TAKE ACTION

1. Contact the Blaine City Council

If you live in the city of Blaine, please contact the Blaine City Council members and ask that they consider a humane pet store ordinance to end the sale of puppy mill puppies in Blaine pet stores.

• If possible, contact your specific council member directly (their name and contact information are listed at right)
• Or email the council: citycouncil@blaine.mn.gov
  
  
• It's important to customize your email or letter in your own words. Please include in your message:
  - your name and address (state you are a resident of Blaine; council members want to hear from residents)
  - your opposition to puppy mills and the link to pet stores
  - your support of a humane pet store ordinance
  - your own personal story, if you have one
  - important: ask the council member for their support of the humane pet store ordinance and the protection of these animals

 

Keep us informed: If you can, please send us an email and tell us if you receive a response. 


The above information and citizen call-to-action can be found on this flyer: Go Humane, Blaine

Blaine Ward map
The city of Blaine is divided into 3 wards, with 2 city councilmembers representing each ward. The mayor represents the entire city. Ward map above can be found at this link.

City of Blaine council members with contact information is below.

• Mayor - Tim Sanders
  phone: 763-203-3286 / email: tsanders@blainemn.gov
• Ward 1 - Lori Saroya
  phone: 612-516-1073 / email: lsaroya@blainemn.gov
• Ward 1 - Tom Newland
  phone: 612-961-1811 / email: tnewland@blainemn.gov
• Ward 2 - Vacant seat
• Ward 2 - Jess Robertson
  phone: 763-607-2233 / jrobertson@blainemn.gov
• Ward 3 - Terra Fleming
  phone: 612-513-5231 / email: tfleming@blainemn.gov
  
• Ward 3 - Chris Massoglia
  phone: 612-524-9447 / email: cmassoglia@blainemn.gov
  
  

Do you know who represents you on the city council?
• Find your ward from the ward map.
• Click here to find name, email, and phone of council member.
 

2. Sign up

Sign up in support of the Blaine Humane Pet Store ordinance and to get email updates.

By signing up, you are giving us permission to email you with updates and action alerts about the proposed ordinance — or contact you, if needed, for support of the ordinance.  

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​3. Order a free yardsign.

Do you live in Blaine? Order a Go Humane, Blaine! yardsign for your front lawn. It's free!  

• Email us at gohumaneblaine@gmail.com and give your name and address.
• We'll drop it off at your house. Please give us any special instructions about where and when to drop it off.

​4. Share the message on social media.

Help share the message about the Humane Pet Store Ordinance through your social media. Direct people to this website to learn more and take action. To download Go Humane, Blaine! image, click here.

2 posts are below.



Post:
Go Humane, Blaine! Adopt a Humane Pet Store Ordinance.
A humane pet store ordinance is needed in the city of Blaine to stop the sale of puppy mill puppies in pet stores. Ask your Blaine City Council member to support a humane pet store ordinance. For further information on how to take action, please visit: www.gohumaneblaine.com/take-action.html

Post:
Blaine: Go Humane! Adopt a Humane Pet Store Ordinance
Hometown hockey hero David Backes and wife Kelly are speaking up! Watch: David and Kelly Backes ask Blaine to ‘Go Humane’
A humane pet store ordinance is needed in the city of Blaine to stop the sale of puppy mill puppies in pet stores. If you live in Blaine, contact the Blaine City Council and ask for their support. Learn more and how you can take action at the Go Humane, Blaine! website: www.gohumaneblaine.com

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UPDATE: Blaine City Council  

January 2022 to present: Efforts continue in speaking with the mayor and council members to gain support of the humane pet store ordinance and to help the animals trapped in mills and consumers who unknowingly purchase sickly pets. There are newly appointed council members in Wards 1 and 3.

PAST: On Monday, October 4, 2021, during a workshop session, the Blaine City Council, in a split decision, chose not to move forward on a humane pet store ordinance and instead to consider other options, such as regulating pet stores. This is most unfortunate for the animals, because the humane pet store ordinance is the best and most effective option to address the problem: the pipeline from puppy mills into pet stores.

Let your voice be heard. This is about education and awareness — making sure all council members understand why this issue is important to Blaine residents.