{"id":111214,"date":"2011-07-25T14:29:18","date_gmt":"2011-07-25T19:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=111214"},"modified":"2011-07-26T14:29:43","modified_gmt":"2011-07-26T19:29:43","slug":"proposed-ordinance-would-bar-roadside-animal-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=111214","title":{"rendered":"Proposed Ordinance Would Bar Roadside Animal Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?attachment_id=111215\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-111215\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2011\/07\/puppies_for_sale-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"puppies_for_sale\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-111215\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nLUFKIN \u2014  Lufkin\u2019s newest city council member, Sarah Murray, said she will introduce an ordinance to keep people from selling animals from the roadside.   The proposed ordinance, drafted by the city\u2019s attorney, specifically states: \u201cIt shall be unlawful for any person to sell, trade, barter, lease, rent, give away or display for a commercial purpose any live animal on a roadside, public right-of-way, commercial parking lot, or at an outdoor special sale, garage sale, swap meet, flea market, or similar event within the corporate limits of the City of Lufkin.\u201d   According to KETK and the Lufkin Daily News, the ordinance is restricted to domesticated animals, and does not include livestock.<\/p>\n<p>Murray, a longtime animal rights activist, said she sees people selling animals in commercial parking lots and finds it appalling.   \u201cThe animals that are brought to sell are from puppy mills,\u201d said Murray, who represents Ward 6. \u201cSometimes these dogs are inbred. Another thing is they have no immunizations, no vaccinations, they are not spayed or neutered. I\u2019m against euthanasia. My idea is if they\u2019re not born, then they don\u2019t have to die.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Murray claims some of the dogs are selling for up to $500 and are not AKC (American Kennel Club) registered. Many of the animals could have diseases, such as parvo.  \u201cParvo is deadly,\u201d Murray said. \u201cIf it isn\u2019t detected, the dog can give parvo to the rest of your animals, and they will all die.\u201d  Most importantly, she said the animals wait in inhumane conditions to be purchased. She said some don\u2019t have enough shade or water to endure the East Texas heat or bitter cold temperatures of winter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was freezing last year, and people had brought in birds in cages, and they were sitting out in the cold, cold weather,\u201d Murray said. \u201cTo me it\u2019s just unethical. These animals have no choice.\u201d   The side-of-the-road sale also encourages impulse buying, Murray said, which leads to more animals in the shelters, Humane Society or dumped in neighborhoods and on country roads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LUFKIN \u2014 Lufkin\u2019s newest city council member, Sarah Murray, said she will introduce an ordinance to keep people from selling animals from the roadside. The proposed ordinance, drafted by the city\u2019s attorney, specifically states: \u201cIt shall be unlawful for any person to sell, trade, barter, lease, rent, give away or display for a commercial purpose &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=111214\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Proposed Ordinance Would Bar Roadside Animal Sales<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-21 05:11:39","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=111214"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111490,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111214\/revisions\/111490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=111214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=111214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=111214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}