Q&A
Effectiveness of the guinea pig bill in reducing shelter populations
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Council Member Schulman discusses the effectiveness of the recently passed guinea pig bill, which prohibited the sale of guinea pigs in pet shops. Risa Weinstock from Animal Care Centers of NYC confirms that the bill has been effective in reducing the number of guinea pigs in shelters.
- The guinea pig bill has led to a decrease in shelter populations
- Similar positive effects were observed with rabbits
- The bill took time to pass but has proven effective
Lynn C. Schulman
0:42:11
Because I I I just want to note, so we passed last year, we passed the guinea pig bill to make sure that guinea pigs were not sold in pet shops.
0:42:18
And as a result of that, the population has gone down, right, in the shelters.
0:42:24
Correct?
0:42:26
I mean, the guinea pigs.
Risa Weinstock
0:42:28
That's correct.
0:42:29
It was very helpful.
Lynn C. Schulman
0:42:31
So, and and I, you know, I just want to note that it took a while to get that passed, but we were able to do that last year and it has been quite effective.
0:42:39
Can you tell us like how much I think it's quite a number of percentage quite a big percentage in terms of lowering the numbers of guinea pigs that were coming into the system.
0:42:50
Correct?
Risa Weinstock
0:42:51
Overall, yeah, I don't have specific data.
0:42:53
But, yes, the trend that we saw after the passage of that bill same thing with rabbits is that the number of rabbits and guinea pigs declined.
0:43:03
So