New York's Puppy Mill Pipeline Act was supposed to end the retail pipeline that keeps puppy mills in business. It took effect in December 2024. By June 2025, a Brooklyn store was still selling puppies.

Quality Canines Inc., operating as Puppy Boutique in Brooklyn, allegedly continued selling puppies after the ban took effect. State and city agencies warned the business multiple times, including a formal notice in February 2024 and cease-and-desist actions in 2025. An undercover investigator confirmed same-day puppy sales as recently as June 2025.

When warnings failed, the store allegedly created a workaround: claiming to partner with nonprofit rescue groups to facilitate adoptions. Those groups were not registered as shelter organizations and sourced dogs directly from breeders, including reported puppy mills. It was designed to look like compliance while changing nothing.

Attorney General Letitia James is now suing to stop the store from operating in violation of the law. That action matters. But a law that requires multiple warnings and a civil lawsuit to stop a single pet store is not doing enough to protect animals and families.

New York's Legislature must strengthen the Puppy Mill Pipeline Act: mandatory closure orders for first violations, real financial penalties, and explicit language closing the fake rescue loophole so bad actors cannot hide behind unregistered nonprofits.

Sign this petition to demand New York close the loopholes, raise the penalties, and make sure the Puppy Mill Pipeline Act has the teeth to protect every animal it was designed to save.