New Law re: animal sales in Illinois

[Remyma0408]

I found this pretty interesting. Too bad the customers have to "ask" for the information though. When I worked at petco, the animals came in plastic boxes with holes poked through, on the back of a big truck. Thats all we ever knew as far as where they came from
http://www.kwqc.com/Global/story.asp?S=13744791&nav=menu83_2

 

[RDZCRanch]

I may be reading it wrong, but from what I understand the new law requires them to give this information, asked or not. Before, you had to ask to get the information so people didn't know to ask and would often get the information after the sale was final.

This is somewhat nice, but I don't see how it will help things any. I can see more people saying they can breed their pet store chinchillas because they know their DOB and the breeder.

 

[Remyma0408]

I understand what you're saying, but IMO still a step in the right direction.

 

[CTChin]

My guess is this is mainly for puppy and kitten sales (?)

I'm not current what the laws are in my state except that the puppy stores now have to post where each puppy came from. Usually it is MO or some other midwest state where a lot of the mills are. This only deters people from buying if they know where the mills are or they question why the pups aren't local.

I wonder if EVERY little detail about their health history has to be provided such as hernias, loose knees, kennel cough, pneumonia, worms etc (?)

Edit to add : When I worked in a pet store many years ago, we got most of our hamsters, guinea pigs etc from local people but other times they came through our tropical fish provider. My guess is they were from rodent mills as they were not always in the best condition upon arrival