The Pet Industry is celebrating, claiming they’ve won the ‘pet shop battle’ with Clover Moore’s current bill failing to make it to parliament;
On 26th June the Clover Moore “Animals (Regulation of Sale) Bill 2007†came to a very silent death – so silent in fact that her supporters are still out there seeking support.
Meanwhile, I’m compiling the list of feedback we’ve received since launching Where Do Puppies Come From? a little over a week ago.
The ‘Pet Shops Stars’ initiative; a way for the community to heap praise on those stores who don’t sell pets, has seen a pile of pet shops put forward… and this feedback shows an unmistakable, common theme.
There are no live puppies or kittens for sale. The day they ever do my money goes elsewhere.
I always travel the extra few kilometres to purchase my pet products from them.
I can’t speak highly enough about them–they respect and love animals and I recommend them to everyone.
I always patronise Petstock Ballarat as they do not sell pups or kittens in their stores.
I am always on the hunt for pet shops who are demonstrating responsible ownership of pets.
While the pet industry might be patting themselves on the back for gathering support in parliament, are they actually listening to the people who really matter – their public?
Where Do Puppies Come From? is only one small part of a very large wheel that has begun to turn; informed Australians simply do not accept that pets should be sold as retail items. Any smart business person would be ahead of this consumer evolution and anticipate this change in behaviour.
Cue stores like Pet Stock. These guys are a national franchise who don’t sell puppies and kittens. They realise that getting pets out of stores and working instead with rescue to hold adoption events is not only more ethical, but pretty soon is going to be what is demanded by customers. And they’ve got the jump on it.
These guys are the pet shop of the future. In 20 years time we’ll look back and think “wasn’t it quaint that we thought it ok to farm dogs and distribute them through glass boxes in shopping malls” in the same way we look back at a lot of the things our grandparents did and quietly think “really? How could you possibly think that was ok?”
It is expected a new Bill will be introduced in September and with that the battle amongst the lobbyists will begin all over again. But in the meantime we’ll keep on spreading the truth to the people who really matter – the public – and the changes will come about whether Clover says they should or not.
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Whyalla News Article 14/07/08
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