S.F. considers banning sale of pets except fish

[Mook]

god california sucks so much ass

Sell a guinea pig, go to jail.

That's the law under consideration by San Francisco's Commission of Animal Control and Welfare. If the commission approves the ordinance at its meeting tonight, San Francisco could soon have what is believed to be the country's first ban on the sale of all pets except fish.

That includes dogs, cats, hamsters, mice, rats, chinchillas, guinea pigs, birds, snakes, lizards and nearly every other critter, or, as the commission calls them, companion animals.

"People buy small animals all the time as an impulse buy, don't know what they're getting into, and the animals end up at the shelter and often are euthanized," said commission Chairwoman Sally Stephens. "That's what we'd like to stop."

San Francisco residents who want a pet would have to go to another city, adopt one from a shelter or rescue group, or find one through the classifieds.

The Board of Supervisors would have final say on the matter. But not before pet store owners unleash a cacophony of howling, squeaking and squawking.

"It's terrible. A pet store that can't sell pets? It's ridiculous," said John Chan, manager of Pet Central on Broadway, which has been in business 30 years. "We'd have to close."

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/08/MN9L1EAT90.DTL#ixzz0t7Qlj5Bo

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[Bob Kazamakis]

Well how they gonna stick gerbils up their.......

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

why not fish?

 

[Riski]

Fish is banned as well.....in many states!

 

[Riski]

well, certain kinds of fish, more freshwater than salt

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Fish is banned as well.....in many states!

He's allowed in Illinois.....clearly

 

[NetChemica]

How about trades?

I'll trade you this puppy for a couple hundred dollar bills.

 

[NetChemica]

He's allowed in Illinois.....clearly

Yea, but he has to put his name on a certain list. And he can't be within 300 feet of any school.

 

[Mook]

this just means pet stores cant sell anymore. everyone else is fair game.

 

[Dasfinc]

most... retarded... law... ever...

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Yea, but he has to put his name on a certain list. And he can't be within 300 feet of any school.

 

[Fish]

Yea, but he has to put his name on a certain list. And he can't be within 300 feet of any school.

That was retracted.

And Im only banned from Michigan. Who wants to go to that shithole state anyway?

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Michigan is awesome! Well the U.P. is....



Does my video work? Fucking YouTube thing pisses me off

 

[Fish]

I cant see youtube at work anyway.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

The part in the hangover where Alan is in front of the school. It's full of funny

 

[Poopshinanigans]

this just means pet stores cant sell anymore. everyone else is fair game.

SO they are in debt up the ass yet they want to propose laws that will lower the amount of money they can get from taxes?

 

[NetChemica]

Michigan is awesome! Well the U.P. is....



Does my video work? Fucking YouTube thing pisses me off

Lemme guess, clip from hangover?

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

The part in the hangover where Alan is in front of the school. It's full of funny

Lemme guess, clip from hangover?

Gee where'd you get that idea

 

[NetChemica]

Gee where'd you get that idea

I usually skip over your posts, my bad.

 

[jason05gt]

SO they are in debt up the ass yet they want to propose laws that will lower the amount of money they can get from taxes?

Yeah, the state of Cali has a huge budget fiasco and cities are worrying about stupid stuff like this. Just goes to show the stupidity in Cali!

 

[Poopshinanigans]

Yeah, the state of Cali has a huge budget fiasco and cities are worrying about stupid stuff like this. Just goes to show the stupidity in Cali!

One of the many reasons that i'll do my best to avoid that terrible state. All started with that 91 octane shit.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Have you ever traveled west before? Pretty much after you get into Iowa that's all you can find is 91oct. I cried the first time I filled up.

When you get to higher elevation they have 85oct

Apparently though when you're at higher altitudes an engine resists pre-ignition more then near sea level.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Stupid double posts

 

[Hubbard 0]

Like most laws out there, it's a total backwards approach to solving a problem. They seem to think that just banning things is a solution. Why not make it so you have to get a permit to buy an animal? Do a 7 day wait on all cat/dog purchases?

And does San Fransisco really have a problem with people letting hamsters loose in the city? Also find that hard to believe. Those stupid animals would die in days without being taken care of.

 

[Fish]

Have you ever traveled west before? Pretty much after you get into Iowa that's all you can find is 91oct. I cried the first time I filled up.

When you get to higher elevation they have 85oct

Apparently though when you're at higher altitudes an engine resists pre-ignition more then near sea level.

I know in MN and SD I found some 93 octane. Some stations would only have 92, but whatev. I was staying out of boost.

Now I dont have to worry about such trivial things.