City Council Passes Bill to Ban Guinea Pig Sales
The City – “Mike Bober, president and CEO of the Pet Advocacy Network, which represents pet shop owners, also suggested that the uptick in shelter intakes merely reflect a pandemic increase in pet ownership that may correct itself.
‘I would never want to diminish the importance of any animal’s life,’ Bober told THE CITY. ‘But when you look at the population of New York City, and when you look at the intake numbers, and those intake numbers don’t even leave the hundreds … it raises the question of the scope of the issue.’