For years, San Francisco animal control officers kept finding litters of Chihuahua puppies in the same place. They responded to complaints about the owners a dozen times, but under city law had little power to stop the prolific breeding.
In the Western Addition, another unlicensed breeder who had at least 28 dogs over five years — and surrendered 11 puppies in a single year – was seriously injured last year while trying to break up a fight among eight dogs over a female in heat. Twelve dogs were found to be living on the property.
City officials are referencing these cases to push a sweeping overhaul of San Francisco’s laws on dog breeding…