The 13 pet stores within Las Vegas city limits have three years to adjust their business models following a vote Wednesday by the City Council to ban the retail sale of pets.

The ordinance, proposed by Mayor Shelley Berkley and Councilwoman Nancy Brune, prohibits the sale of dogs, cats, rabbits, pot belly pigs, and guinea pigs.

“Pet stores have a well-documented track record of mistreating animals and selling unhealthy pets to unsuspecting customers,” Nevada Treasurer Zach Conine wrote to the council. “Additionally, animal shelters face an overcrowding crisis and are at risk of euthanizing animals for space.”

Nevada Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Executive Director Lori Heeren, a privately funded no-kill shelter, told the Council that on Tuesday, the organization h

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