City Council Passes Bills to Ban Bunnies and Help Abused Cats and Dogs

As shoppers consider purchasing pets to gift their loved ones, city council members passed a package of bills Wednesday to regulate abused animals in pet shops.

Council member Elizabeth Crowley at a pre-stated meeting in the City Hall Red Room, Manhattan, N.Y., on Dec. 17, 2014. Shannon Liao/Epoch Times

NEW YORK—As shoppers consider purchasing pets to gift their loved ones for the holidays, City Council members passed a package of bills Wednesday to regulate the breeding and sale of pets.

If signed into law by the mayor, the legislation will specifically target puppy mills, or commercial dog breeding facilities, and other unregulated breeders.