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Shut Down New Jersey's Puppy Mill Pipeline!
Dear Legislator,
As an animal advocate and your constituent, I am reaching out to ask for your support on S. 2511/A. 4051. I was disappointed to see this important measure stall in 2024, because it will stop cruel breeders from selling their dogs in New Jersey’s pet stores as other states and communities have done.
Puppies sold in pet stores come from commercial breeding operations known as “puppy mills,” designed to prioritize profit over the well-being of animals. In these operations, dogs often spend their entire lives in wire crates without adequate shelter, veterinary care, food or socialization. At the end of 2024, New York's law prohibiting the sale of dogs and cats in pet stores went into effect, and some of these businesses moved into our state bringing predatory sales tactics, deception and sick puppies with them. Without action now, I am concerned this problem will only grow.
Year after year, the pet industry has demonstrated that it is not interested in ensuring the welfare of the dogs it churns out, nor is it interested in transparency or public accountability. These poorly regulated commercial dog breeders have only one goal: to breed the highest volume of puppies possible at the lowest cost for maximum profit. Enough is enough. This legislation would shut down the puppy mill pipeline that imports cruelly bred animals from puppy mills across the country to New Jersey’s pet stores. It will also better protect our state’s consumers, public health and animal welfare -- while still permitting stores to provide space for rescue groups and shelters to adopt out animals to the public. Some local laws already prevent pet stores from selling cruelly bred animals in their communities, but pet stores still operate with impunity in many parts of the state, profiting off cruelly bred animals.
It is time for the state to shut down the puppy mill pipeline. Please pass S. 2511/A. 4051 before the end of this session. Thank you for your time and consideration of my views.
Please Pass S. 2511/A. 4051 to Shut Down NJ’s Puppy Mill Pipeline!
Dear Senate President Scutari,
As a New Jersey resident and animal advocate, I urge you to pass S. 2511/A. 4051 before session adjourns next week.
Puppies sold in pet stores come from commercial breeding operations known as “puppy mills,” designed to prioritize profit over the well-being of animals. In these operations, dogs often spend their entire lives in wire crates without adequate shelter, veterinary care, food or socialization. At the end of 2024, New York's law prohibiting the sale of dogs and cats in pet stores went into effect, and some of these businesses moved into our state bringing predatory sales tactics, deception and sick puppies with them. Without action now, I am concerned this problem will only grow.
Year after year, the pet industry has demonstrated that it is not interested in ensuring the welfare of the dogs it churns out, nor is it interested in transparency or public accountability. These poorly regulated commercial dog breeders have only one goal: to breed the highest volume of puppies possible at the lowest cost for maximum profit. Enough is enough. This legislation would shut down the puppy mill pipeline that imports cruelly bred animals from puppy mills across the country to New Jersey’s pet stores. It will also better protect our state’s consumers, public health and animal welfare -- while still permitting stores to provide space for rescue groups and shelters to adopt out animals to the public. Some local laws already prevent pet stores from selling cruelly bred animals in their communities, but pet stores still operate with impunity in many parts of the state, profiting off cruelly bred animals.
It is time for the state to shut down the puppy mill pipeline. Please pass S. 2511/A. 4051 before the end of this session. Thank you for your time and consideration of my views.
Please Pass S. 2511/A. 4051 to Shut Down NJ’s Puppy Mill Pipeline!
Dear Speaker Coughlin,
As a New Jersey resident and animal advocate, I urge you to pass S. 2511/A. 4051 before session adjourns next week.
Puppies sold in pet stores come from commercial breeding operations known as “puppy mills,” designed to prioritize profit over the well-being of animals. In these operations, dogs often spend their entire lives in wire crates without adequate shelter, veterinary care, food or socialization. At the end of 2024, New York's law prohibiting the sale of dogs and cats in pet stores went into effect, and some of these businesses moved into our state bringing predatory sales tactics, deception and sick puppies with them. Without action now, I am concerned this problem will only grow.
Year after year, the pet industry has demonstrated that it is not interested in ensuring the welfare of the dogs it churns out, nor is it interested in transparency or public accountability. These poorly regulated commercial dog breeders have only one goal: to breed the highest volume of puppies possible at the lowest cost for maximum profit. Enough is enough. This legislation would shut down the puppy mill pipeline that imports cruelly bred animals from puppy mills across the country to New Jersey’s pet stores. It will also better protect our state’s consumers, public health and animal welfare -- while still permitting stores to provide space for rescue groups and shelters to adopt out animals to the public. Some local laws already prevent pet stores from selling cruelly bred animals in their communities, but pet stores still operate with impunity in many parts of the state, profiting off cruelly bred animals.
It is time for the state to shut down the puppy mill pipeline. Please pass S. 2511/A. 4051 before the end of this session. Thank you for your time and consideration of my views.