Meredith Lee/Humane World for Animals

Minnesota: Ask your state lawmakers to prevent the sale of puppy mill puppies in pet stores

Exciting update! Humane pet store legislation is moving through both chambers. Minnesota is so close to banning the sale of puppy mill puppies in new pet shops.

Minnesota is home to just a handful of pet stores that sell commercially raised puppies, but there is currently nothing stopping bad actors from moving in, selling weeks old puppies from awful puppy mills, deceiving consumers and selling sick puppies. Public records show that most puppy-selling pet shops sell puppies from massive puppy mills with awful animal welfare records, where mother dogs are treated like breeding machines and puppies like mere products. No Minnesotan would knowingly support this cruelty.

Passing SF 1943/HF 2627 would prevent any new stores from selling puppies and require existing puppy stores to adhere to increased transparency requirements. Similar laws in other states have reduced the demand for puppy mill puppies and protected families from the heartbreak and financial devastation that often comes with buying a pet shop puppy.

Tell your state senator and representative that you’d like to see SF 1943/HF 2627 pass this year to keep Minnesota’s pet market humane.

TAKE ACTION

Please make a brief, polite call to your state senator and representative today and ask them to support SF 1943/HF 2627. Look up their phone numbers here. You can say: "As a constituent, I am asking you to support humane pet store legislation to prevent any new stores from selling puppy mill puppies in Minnesota."

After making your calls (please do not skip that crucial step!), fill in and submit the form below to send a follow-up message.

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Dear Legislator,

As your constituent, I urge you to support the humane pet store bill (SF 1943/HF 2627) to prevent any additional pet shops from selling puppy mill puppies to unsuspecting consumers in our state and require existing pet shops to adhere to commonsense transparency requirements.  

Public records show that most pet shops buy puppies from massive, cruel puppy mills with terrible animal welfare records and resell them to unsuspecting consumers. Minnesota is vulnerable to an influx of puppy stores and families falling victim to misleading sales tactics, predatory puppy financing and the sale of sick or genetically disordered puppies requiring expensive veterinary care. 

This commonsense bill is a big step forward in protecting both animals and consumers. Minnesota will remain open to the booming pet products and services retailer market. Consumers looking to add a new pet to their family will still be able to obtain the dog of their choice from existing pet shops that adhere to the disclosure requirements, shelters, rescues or responsible breeders.

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