California AB519 prohibits brokers from selling dogs under one year old, cats, or rabbits.
California AB519 adds a new chapter to the Health and Safety Code, prohibiting brokers from making available for adoption, selling, or offering for sale dogs under one year of age, cats, or rabbits. The bill defines a broker as a person or business that sells, arranges, negotiates, or processes the sale of dogs, cats, or rabbits bred by another for profit. The prohibition does not apply to bona fide owners selling or transferring animals to new owners up to three times per year, purchases by governmental agencies, or transfers by animal rescue groups, public animal control agencies, or.
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