I disagree. Animal protective services will respond to any case they are alerted to but there's just that problem, there aren't a lot of people who will alert them in these instances since there officers aren't just keeping an eye on all the petshops out there. The effectiveness on animal cruelty laws tend to rely more on regular people being able to report cases.
And I disagree with that. I reported a store that's local to the ASPCA for having dead reptiles on display, no water for any of the animals, etc. I was told they'd check it out. I went back a few weeks, same conditions.
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