{"id":1129,"date":"2016-10-25T10:02:43","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T17:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefurshire.com\/?p=1129"},"modified":"2016-10-25T10:02:43","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T17:02:43","slug":"phoenix-sets-precedent-for-rescue-pets-in-pet-stores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thefurshire.org\/index.php\/2016\/10\/25\/phoenix-sets-precedent-for-rescue-pets-in-pet-stores\/","title":{"rendered":"Phoenix Sets Precedent for Rescue Pets in Pet Stores"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Phoenix, AZ was one of the\u00a0first major cities\u00a0to make it illegal for pet stores to showcase animals from breeders. Rather, they have to offer rescue animals available for adoption.<\/h3>\n<p>Beverly Hills followed Arizona&#8217;s lead a year ago. This trend is great news for the many\u00a0rescue pets who need homes.<\/p>\n<p>While these laws don&#8217;t necessarily put breeding facilities out of business,\u00a0the ordinance is a way for lawmakers to take a public stand\u00a0against animal\u00a0mills and animal trafficking. The hope is that these changes\u00a0will inspire additional\u00a0cities, where pets are frequently\u00a0sold in stores, to pass similar laws.<\/p>\n<p>Animals in mills are usually bred for profit with little concern\u00a0for\u00a0the health of the pet. Many animals in breeding situations spend the majority of their time in\u00a0cages. They often don&#8217;t know how to play with toys and may not get much human attention, or time outside<\/p>\n<p>Phoenix, as well as\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.humanesociety.org\/news\/magazines\/2014\/11-12\/pet-stores-offering-shelter-adoptions.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">59 other cities<\/a> with similar laws, hope to deter\u00a0the demand for animal\u00a0mills, ultimately\u00a0forcing many of the\u00a0breeders\u00a0out of business. We hope this trend continues so that more of the loving, healthy, available pets in shelters can find their forever\u00a0homes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phoenix, AZ was one of the\u00a0first major cities\u00a0to make it illegal for pet stores to showcase animals from breeders. Rather, they have to offer rescue animals available for adoption. Beverly Hills followed Arizona&#8217;s lead a year ago. This trend is great news for the many\u00a0rescue pets who need homes. While these laws don&#8217;t necessarily put &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/thefurshire.org\/index.php\/2016\/10\/25\/phoenix-sets-precedent-for-rescue-pets-in-pet-stores\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Phoenix Sets Precedent for Rescue Pets in Pet Stores<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"categories":[2,7],"tags":[115,123,132],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thefurshire.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1129"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thefurshire.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thefurshire.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thefurshire.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thefurshire.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/thefurshire.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thefurshire.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thefurshire.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thefurshire.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thefurshire.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}