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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) New York on Thursday became the latest state to ban the sale of cats, dogs and rabbits in pet stores in an attempt to target commercial breeding operations decried by critics as puppy mills.

The new law, which was signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul and takes effect in 2024, lets pet shops work instead with shelters to offer rescued or abandoned animals up for adoption. It will also ban breeders from selling more than nine animals a year.

This is a very big deal. New York tends to be a big purchaser and profiteer of these mills, and we are trying to cut off the demand at a retail level, said Sen. Michael Gianaris, a Democrat.

He added that the puppy mill industry treats animals like commodities and said there is no pet store not affected.

Pet stores in New York State will soon be prohibited from selling dogs, cats and rabbits. The ban, which takes effect in December 2024, is meant to prevent the sale of animals raised by commercial breeders accused of keeping them in inhumane conditions. https://t.co/c5mQnqJGpp pic.twitter.com/RsCsTr3AfA

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Pet stores in New York State will soon be prohibited from selling dogs, cats and rabbits. The ban, which takes effect in December 2024, is meant to prevent the sale of animals raised by commercial breeders accused of keeping them in inhumane conditions. https://t.co/c5mQnqJGpp pic.twitter.com/RsCsTr3AfA
The New York Times (@nytimes) December 15, 2022

Pet shops have argued that the law will do nothing to shut down out-of-state breeders or increase their standards of care and said it would result in the closures of the dozens of pet stores remaining in New York.

California enacted a similar law in 2017, becoming the first state to ban such sales . While that law requires pet stores to work with animal shelters or rescue operations, like New York is doing now, it does not regulate sales by private breeders.

A handful of states followed. In 2020, Maryland banned the sale of cats and dogs in pet stores, triggering pushback from shop owners and breeders who challenged the measure in court. A year later Illinois barred pet shops from selling commercially raised puppies and kittens.

In New York, pet advocacy groups have long called for a full shutdown of facilities that raise and sell animals for profit, saying animals are raised in inhumane conditions before they are shipped off to stores.

Emilio Ortiz, a manager at Citipups pet shop in New York City, said the new law could serve as a death sentence for the business hes worked at for more than a decade.

Ninety percent of our business is selling dogs. Were not going to survive this, said Ortiz, who considers the ban unfair to stores that work with responsible breeders. Theyre closing the good actors along with the bad actors.

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