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Council adopts ordinances to limit pet-store sales and raise abandonment fine to $1,000
Summary
After extensive public comment from animal-welfare groups and pet-rescue volunteers, the City Council approved two ordinances: one requiring new reporting and limiting bulk sales from pet stores and breeders, and another increasing the municipal fine for animal abandonment to $1,000, the misdemeanor maximum under state law.
The Las Vegas City Council voted Jan. 15 to adopt two ordinances aimed at reducing animal hoarding, illegal breeding and abandonment.
Bill 2024-45 changes city code to require pet stores and breeders to document purchases and sales, limit the number of animals sold to a single person or household within a calendar year, and submit reports to city animal-protection staff on a schedule set by the department. Bill 2024-46 amends LVMC 7.44.40 to raise the fine for animal abandonment to $1,000, the maximum misdemeanor fine available under state law.
The measures drew more than an hour of public comment before the council, with rescue…
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