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Orange County considering ordinance that would ban retail sale of cats and dogs Share Updated: 8:25 PM EDT May 11, 2021
Orange County considering ordinance that would ban retail sale of cats and dogs Share Updated: 8:25 PM EDT May 11, 2021
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Show Transcript THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ONCE IN A LIFETIME CAREER FIRES WHERE YOU HAD 3 BUILDINGS INVOLVED AT ONCE. THERE’S TWO HOUSES ENGULFED RIGHT NOW, THIS ONE’S FALLING TO PIECES, I JUST WATCHED THE AWNING FALL. YEP, THERE GOES THE PORCH. JIM: THE CHIEF SAYS IT TOOK ABOUT AN HOUR TO BRING ALL THE FIRES UNDER CONTROL. EVERYONE WAS ABLE TO GET OUT SAFELY WITHOUT BEING HURT. ORANGE COUNTY IS CONSIDERING AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD BAN THE RETAIL SALE OF CATS AND DOGS. AT A WORKSHOP THIS MORNING, OVER 30 CITIZENS SPOKE OUT ON THE ISSUE. MEREDITH: AS WESH 2’S AMANDA DUKES EXPLAINS, THE BURNING QUESTION IS WILL EXISTING PET SHOPS BE FORCED TO CLOSE, OR GRANDFATHERED IN. I HAD TO GO HOME AND T
County considering ordinance that would ban retail sale of cats and dogs
At a workshop on Tuesday morning, more than 30 citizens spoke out on the issue.
The burning question is, will existing pet shops be forced to close? Or will they be grandfathered in?
“I had to go home and tell my 3-year-old son that the dog he loved and fell in love with was dead,” said Michael Kraft, who adopted a sick dog.
Kraft was one of the residents who pleaded with the Orange County Commission on Tuesday to ban the retail sale of cats and dogs.
He says he bought his kids an expensive dog at a local pet shop, only to have it die a few days later.