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Residents urge Travis County to ban roadside sale of live animals

5760757 · August 5, 2025
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Several residents and animal-welfare volunteers used the Aug. 5 Travis County Commissioners Court public-comment period to press the court to draft a countywide ordinance banning roadside sales of live animals.

Several residents and animal-welfare volunteers used the Aug. 5 Travis County Commissioners Court public-comment period to ask the court to draft a county ordinance banning roadside sales of live animals. They said sellers simply move outside city limits where local ordinances prohibit such sales and that the practice imposes safety, public-health and financial burdens on county services.

Robin Katz, a Travis County resident and longtime animal-law trainer, told the court she is “asking you to strongly consider passing a proactive ordinance, which would prohibit the sale, barter,…

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