Ordinance Number O-2013-102
July 9, 2013
On July 9th, 2013 the city council committee made a unanimous decision to ban the commercial sale of dogs, cats, and rabbits making San Diego the 2nd largest city in the US to ban the sale of companion animals. Currently, San Diego Puppy and The Pet Market are the only pet shops remaining in the city of San Diego. CAPS initiated the ordinance more than a year ago after a two-year investigation of puppy mills that supply pet stores in Southern California. CAPS began investigating San Diego Puppy in June of 2011 after complaints from consumers who had purchased sick and dying puppies. The owner of San Diego Puppy, who first sold over the Internet and opened his store in the spring of 2012, obtains puppies from The Hunte Corporation.
