b'Is Your Town On The List? %34)-!4%3\x00#(%%2&5,,9\x0002/6)$%$\x00s\x006)3)4\x00/52\x007%"3)4%\x00!.$\x00#/.4!#4\x0053\x00s\x00-!*/2\x00#2%$)4\x00#!2$3\x00!##%04%$\x00s\x00#/20/2!4%\x00-/6%3\x007%,#/-%\x00s\x00).&/ !)2!.)-!,\x0e#/-The Sarasota County Commission approved banning the com-mercial retail sale of puppy mill dogs. A special thank you toKaren Ankerstar who worked for more than four years on the Lets Get drafting and approval process of the ordinance with Sarasota In A Move On.Defense Of Animals. (SDASarasota.com). Dogs, cats, birdseven gerbils. Selling dogs and cats at local pet stores has been an issue on We move pets. Moving across the Commissions agenda since 2012. Russell Matthes, a board the U Sor around the world, member of Sarasota in Defense of Animals believes mass pro-duced pets may be contributing to excessive amounts of ani-mals in the countys overcrowded shelters. The goal is to be ano kill community, but thats virtually impossible,said Matthes.According to the Humane Society of the United States(HSUS), about 10,000 puppy mills across the country accountfor more than two million commercially bred puppies beingsold in pet stores annually.airanimal.com 813.879.3210 or toll free USA 800.635.3448The Humane Society of Tampa Bay was one of several Floridashelters that took in dogs from the Clewiston puppy mill bust. This isa breeder dog and her puppies at HSTB earlier this year. Photograph by Anna Cooke.Two months after the ordinance was approved in Sarasota, Are Y You The Creative ative a bust took place at a known puppy mill in Clewiston. Onehundred dogs were seized.Breeds included Siberian Huskies, Type Who Loves Dogs?Chihuahuas, Poodles/Poodle mixes and Boston Terriers. They Why not combine your love for both, and train were discovered living in crowded, filthy pens, many with little to become a professional groomer at Floridas Premier Pet and Show Grooming Vocational Traderade Premierprotection from the elements. It was reported that the dogs School? The demand for good groomerswere being sold to pet stores in the Miami-Dade area - an area is growing, so the timing is perfect. that is already dealing with a proliferation of dog dumping in t\x01\x01\'PSNBM\x01IBOET\x0ePO\x01USBJOJOH\x01GPS\x01\x19\x01\x12\x13\x01BOE\x01 Redlands, Rock Pit and the Everglades, and where the county \x12\x17\x0eXFFL\x01QSPHSBNT\x0fshelters remain in a constant state of overcrowding. U t\x01\x01*OTUSVDUPS\x01XJUI\x01\x15\x11\x01ZFBST\x01PG\x01FYQFSJFODFt\x01\x01\'JOBODJBM\x01"TTJTUBODF\x01GPS\x01UIPTF\x01XIP\x01RVBMJGZ\x0fFlorida Jurisdictions With Retail Pet Sale Bans: t\x01\x01\'SFF\x01QMBDFNFOU\x01TFSWJDF\x01GPS\x012VBMJmFE\x01 Lake Worth Surfside Bal Harbour Village Graduates.Flagler Beach Aventura Jupiter t\x018F\x01QSPVEMZ\x01USBJO\x01PVS\x017FUFSBOT\x0fCoral Gables Wilton Manors HomesteadOpa-Locka North Lauderdale Tamarac Academy\'*/%\x0164\x010/North Bay Village Bay Harbor Islands Fernandina Beach of Animal Hallandale Beach Pompano Beach Jacksonville Beach Arts, Inc.Margate Miami Beach Deerfield BeachPinecrest North Miami Beach MelbournePalmetto Bay Dania Beach CasselberryCoconut Creek Palm Beach Gardens Neptune BeachWellington Juno Beach Delray Beachwww.TheNewBarker.com Spring 2016 THE NEW BARKER 23'