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Resident urges Raleigh to ban retail sale of dogs in boutique pet stores
2551530 · March 11, 2025
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A Wake County resident asked councilors to ban retail sales of dogs in boutique stores, citing high shelter intake and local rescue workload and pointing to a trend of state and city bans elsewhere in the U.S.
Liz High, a Wake County resident and volunteer at the Wake County Animal Center, urged the council to ban retail sales of dogs in pet boutique stores and to press state legislators for a statewide ban.
High described Wake County Animal Center (WCAC) as the county’s only open-intake shelter and said the facility accepts animals from arrests, hospitalizations, hoarding…
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