit lhe sale of companion animals in pet shops, retail businesses, and commercial establishments unless the animals are obtained from a city or county animal shelter or animal control agency, humane society, or non-profit t·escue organization; and WHEREAS, the PS&NS Committee, after bearing the testimony and evidence presented, directed a working group of animal organizations, City staff, and the City Attorney's Office to draft an ordinance regulating the sale of companion animals in pet shops, retail businesses, and commercial establishments; and WHEREAS, the PS&NS Committee, after hearing additional testimony and evidence on May 1, 2013, unanimously moved to forward the ordiuance to the City Cow1cil with the working group, City staff, and the City Attorney's Office to revise the language for the exemption section; NOW, THEREFORE, -PAGE 2 OF6-589 (0-2013-102) COR.COPY2 BE IT ORDAJNED, by the Council ofthe City of San Diego as follows; Section 1. That Chapter 4, Aliicle 2, Division 7 of the San Diego Municipal Code is amended by adding anew section 42.0706, to read as follows: §42.0706 Pet Shops -Prohibition of the Sale of Dogs, Cats, and Rabbits (a) It is unlawful for any person to display:, offer for sale, deliver, barter, auction, give away, transfer, or sell any live dog, cat, or rabbit in any pet shop, retail business, or other commercial establishment located in the City of San Diego, unless the dog, cat, -or rabbit was obtained from a city or county animal shelter or animal control agency, a humane society, or a non-profit rescue organization. All pet shops, retail businesses, or other commercial establishments selling dogs, cats, or rabbits shall maintain a certificate of source for each of the animals and make it available upon request to animal control officers, law enforcement, code compliance officials, or any other City employee charged with enforcing the provisions oftbis section. ( 1) For purposes of this section, a commercial establishment is defined as any for-profit business enterprise, including a sole proprietorship engaged in retail or wholesale commerce related to dogs, cats, and rabbits, including grooming parlors, canine day care, and boarding facilities. (2) For purposes of this section, a non-profit rescue organization. is defined as any California non-profit corporation that is exempt from taxation under Internal Revenue Code section 501 (c)(3), -PAGE3 OF 6- 590 (0-20 13-1 02) COR.COPY2 whose mission and practice is" in whole or in significant part, the rescue and placement of dogs, cats, or rabbits; or any non-profit organization that is not exempt from taxation under Internal Revenue Code section 501 (c)(3) but is cWTently an active rescue partner with a City or County of San Diego shelter or humane society, whose mission is, in whole or in significant part, the rescue and placement of dogs, cats, or rabbits. (3) For purposes of this section, a certificate of source is defined as any document from the source city or county animal shelter or auimal control agency, human~e society, or non-profit rescue organization declaring the source of the dog, cat, or rabbit on the premises of the pet shop, retail business, or other commercial establishment. (b) This section shall not apply to the display, offer for sale, delivery, bartering, auction, giving away, transfer, or sale of dogs, cats, or rabbits from the premises on which they were bred and reared. (c) Nothing in tllis section shaU prevent the owner, operator, or employees of a pet shop, retail business, or other commercial establishment located in the City of San Diego from providing space and appropriate care for animals owned by a city or county anilnal shelter or animal control agency, humane society, or non-profit rescue organization ansl maintaining those animals at the pet shop, retail business, or other commercial establishment for the purpose of public adoption.!. -PAGE 4 OF 6-591 (0-2013-102) COR.COPY2 Section 2. That a full readlng of this ordinance is dispensed with prior to its passage, a written or printed copy having been made available to the City Council and the public prior to the day of its passage. Section 3. That this ordinance shall take effect and he in force on the thirtieth day from and after its final passage. APPROVED: JA.t~ I. GOLDSMITH) City Attorney By Kkeni.U Deputy City Attorney KSL:hm 03/2712013 07/0112013 COR.COPY 07/09/2013 REV. 07/10/2013 COR. COPY 2 Or.Dept: CD6 Doc. No.: 595772 -PAGE S OF 6- 592 811212014 Penn Vet study finds pet store puppies come v.ith increased risk I Penn Current • Subscribe to our RSS reed • VWit us on Facebook • VISit us on Twitter • Visit us on Flickr • Visit us on Youtube http:/fww..N.upenn.edu/pennnew.;/current/201 :>-Q5. 16/latest-nev.s/penn-vet-study-finds-pet-store-puppies .. corne-increased-risk 313 596 SO Ret urned due to illness. About 2% of total complainants reported returning their puppy to the store or breeder due to illness, often stating that they could not afford the veterinary care to treat the puppy. It is possible that many of the returned puppies died or were eut hanized after being brought back to the store or breeder, but we did not count them under "deaths" because their fate is unknown. 158 Other: 6% of complaints involved not receiving promised .'"ltlllr .... _ J 1'1'"f. ~~')!7" ~~Jt"~. THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STAT£S "I purchased [an] English Creme Golden Retriever puppy [who] had such severe hip dysplasia in both hips that at 4 months old the puppy could barely walk. We have had one hip replaced and still have one to go. The total cost for the surgery is $13,000. This does not include all the visits to the vet as well as the orthopedic vet we had to see, as well as the X-rays and medication to keep J~im comfortable prior to doing the surgery." -Maureen T., Guilford CT registration papers, sanitation or grooming issues (such as dogs tdelivered to the buyer with matted fur, fleas, overgrown nails, excessively dirty, or other signs of general neglect), the sellers misrepresentation of puppy's breed or size, etc. Because deadly diseases in puppies may have an incubation period of up to two weeks, it was common for puppies to seem healthy at time of purchase, only to become! sick or even die within one to ten days. Some buyers reported spending thousands of dollars trying to save the life of a sick puppy, with a few spending more than $10,000 in veterinary bills attempting to save the life or ease the suffering of their pet . ....................................... "When I first held Franchesca, I noticed that she sneezed a few times States with the Most and was very sleepy. The [pet] Store Manager mentioned that she Complaints Submitted to had been sneezing and may be coming down with a cold .... By 10:00 HSUS pm, Franchesca was throwing up and could barely hold up her own head. The x-rays revealed that Franchesca had Pneumonia in both lungs. It was estimated that the total costs [for treatment] could be as much as $1,800." -Carrie E., Columbu? OH ............................................. For each complaint, The HSUS kept a record of the buyers state in addition to the sellers' state(s). For example, if a Virginia consumer complained about a puppy she purchased over the Internet who was shipped to he r from Missouri, the complaint would be logged as a Virginia consumer complaining about a Missouri business. A Florida consumer who purchased a puppy from a Florida pet store that was shipped to the store from Arkansas would be logged as a Florida consumer complaining about Puppy Buyer Complaints,© The Humane Society of The United States 2012 Page4 600 1r;.~~~~ '5..ib~1'.Y ·~~~~.THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATE.S Wisconsin, and lndiana.2 Missouri generated the highest number of complaints about both breeders and brokers. This is consistent with research and analysis of state and federal records which has shown that Missouri is one of the top puppy-producing states. After Missouri, the top states for breeder complaints were Oklahoma, Texas, Ohio, and Arkansas. After Missouri, the top states for broker (dealer) complaints were Florida, Kansas, Pennsylvania, and Iowa. Note: many buyers were not certain if their puppy came from a breeder or a broker because many complainants only knew who shipped or provided the puppy. They were not sure if the operation that provided the puppy was a breeder (where t he puppy was born) or a broker (a dealer who re-sells puppies to others). For that reason, the breeder/ broker section is combined. Complaints by Business Type Although many complaints involved more than one seller (puppies sold for the pet trade often change hands multiple times), each complaint was categorized according to the acquisition source of the puppies, which were reported to HSUS as follows: • 1,599 of the 2,479 complaints (about 65%) involved puppies purchased from a pet st ore. • 880 of the 2,479 complaints (about 35%) involved direct sales from a breeder or a broker. • 387 of the 880 breeder/broker puppy buyer complaints involved an Int ernet transaction. This amounts to 44% of all breeder/broker complaints. Note: In some cases, buyers of a sick puppy identified the store but did not know the name of their puppy's breeder or broker. In other cases, they submitted a complaint about both the store and the broker or breeder who had supplied the puppy to the st ore. Deception and Broken Promises Although their primary complaints were about rece iving a sick pet, many puppy buyers also complained about broken promises, deceptive marketing, and/or a seller's attempts to cut costs by skimping on vet care or requiring the buyer to take the puppy to their participating vet. 2 Some metropolitan areas with high concentrations of pet store complaints (for example: Chicago and Miami) often generated fewer breeder complaints since most large-scale dog breeders are not located in densely populated urban areas. Conversely, states with larger rural areas (AR, MO) that had many breeder/broker complaints often had a much lower number of pet store complaints. Puppy Buyer Complaints,© The Humane Society of The United States 2012 Page 6 602 t!f~~~ ·-~~r-~. THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES One buyer, whose puppy has a serious joint disorder that will require surgery, described alleged deceit by her puppy's breeder as follows: "She advised me the puppy was AKC and stated in the contract that she would provide me with the documentation within 10 days of the sale. Th e contract and guarantee also states that she would pay for any treatment in the [event] of a congenital health issue. [But now] the breeder has cut off all communications ond left me with a crippled puppy.'' Often pet stores were accused by buyers of down playing a puppy's alleged health issues and/or using vets who treated their puppies with the least expensive and often ineffective 1treatments. One buyer whose puppy was eventually diagnosed with pneumonia wrote: "{The pet store] t~old me at the time that he may have a bit of kennel cough and that I had to take him to their vet. They gave me some pills, A/bon and F/agyl and told me to give him that. He didn't improve, he actually got worse. I took him to their vet and he said he hod a respiratory infection. More pills and a daily trip to the kennel for breathing treatments. StU/ no better. I ended up taking him to [another vet] where they immediately diagnosed him with Pneumonia. He was in ICU and almost died." Conclusion Behind the statistics of this summary are more than 2,400 puppies who suffered and sometimes died, and more than 2,400 families or individuals who suffered along with their pets, both financially and emotionally. It was common for complainants to use phrases such as "heartbroken" and "devastated" to describe the psychological effects of dealing with a sick puppy. Witnessing their beloved pet experience ongoing pain and distress and sometimes death was often compounded by financial worries as many buyers reported that they went into debt in an attempt to treat their puppy's problems. It was not uncommon for complainants to state that: their puppies would have to be on costly medications or therapies for the rest of their lives. The HSUS compiled and released this information for several reasons. First, we want to warn consumers about the many problems that affect commercially--raised puppies and their buyers, often due to uninformed or impulsive purchases from questionable sellers. When the public understands better the potential pitfalls of purchasing from questionable sellers, or from any puppy breeder they have not personally visited and carefully researched, they can avoid financially supporting puppy mills and dealing with the heartache of a sick pet. Second, The HSUS hopes to demonstrate that certain states have a high number of complaints in order to make it clear to lawmakers that stronger laws and oversight are needed, especially in states linked to numerous complaints. Stronger oversight of puppy mills can help stop potentially cruel conditions before they become entrenched, and can help ensure that only healthy and well-raised puppies are offered for sale to the public. Puppy Buyer Complaints,© The Humane Society of The Uni1ted States 2012 Page7 603 ~-;.[~~~ ~r~~~'t .,~~"""~THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES 1\1ETHODOLOGY The HSUS data lhat is lhe basis of this report was collected from anecdotal rather lhan statistical sampling data. It is a very small sample of all of the events 1hatlikely occurred nationwide during the time period stltdied. Consur.ners volunteered the information via HSUS web form submissions, and/or by phone or email. Their complaints were then entered in TJ1,e HSUS's internal database of puppy buyer complaints. An attempt was made to follow up with every complainant to determine lh'e fate of the puppy and gather additional details, however not all complainants responded to follow-up inquiries. This report was based on the date each complaint was received rather lhan the purchase date ofthe puppy. Consumer complaints that were of a general nature or did not involve a puppy purchase were omitted from the sample. Puppy Buyer Complaints,© The Humane Society of The Unite~d States 2012 Page8 604 If Carlsbad wishes to enact a policy that protects consumers, we encourage you to pursue a policy similar to the one adopted by the State of Connecticut. Their law prohibits pet stores or dealers from purchasing animals from any breeder that has been found to have committed a direct violation of USDA animal welfare regulations or three or more indirect violations of USDA regulations related to the health or welfare of an animal in the last two years. These legislative safeguards not only protect animal welfare but also preserve consumer choice and businesses in your community. In the interests of our shared commitment to the wellbeing of all dogs, the American Kennel Club urges you to oppose the proposed ban on retail pet sales. I would welcome the opportunity to work with you or other stakeholders to develop alternative and more effective solutions to reduce shelter intakes, expand responsible dog ownership and promote responsible pet choice in Carlsbad. Please do not hesitate to contact me or another member of the AKC Government Relations team at 919-816-3720 or doglaw@akc.org if you have any questions or we may be of assistance. Sincerely, ~/-!.~ Sheila Goffe Director, Government Relations Cc: Members of the Carlsbad City Council 606 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Dear City Council, Cecilia Estevez <estevOOl@cougars.csusm.edu> Tuesday, May 03, 2016 10:34 AM Council Internet Email Don't ban Carlsbad Pets Store Please don't ban Carlsbad Pets Store. I purchased a puppy from this store a few months ago, and I didn't see anything wrong. The pets are well taken care of, and I don't believe these puppies are from puppy mills. The people working there care a lot about the pets, and ifl have seen anything wrong, I would have reported. Thank you. -Cecilia 4 - 607 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Ann scott <annsterlingscott@outlook.com> Wednesday, April 27, 2016 11:43 PM Council Internet Email vote yes Please support the sale of mass-produced puppies in retail stores. Ann scott 2475 jefferson #206, Carlsbad, ca. 92008 6 608 Morgen Fry From: Sent: To: Subject: Dear Council, Cindy Knowles <cindy@furrylicious.com> Friday, April 29, 2016 11:46 AM Council Internet Email DO NOT Ban the Sale of Puppies in Carlsbad Please do not succumb to the Animal Rights Activists and their agenda to shut down a wonderful puppy shop. The Animal Rights and the HSUS want to end all pet ownership. Please don't believe that all the puppies are coming from "Puppy Mills"-this is a made up term by the Animal Rights people. There are wonderful breeders and wonderful puppy shops. Look at what is happening in Los Angeles where they have passed a ban. Now instead of a regulated pet shop selling from regulated breeders you now have a black market. Puppies are being trafficked over the border. Consumers have no protection and the puppies are coming in with infectious disease with no Veterinary care. Please meet with the store owners and understand their business model and what they do for your constituents in the community. Learn about their business and how they meet regulations and work with their breeders and transporters, and please investigate the lies and untruths of this Animal Rights activists before they destroy all pet ownership. Thanks, Cindy Knowles 908-334-7021 12 609 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Dear Carlsbad city, Elizabeth Montes <ramontesl301@gmail.com> Sunday, May 01, 2016 3:01 PM Council Internet Email Don't close Carlsbad Pets Store I don't agree with closing the Pet's Store in Carlsbad Mall. Every time I go there,( 4 times a month) I enjoy seeing the dogs happy and active. Any time I'm there the staff greet me with a smile and I see they take good care of the place and the dogs. I really enjoy those visits. I'm pretty sure they also value my visits. Please don't close the store. Elizabeth Montes Ramos Primerica Financial Services 760-470-2159 16 610 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Randy Horowitz <petland245@gmail.com> Sunday, May 01, 2016 4:58 PM Council Internet Email Proposed Puppy Ban I and many others oppose a Proposed Puppy Ban, It will have the opposite effect you think. Here are some cold hard facts. 12 Things You Should Know About "Puppy Mills" 1) The animal "rights" groups LIE. There is no such thing as a "puppy mill". "Puppy mill" is not a legally defined term, it is slang invented by the "animal rights" extremists to denigrate any and all breeders --small or large, standard or substandard. It's the "N-word" of breeders and equally insulting to use. The phrase "puppy mill" has been promoted in the media by the animal "rights" movement, people who want to end all animal ownership. It is applied indiscriminately by these fanatics to anyone who breeds dogs. 2) In our modern day of instant access to information it is almost impossible for anyone to raise dogs without being under scrutiny. Those horrendous photos you see in commercials for the "Humane Society" are mostly outdated, from a foreign country or a 1 in one million exception to the care given animals by breeders everywhere. The photos are intended to shock and horrify you into giving money. Any photo can be photo shopped into looking really bad. Be skeptical. If you didn't see it with your own eyes take it with a grain of salt. 3) You didn't "adopt" a dog. If you paid money to a shelter it is a sale not an adoption since dogs are not children. 4) Passing laws intended to outlaw "puppy mills" will not solve any problem. Most substandard breeders are unlicensed and already in violation of existing laws and don't care. New, stricter laws will only affect those who are already working to follow the laws. The only way to have any effect is to provide the funds and manpower to enforce the laws that are already on the books. 5) USDA LICENSED PROFESSIONAL breeders are NOT "puppymills". There are currently only 1538 licensed professional breeders in the US. Pet stores are required by law to only buy from LICENSED breeders. 6) All the hobby breeders in this country cannot produce enough puppies to meet the demands of the American market. Recent changes in laws are NOT stopping substandard kennels from continuing. It is closing down reputable breeders who work very hard to produce healthy purebred puppies by making it more difficult and expensive for them to continue in their HOBBY. 7) BREEDERS are NOT responsible for the presence of dogs in shelters. "Producing" dogs due to failure to be a responsible owner and "breeding" dogs are not the same. We have a problem with a lack of responsible ownership, poor shelter management and poor pet distribution. Education is the key to improvement in this area. The American Kennel Club is a REGISTRY. They have no police powers to regulate kennels. All they can do is withhold registration. 8) The Humane Society of the United States owns and operates NO shelters, has NO police powers and is not part of the federal government. They are a privately owned political lobbying organization opposed to ALL breeding of animals. Also the HSUS scams innocent people out of their money. They take in over $100 Million dollars a year and give less than a million dollars to shelters. The rest they spend on travel, million dollar homes, pensions, huge salaries and have over $100 million dollars sitting in an offshore account. To find out more about the HSUS go to humanewatch.org The ASPCA owns ONE shelter in New York City. 9) It has been PROVEN there is NO PET OVERPOPULATION. Since 2005 the birthrate for puppies has not been meeting the demand. Many rare breeds are declining to the point of extinction due to anti-breeder laws. According to the USDA more than 300,000 dogs were imported in 2013 from foreign countries by SHELTERS. If the current rate of laws and decline continue within 20 years your only source for a puppy may be a shelter "mutt" from Mexico, China or Puerto Rico with possible behavioral issues and NO health testing. Even HSUS admits that 83 percent of owned dogs are spayed or neutered. www.shelterproject.naiaonline.org<http://www.shelterproject.naiaonline.org/>. 1 0) There are three main types of breeders: Professional, Pet and Hobby/show breeders. Every one of these can be a large-scale breeder, every one of these could be a substandard breeder. Professional kennels are subject to state and/or federal oversight. Substandard care can be found with all types of breeders. It is about the standard of care, NOT the numbers. Most Professional I breeders have state of the art kennels that meet USDA standards and the 11 611 standards of their state laws. They are inspected at least yearly and must meet or exceed 143 pages of stringent standards far higher than those expected of the average hobby breeder. They are NOT those horrible chicken cages shown on the deceptive commercials of HSUS and ASPCA. 11) "Sick" puppies do not sell. Sick females do not conceive and produce puppies. Sick males do not produce sperm and sire puppies. It is counterproductive for any industry to produce a defective product and expect to stay in business. For every sick puppy found at a pet store, THOUSANDS of perfectly healthy puppies are sold. Any dog can have health issues. It's about Mother Nature NOT lack of care or numbers. 12) A shelter dog is NOT for every family. Shelter dogs come with baggage that can require an EXPERIENCED owner. Shelter dogs have NO health testing and frequently have behavioral issues that take years of training to overcome. Health care and training for a shelter dog can cost THOUSANDS of dollars and still not result in a quality pet. Obtaining a dog should be a time for rational decision making--not an excuse for moral preening. If 'adopting' a shelter dog makes you feel'better about yourself, you don't need a dog. You need a therapist. You are more likely to purchase a dog with health or behavioral issues from a shelter than a pet store. Many shelters no longer have young animals to sell and have to import them from other states and even FOREIGN COUNTRIES. For more information: www.naiaonline.org <http://www.naiaonline.org/> www.humanewatch.org <http://www.humanewatch.org/> www.nathanwinograd.com <http://www.n> www.saova.org <http://www.saova.org/> CFoDC <http://www.cfodconline.org/> Randy Horowitz 12 612 Andrea Dykes From: Sent: To: Subject: Cindy Knowles <cindy@furrylicious.com> Sunday, May 01, 2016 5:05 PM Council Internet Email Stop with the madness with these Crazy Activists! The radical activists are at it again. Please don't listen to their lies and untruths and stand your ground NOT to ban the sale of puppies from reputable breeders and pet shops in Carlsbad. This will only make for a further black market. Look what is going on at the border! Rescue Mills are now popping up and unregulated "retail rescue" is more rampant than ever. This is better than a regulated breeder and pet shop? Regulation is the answer. Not Bans! As well, I know you see all these problems with the Shelter and Rescue dogs. lfthey are not sick with infectious disease there are many stories, even in the news lately, with shelter dogs and their attack on children! Look at that newborn baby that was just killed last week. These are the dogs the activists want Carlsbad consumers to buy! This is wrong! This is the United States of America, your constituents deserve to choose the puppy or dog they want for their family. 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