san francisco, and that s how they make their living? i think the truth of the matter is that most pet stores make the bulk of their money through pet supplies. you know, when you look at the major chains, like petco and metsmart, they don t sell dogs and cats but they allow in-store adoptions of shelter and rescue groups and that would be an option in the city, have adoptions of animals from local shelters and recent cues and when people come in to adopt those animals, sell them the supplies. jon: mr. yaki go ahead. what i m hearing here is not an answer to the question about why would you adopt on ordinance banning pet sales. the fact is that even myself, i ve adopted all my cats from the spca, i m a great believer that you should be a responsible pet owner, and there are a lot of people who probably shouldn t own pets that do own pets. i think it s kind of funny that as i pointed out in the article i wo for sf gate, probably the only reason that they exempt fish