Littleton recently passed a law banning the retail sale of cats and dogs, joining 15 other Colorado cities in a bid to decrease commercial breeding operations, according to the, which passed the Littleton City Council with a unanimous vote on March 5, was first introduced in January and follows a slew of similar attempts to increase animal welfare in Colorado after the state’s “puppy mill” bill, or Humane Pet Act,.
The Humane Society estimates that there are at least 10,000 puppy mills in the United States and that fewer than 3,000 are regulated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Andra Sheppard, a retail assistant at Zoey’s Place, a natural pet market in Littleton, wholeheartedly supports the ban.
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