New York City is seeking to ban the sale of baby rabbits in pet stores.

A bill currently before the city council would make it illegal for pet shops to "display, offer for sale, deliver, barter, auction, give away, transfer or sell” rabbits.

"They’re frequently dumped in city parks and brought to city shelters. There’s simply not enough room,” said Christine Mott, head of the city bar association’s Committee on Animal Law.

Following dogs and cats, rabbits are the third most common animals left at shelters.

This ban is part of a bill that prohibits pet shops from buying dogs from so-called puppy mills.

Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago already have banned the selling of rabbits in pet stores.