In today's Daily News Journal, there's an article I read with some interest- people are lobbying at the state Capitol to get some Tennessee laws changed to better help animals. These primarily are aimed at puppy mills and dogfighters.
One of the comments is the one that interested me the most- they said it should be illegal to sell puppies in store parking lots. I cannot agree more. In Murfreesboro, where the article was written, there are at least 2 different places where people gather to sell puppies- the WalMart parking lot and the Target parking lot. I doubt it would be that hard to pass a city ordinance disallowing these sorts of sales.
Of course, one of the other things I wonder is why the owners of these lots don't call the police and make them get off the lot- wouldn't it already fall under loitering? If for no other reason, really, than it slows traffic and makes these lots a pain to navigate. The real reason, however, is because we should be sending a message to these backyard breeders and puppy mills that selling unhealthy, overbred animals is simply not okay.
Will the city pay attention and consider an ordinance against this? Time will only tell.
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