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Montecito Pet Shop Carrys Only Rescue Dogs as of
10-22-09!
ANOTHER
VICTORY FOR LAST CHANCE FOR ANIMALS' PET SHOP PROJECT!
THE MONTECITO PET SHOP STOPS
SELLING PURE BREED DOGS FROM BREEDERS
October 23, 2009
Last Chance for Animals (LCA) has succeeded in convincing
another pet store to carry only rescue dogs!
The Montecito Pet Shop in Santa Barbara will no longer buy
pure breed puppies from breeders but instead will only re-home
shelter dogs!
Santa Barbara residents contacted Kim Sill who heads LCA's "Pet
Shop Project," wanting to protest the pet store after watching
the special Dog Whisperer episode: "Inside Puppy Mills" this
past May. LCA's investigation of the Pet Shop determined that
the store was buying pure bred puppies from backyard breeders.
Elyse Kuhn, who has owned the Montecito Pet Shop for 22 years,
agreed to work with LCA after many meetings with Sill. She
decided it was time to help the dogs on death row in the
overcrowded shelters in California instead of participating as
part of the problem.
Newborn pups found in a hole, trying to avoid the burning sun
of Mojave, CA
On October 23, 2009, The Montecito Pet Shop welcomed their first
litter of rescued puppies to their store! Sill delivered the six
eight-week old pups, the last of the dogs to be removed off the
Bemis property in Mojave.
Click here to watch video of The Montecito Pet Shop welcoming
their first litter of
rescue dogs!
All the pups rescued from Mojave will be given a chance at a
loving home
Kim Sill of LCA commented: "It was very rewarding to watch the
change in perceptions as the customers viewed the rescue
puppies. The mood is different when people know that it is a
rescue, there is hope and there is change in Santa Barbara
tonight."
The same pups found in a hole in Mojave, CA, now relaxing at
The Montecito Pet Shop
LCA is working towards a day in making Los Angeles a no kill
city, where pet stores no longer support puppy mills and
breeders, but shelter animals and rescue groups. LCA is
committed to oversee and endorse pet stores in Los Angeles that
are willing to change their business practice and re-home
shelter animals.
SB 250 - The Pet responsibility Act has been put on hold until
January. This bill would provide a reasonable, fiscally
responsible step towards reducing pet overpopulation in
California. The bill simply requires that dogs be spayed or
neutered unless their owner/guardian obtains an unaltered dog
license when they license their animal. It also requires that
roaming cats be spayed and neutered by their owner/guardian.
In California shelters alone, since January 1, 2009, 237,457
pets have been killed, and $118,586,524 tax dollars have been
spent to house and kill animals.
LCA IS COMMITTED TO PUTTING AN END TO
PET OVERPOPULATION!
ADOPT--DON'T SHOP!
For more information on puppy mills, please visit:
www.BanPuppyMills.com
Interested in volunteering with LCA? Write to us at:
Info@LCAnimal.org
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