Sell a guinea pig, go to jail.



That's the law under consideration by San Francisco's Commission of Animal Control and Welfare. If the commission approves the ordinance at its meeting tonight, San Francisco could soon have what is believed to be the country's first ban on the sale of all pets except fish.



That includes dogs, cats, hamsters, mice, rats, chinchillas, guinea pigs, birds, snakes, lizards and nearly every other critter, or, as the commission calls them, companion animals.



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S.F. considers banning sale of pets except fish

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• URGENT: S.F. To Ban Pet Sales! TONIGHT! - jeffb, Thu Jul 8 10:28:41 2010
• RE: URGENT: S.F. To Ban Pet Sales! TONIGHT! - webwheeler, Thu Jul 8 11:03:04 2010
• JeffB and USARK and PIJAC - webwheeler, Thu Jul 8 11:11:14 2010
• RE: JeffB and USARK and PIJAC - jeffb, Thu Jul 8 11:15:08 2010
• RE: JeffB and USARK and PIJAC - jeffb, Thu Jul 8 11:17:00 2010
• RE: JeffB and USARK and PIJAC - webwheeler, Thu Jul 8 11:20:43 2010
• I second that! n/p - jscrick, Thu Jul 8 11:32:25 2010
• RE: I second that! n/p - biophile, Thu Jul 8 17:10:58 2010
• RE: URGENT: S.F. To Ban Pet Sales! TONIGHT! - jscrick, Thu Jul 8 11:17:31 2010
• RE: URGENT: S.F. To Ban Pet Sales! TONIGHT! - Calparsoni, Thu Jul 8 11:33:07 2010
• RE: URGENT: S.F. To Ban Pet Sales! TONIGHT! - natsamjosh, Thu Jul 8 12:01:29 2010
• RE: URGENT: S.F. To Ban Pet Sales! TONIGHT! - Bill S., Sun Jul 11 16:13:44 2010
• RE: URGENT: S.F. To Ban Pet Sales! TONIGHT! - natsamjosh, Sun Jul 11 17:11:13 2010
• RE: URGENT: S.F. To Ban Pet Sales! TONIGHT! - hiss_n_herps, Thu Jul 8 11:57:48 2010
• RE: URGENT: S.F. To Ban Pet Sales! TONIGHT! - PHChristy, Thu Jul 8 11:58:19 2010
• RE: URGENT: S.F. To Ban Pet Sales! TONIGHT! - jeffb, Thu Jul 8 12:03:42 2010
• I recall an "Animal Cops" episode... - Ravenspirit, Thu Jul 8 21:16:18 2010
• RE: I recall an "Animal Cops" episode... - PHChristy, Sat Jul 10 18:32:59 2010
• Comments on SFGate are 10/1 against - jeffb, Thu Jul 8 12:02:21 2010
• RE: Comments on SFGate are 10/1 against - natsamjosh, Thu Jul 8 12:32:23 2010
• RE: Comments on SFGate are 10/1 against - Aaron, Thu Jul 8 21:59:37 2010
• RE: Comments on SFGate are 10/1 against - CSRAJim, Thu Jul 8 20:09:04 2010
• RE: Comments on SFGate are 10/1 against - jeffb, Thu Jul 8 20:34:13 2010
• RE: Comments on SFGate are 10/1 against - CSRAJim, Thu Jul 8 22:09:31 2010
• RE: Comments on SFGate are 10/1 against - Calparsoni, Fri Jul 9 09:33:05 2010
• PIJAC Pet Alert on SF Pet Sales Ban - jeffb, Thu Jul 8 12:07:49 2010