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In the ongoing fight against pet shops and puppy mills, 2024 presented many challenges. But thanks to the generous support of our donors, CAPS scored major victories at every level: local, state, and national. Our undercover investigators went to pet shops and hard-to-infiltrate puppy mills…Read more

Ban on the Retail Sale of Dogs, Cats and Rabbits Takes Effect on 12-15-2024 On December 15, 2022, Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Puppy Pipeline Bill (S.1130/A.4283) to ban the retail sale of dogs, cats, and rabbits. This legislation will take effect in 2024 and…Read more

CAPS saves at-risk shelter dogs and develops a plan for Kern County Animal Services in Bakersfield, California Learn more here: https://caps-web.org/caps-saves-at-risk-shelter-dogs/Read more

New York Assembly Passes A4283 by a Vote of 133 to 16. Thank you to Senator Michael Gianaris and Assembly Member Linda Rosenthal for working with CAPS and other nonprofits to finally pass the much-needed legislation to ban the retail sale of dogs, cats, and…Read more

Tune in to Ep. 48 of The Canine Condition podcast: CAPS President Deborah Howard and Lead Investigator Pete Paxton discuss CAPS’ investigative and legislative work in New York. They also talk about state and national implications of passing A4283, the state assembly bill to ban…Read more

Puppy Experience and Sportsman’s Kennels, both pet shops investigated several times by CAPS, are suing Riverhead, NY over the town’s ordinance banning the retail sale of dogs and cats. CAPS General Counsel John Maher is representing Riverhead. New York law mandates that local ordinances may…Read more

New York and California Legislative Updates Banning the Sale of Dogs, Cats and Rabbits at Pet Shops Money talks. We all know it. The purveyors of mill-bred animals know it, too—it’s the whole reason they created their twisted industry. To make money. Here at CAPS,…Read more

New York—the city that never sleeps. Over the course of CAPS’ 5-year investigation of New York pet shops, CAPS investigators didn’t seem to sleep much either. Between 2013 to 2018, CAPS went undercover to investigate more than 100 New York pet shops, some of them…Read more