LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – Animal advocates in Las Vegas are accusing one valley pet store of involvement in a recent animal hoarding case.
City Councilwoman Victoria Seaman and several animal advocacy groups are alleging that Petland’s Boca Park location sold more than 30 animals to Carolyn Luke and Timothy Miller, the couple accused in a massive animal cruelty and hoarding case.
“To find out that we have an alleged pet store that sold one couple 35 dogs is extremely concerning and a failure within the city of Las Vegas because it’s our job to regulate and monitor that,” said Seaman.
“They have not come forward and admitted it, but we have all of the documentation we need. It’s there in photos, employee testimony that they were selling dozens and dozens of animals to these people, people who told them that these animals were dying. They would continue to sell more animals to them,” said Bryce Henderson, president of No Kill Las Vegas.
Animal advocates say although they believe these alleged sales are unethical and immoral, they may not be illegal.
“There’s no limits. They can sell as many animals as they want to whoever they want,” said Henderson.
To protect other animals from the same fate, Councilwoman Seaman said she’s working on an ordinance to limit the number of animals a pet store can sell to one person, as well as better monitoring of those sales.
“You are limited to six dogs in the City of Las Vegas, so you shouldn’t be able to buy more than six dogs per year in the City of Las Vegas,” said Seaman, “and we need to make sure our animal protective services are monitoring the pet stores and looking at their records and seeing the red flags, which we have failed.”
FOX5 has reached out to Petland about these allegations, but we’re still waiting for a response.
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