Sept. 15, 2025 7 AM PT
To the editor: There’s nothing improper with making your personal alternative in the way you welcome your subsequent pet. Pet possession ought to be accessible to everybody. Whether or not a canine comes from a shelter, a rescue accomplice, a neighbor or accountable breeder, pets are a pleasure of life meant for all.
What’s improper is exploitative “pet brokers” who revenue from sourcing canine from mass breeding amenities that neglect animals (“California lawmakers pass bill that will bar some popular puppy sellers,” Sept. 8). These brokers usually boast that their requirements exceed animal welfare laws. But investigations, together with the current Los Angeles Times exposé, reveal a unique actuality: sick puppies, overbred mom canine and well-intentioned people and households misled about the actual origins of their pets.
California led in 2019 by barring pet shops from promoting inhumanely, commercially bred canine. Now, Gov. Gavin Newsom can end the job. By signing Meeting Invoice 519, he can shut the web loophole these bad-faith brokers exploit and make good on the state’s promise to curb this cruelty.
Jennifer Naitaki, Lengthy Seashore
This author is managing director of the animal advocacy nonprofit Michelson Discovered Animals Basis.
