Updated: Apr. 13, 2023, 12:06 p.m. | Published: Apr. 12, 2023, 3:37 p.m.
By Paul Liotta | pliotta@siadvance.com
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Guinea pigs on pet store shelves may soon be a thing of the past in the five boroughs after the City Council voted Tuesday to ban shops from selling them.
A pandemic spike in sales, and the subsequent influx of the animals at local shelters spurred lawmakers to add guinea pigs to a local law that also bans the sale of rabbits.
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