Overview
- PVEM deputy Manuel Talayero introduced a bill for the capital’s legislature to prohibit selling dogs and cats on social media, WhatsApp groups and other digital marketplaces.
- The initiative remains under analysis in the Mexico City Congress and has not become law.
- Digital platforms would be required to prevent pet listings and to remove any violating posts immediately under the draft text.
- The proposal outlines coordinated enforcement protocols between the Environmental and Land Management Prosecutor’s Office (PAOT) and the city’s Secretariat of Citizen Security to investigate and sanction irregular commerce.
- Commercial sales would be limited to authorized establishments with sanitary controls and breeder registration, with penalties for illicit sellers and a plan to seek legal funds to support animal shelters.