Today.com - ON March 16, dozens of store owners and managers submitted an open letter to federal, state and local goverment officials regarding pets and coronavirus precautions. The letter praised governments for the decisive action being taken to slow the pandemic but asked that the well-being of pets be considered.
The Washington Post - On Tuesday, the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council echoed that. "This is a positive move toward restoring transparency that will allow the regulated individuals and facilities to demonstrate that they are responsible and accountable animal caretakers," president and CEO Mike Bober said. "We are concerned, however, that the database was restored in a way that offers no protection for the privacy of individual breeders."
The Buffalo News - "We believe people who bring up these bills do so for a noble reason. We don't beleive they want to put New Yorkers out of business or jobs. But hte bill doesn't address the breeding issues they claim to," said Mike Bober, president of the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council, a Washington, D.C., group that represents pet shop companies, pet produce firms and wholesalers and distributors.
People.com - 11.13.2019 - Every situation can be made a bit better by a dog. Pet Partners, the nation's leading organization in registering therapy animals for animal-assisted interventions, and the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC) understand this. That's why they brought a group of trained therapy canines to Capitol HIll on Wednesday...
Two of the price increases we saw in NPR's basket were in pet products: a dog leash and a dog collar. The industry has been hit by tariffs affecting fabric, metal and plastic--and many of the pet items are predominantly made in China, said Mike Bober, head of the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council.
The Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council out of Washington DC has also railed against the event, stating it, "will unnecessarily threaten the health of over 1,000 goldfish and send a dangerous message to adulst and children."
Mike Bober, president and CEO of the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council, said Friday that the current and planned tariffs, plus the Chinese retaliations, are having a significant impact on pet trade and American pet owners.
U.S. pet owners could soon feel the impact of America's intensifying trade war with China deep down in their pockets. Earlier this month, President Donald Trump imposed a 25% tariff on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods. And China's Finance Ministry responded by placing a tariff on $60 billion worth of U.S. goods, starting in June. Now it's things like pet food and goldfish -- which are currently available for as low as $1 -- that could soon cost more because they are frequently imported to U.S. pet store suppliers directly from China.
Pet fish owners could soon pay more for aquarium water filters when they visit their local PetSmart, due to tariffs imposed on imports from China. A few aisles over, the price of dog and pet food could soon rise as steel and aluminum tariffs increase the costs for producers such as Cargill and J.M. Smucker Co.
FAIRFAX, VA - Mike Bober, president of the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council, argued hedgehogs aren’t any different from other pets and that claiming they are difficult to care for is dangerous and inaccurate. “Hedgehogs can be cared (for) through widely available products, through education and through an effort to remind people that when they take on an effort to care for an animal, whatever that animal is, they have a responsibility,” argued Bober.