07/09/2025
📣 Take Action! The CA Senate votes on AB 519 soon — and your voice matters. This bill is a key step in shutting down the puppy mill pipeline once and for all.
🐾 AB 519 targets predatory pet brokers who profit from cruelly bred puppies, kittens and rabbits. Let’s close the loopholes and protect animals.
📬 Visit findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov to find your senator’s contact information, then send them the message below urging them to vote YES. For more information about AB 519, visit sdhumane.org/ab519.
Sample Message:
Dear Senator,
As a constituent in your district, I strongly urge you to vote YES on AB 519, a critical bill that will prohibit predatory puppy and kitten brokers from selling or transferring dogs, cats or rabbits for profit in our state.
AB 519, part of a three-bill package designed to close the final valve of the puppy mill pipeline into California, is focused on ending the “puppy broker” loophole in current legislation. Puppy brokers obtain puppies in bulk from commercial breeders and resell them to consumers, often online. They present themselves as trustworthy, claiming that the animals they sell come from “highly regulated” breeders. However, puppy brokering is a predatory industry that hides cruel breeding practices and misleads consumers with wholesome images and minimal information about the animals they are purchasing. This practice allows puppy mills — which are illegal in our state — to continue to reach Californians at a time when our shelters are overflowing with adoptable pets.
AB 519 will prohibit pet sales by brokers, finally putting a stop to predatory middlemen who operate online and promote cruel. large-scale, profit-driven breeding practices. This bill does not harm responsible breeders but protects consumers from unknowingly purchasing animals from deceptive brokers.
California has the opportunity to ensure that we no longer import cruelty in our state. I urge you to support AB 519!
