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  • OREGON CITIES EYE BANS ON PET STORES, DIESEL, NATURAL GAS

    08/10/2022 3:39:54 PM PDT · by Twotone · 45 replies
    Oregon Catalyst ^ | August 10, 2022 | Staff
    Oregon is in a banning mood. The City of Bend this week is considering banning pet stores from selling cats, dogs and rabbits. Oddly, there is no store in Bend that actually sells cats, dogs and rabbits, so this ban would stop any store in the future from considering it. Such a ban could have the unintended consequence of reducing oversight of known sellers, while driving up the price of private sellers in the private unregulated market. The City of Eugene has been debating banning natural gas from being installed in most new homes being constructed. Expect energy prices to...
  • California Will Become First State to Require Pet Stores to Sell Only Rescue Animals

    12/31/2018 12:35:53 PM PST · by SoCalConserv · 96 replies
    Time.com ^ | December 29, 2018 | Gina Martinez
    "California will become the first state in the U.S. to prohibit the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits in pet stores unless the animals are from a rescue organization. The new law, titled AB 485, is an effort to crack down on puppy mills. Starting on Jan 1. 2019, California pet shops will only be allowed to sell dogs, cats, and rabbits from shelters and rescues."
  • San Francisco Bans Everything

    08/02/2018 6:53:29 PM PDT · by OddLane · 45 replies
    Sultan Knish ^ | August 2, 2018 | Daniel Greenfield
    Here are a few things that are effectively legal in San Francisco: drugs, public defecation and shoplifting. And here are some of the things that are banned or will be banned in the City by the Bay. Straws. Fur coats. Bottled water. Eating at work. Vaping liquids. Upholstered furniture. Plastic bags. Pet stores. Electric scooters. Coffee cups and packing peanuts. Tropical fish. The McDonald’s Happy Meal. If you can think of something, San Francisco has already banned it. Or will be banning it soon. North Korea with a tech industry and some leftover Victorian architecture (which it’s banning tour buses...