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We are the policy voice of the responsible pet care community, advocating for pet care priorities at the local, state, federal and international levels.
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Pet Health & Availability
Ensuring pet lovers have access to healthy, well-treated pets and the products & services needed to care for them.
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Pet Ownership Barriers
Challenging barriers that prevent pet owners, businesses, and hobbyists from the joys and rights of pet ownership.
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Environmental Stewardship
Using educational outreach and policy to bring science-based best practices to the pet care community.
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Human-Animal Bond
Making sure everyone can experience the wide-ranging benefits of the human-animal bond.
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OP-ED: Pet stores and rescues are not enemies
Connecticut’s House Bill 5283, which would allow municipalities to ban pet store sales of animals, is based on a false narrative that pits pet shops against rescues. A guest op-ed in CT Mirror argues that in addition to removing transparent, regulated options, the measure would threaten jobs and undermine rescues that rely on pet stores. Learn More
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OP-ED: House Bill 1011 would push more buyers to the black market where puppy mills thrive
Ed Sayres, former CEO of the ASCPA and former president of the San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, warns that proposed legislation in Colorado that aims to ban pet store sales would hurt licensed, inspected breeders rather than the unregulated black markets where most puppy mills operate. Sayres argues that the Learn More
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OP-ED: Regulate, don’t eliminate: Minnesota’s pet bill risks unintended consequences
The Minnesota Reformer published an op-ed from Lauren Calmet, Director of Government Affairs at the Pet Advocacy Network, who argues that a state proposal (HF2627/SF1943) to ban pet stores from selling puppies and kittens is a misguided approach to targeting irresponsible breeding. The measure would eliminate regulated, transparent sales and instead push demand into unregulated Learn More
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