1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Pet Safety and Protection Act of 2017 . 2. Protection of pets (a) Research facilities Section 7 of the Animal Welfare Act ( 7 U.S.C. 2137 ) is amended to read as follows: 7. Sources of dogs and cats for research facilities (a) Definition of person In this section, the term person means any individual, partnership, firm, joint stock company, corporation, association, trust, estate, pound, shelter, or other legal entity. (b) Use of dogs and cats No research facility or Federal research facility may use a dog or cat for research or educational purposes if the dog or cat was obtained from a person other than a person described in subsection (d). (c) Selling, donating, or offering dogs and cats No person, other than a person described in subsection (d), may sell, donate, or offer a dog or cat to any research facility or Federal research facility. (d) Permissible sources A person from whom a research facility or a Federal research facility may obtain a dog or cat for research or educational purposes under subsection (b), and a person who may sell, donate, or offer a dog or cat to a research facility or a Federal research facility under subsection (c), shall be— (1) a dealer licensed under section 3 that has bred and raised the dog or cat; (2) a publicly owned and operated pound or shelter that— (A) is registered with the Secretary; (B) is in compliance with section 28(a)(1) and with the requirements for dealers in subsections (b) and (c) of section 28; and (C) obtained the dog or cat from its legal owner, other than a pound or shelter; (3) a person that is donating the dog or cat and that— (A) bred and raised the dog or cat; or (B) owned the dog or cat for not less than 1 year immediately preceding the donation; (4) a research facility licensed by the Secretary