PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Philadelphia City Council will consider a moratorium on backyard dog breeding under a bill introduced at Thursday’s session.
Council member Cindy Bass said non-professional breeders mating dogs in their backyards have created an overpopulation crisis at the city’s ACCT shelter, which leads to the euthanization of healthy, adoptable dogs.
“Every litter means more dogs in our shelter, more cost to taxpayers, and more suffering that we can prevent,” she said…