PHOENIX (AP) - A judge has upheld a Phoenix city ordinance prohibiting pet stores from selling dogs or cats obtained from breeders.
The law was challenged by a pet store, Puppies ’N Love, but the ruling issued Monday by U.S. District Judge David Campbell says the law is constitutional.
Phoenix enacted the law in an attempt to crack down on puppy mills - businesses that breed dogs in large numbers and in inhumane conditions.
Campbell called Puppies ’N Love “exemplary” and said the business works hard to ensure that its puppies have been raised in humane and caring environments.
He acknowledged that the Phoenix law will burden the business, but he said it’s not the court’s place to judge the fairness of the city’s decision to enact the ban.
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