Legislative Alert........Another Victory !!!! They just keep coming !!!

Legislative Alert:  Cook County Companion Animal and Consumer Protection Ordinance

Landmark Legislation is Passed in Cook County  This has been a history-making month for The Puppy Mill Project, the City of Chicago and Cook County. Wednesday, April 9, 2014 the Cook County Board of Commissioners overwhelmingly approved the Cook County Companion Animal & Consumer Protection Ordinance, a proposal led by Cook County Commissioner John Fritchey and The Puppy Mill Project, joining the City of  Chicago ordinance already in place. The ordinance limits the retail sale of puppies, kittens and rabbits in Cook County pet stores to animals sourced from shelters, humane adoption centers and small scale breeders. The new law will take effect on October 1, 2014. The vote makes Cook County the largest jurisdiction in the country to crack down on the sale of pets from puppy mills. The law will impact thirteen stores in suburban Cook County. Under the law, any pet store that continues to sell puppies and kittens acquired from commercial breeders would face a $500.00 fine for each transaction in violation of the ordinance. Read more  Thank you to Commissioner John Fritchy and his team for sponsoring this important legislation. Thank you to all of our supporters.   Please join us Saturday, May 10, 2014 at our annual Mothers in the Millsbenefit, as we celebrate the passing of the Companion Animal and Consumer Protection Ordinance in all of Cook County.