This Sounds Fishy

Reason Staff | 6.21.2011 6:00 AM

San Francisco's Animal Control and Welfare Commission has proposed that the city ban the sale of pets, including goldfish. The move is aimed at reducing impulse buys of animals as well as fighting what commissioners see as inhumane breeding practices.

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