Social Compassion

Take action for trafficked and mill-bred animals 🦜 Send an email to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to let them know that you want to see a ban on the sale of all retail animals in San Francisco👇

Email: [email protected]

Sample email:

Dear San Francisco Board of Supervisors,

I am in strong support of the San Francisco Animal Commission’s recommendation that San Francisco introduce a ban on the cruel and unnecessary retail sale of animals in San Francisco.

Thanks to Social Compassion in Legislation California successfully banned the sale of mill-bred dogs, cats, and rabbits back in 2017 through the Pet Rescue and Adoption Act (AB 485). Now, SF has the opportunity to extend this protection to other animals sold in pet stores and inspire other cities to do the same.

Retail animals are often trafficked from the wild and many die during importation, making this a crucial conservation issue. Retail animals who are not trafficked are bred in mills, where they are confined in deplorable conditions. Whether these animals are stolen from the wild or bred in mills, there is mass suffering that exists within the pet industry.

As a progressive and conservation-oriented city, San Francisco cannot continue to support the suffering of animals in breeding mills, in trafficking incidents, and in pet stores themselves.

I urge the Board of Supervisors to introduce a ban on the retail sale of animals in San Francisco. Thank you for your consideration.