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With your signature and support, my focus is to get the City of Frisco to pass an ordinance that bans the retail sales of puppies and kittens by Dec. 3, 2019. In a recent City Council meeting, City Council told me they support ethical businesses. However, they continue to tolerate an unethical business practice that neglects and abuses animals. 

My ask of you:

1. The city is ignoring us and putting words in our mouth (that we just want to see Petland shut down when we're asking for an animal ordinance that bans sales). Interestingly, Mayor Jeff Cheney, Tim Nelson and Brian Livingston (council members) are up for re-election. Why are they not listening to constituents? This means we cannot stop sharing this petition, the story and discuss the problem. We must make this ordinance happen to prevent thousands of animals from neglect, torture and abuse! 
2. Attend upcoming City Council meetings and town halls in-person to make the most impact.
3. Contact your local news stations and media to write a story about this. Key information and materials are listed below for you to use.

This petition's origin:

Petland Frisco has been open since 2003 and, over the years, people have petitioned, protested, sued, and gone undercover to reveal that there is no length Petland won’t go to make a quick dollar off of innocent lives. Petland Frisco buys from puppy mills, doesn’t offer timely veterinary care (as proven by Frisco PD citations), lets animals suffer in their own vomit and bloody diarrhea (as proven through videos from the Humane Society and their press release), and is suspected of putting sick animals like a bunny that was very likely still ALIVE in the freezer! We asked the City why they are not shut down? The root cause is lack of city ordinance.

[The paragraph below was initially added/amended on Sept. 23, 2019]

Per City of Frisco reps, the council does not want to shut down Petland because Frisco is pro-business. I--and many concerned Frisco citizens--have heard them and have educated the council that the systemic issue is not Petland itself, but the retail sales of animals. We are redacting our request to "shut down Petland" and center our focus on "establishing a city ordinance to end the retail sale of animals." Similar ordinances have been passed El Paso, Austin, and Ft. Worth and is being considered by our neighbor city, The Colony. Frisco has *reasons unknown* for refusing to listen to 15,000 voices, hundreds of protesters, dozens of speakers at City Council and Town Hall meetings, and endless emails, phone calls, and more. 

Key dates to track progress:

• Sept. 12: News of HSUS investigation of Petland Frisco. Numerous citations were given to Petland by Frisco Police.
• Sept. 13: This petition was created.
• Sept. 17: On Tuesday, we took our 5,000+ signatures and comments to the City Council during their Citizens' Input session of the council meeting. We made 2 requests as noted above with the City of Frisco and spoke with the Chief of Police afterwards who is researching into other city ordinances around retail animal sales. A few more people including an advisory board member from the Texas Humane Legislation Network (they address unfair animal welfare laws) spoke as well. 
• Sept. 28: Roughly 80 people participated in the Frisco Petland Protest hosted by Stop Frisco Animal Mill Sales
• Sept. 30: Attend, dial-in, or Facebook Live the Frisco Town Hall. A handful of protestors, a veterinarian, a leader from the Texas Humane Legislation Network, and an ex-Petland customer attended to plead our case with the City. 
• Nov. 5: Six concerned citizens spoke at City Council meeting
• Nov. 13: Dallas Morning News publishes this op ed titled: 2 months after a damning Petland report, here’s what Frisco needs to do to protect dogs and cats. It’s too bad more cities -- including Dallas -- haven’t followed Fort Worth’s lead on retail sales of pets