The city of San Marcos may join dozens of other cities in banning the retail sale of dogs, cats and rabbits.
The City Council on Tuesday will consider adopting an ordinance to ban retail pet stores. The proposed ordinance comes after the City Council extended a temporary ban in 2015 after a pet store opened on Nordahl Road. The owner of the Mini Toy Puppies store in San Marcos is the same owner of a retail store in Oceanside, which was targeted in 2015 with a similar ban.
In an online petition, the store claims that banning pet stores would mean the reduction of puppies. It also claims that shelters profit off of animals.
Five other cities in San Diego County currently ban so-called “puppy mill” stores.
