“I’m still in shock,” said Marc Ayers, Illinois state director for the Humane Society of the United States, who with other advocates has fought to tighten the ordinance for years. “It’s a great day for animals, pet owners and consumers in Chicago who thought they were doing the right thing by adopting a rescue animal but later found out it came from a puppy mill.”
Puppy mill loophole closed: Chicago pet stores banned from passing off purebred, designer dogs as rescues
