Publication/Event date: 2011-07-19
Publication name: Corona del Mar Patch
URL for more info: http://coronadelmar.patch.com/articles/city-of-newport-beach-issues-stop-work-order-on-i-heart-puppies-store-in-corona-del-mar
Summary:
I Heart Puppies in Corona del Mar has been in hot water this month with many animal lovers and on Tuesday was required by the city to temporarily close its doors.
Problems for the pet store began on July 5, just a few days after it opened, when the Companion Animal Protection Society—a national nonprofit, investigative group—launched a probe into the store after receiving numerous complaints from residents. Carole Davis, the organizations’s West Coast director, said the investigation has led to information that showed I Heart Puppies did not have proper permits to have a pet store with live animals and resulted in the store’s temporary closure.
