Puppy mills are large - scale
dog breeding facilities where dogs are bred to be sold to the public through pet shops, newspaper ads, or even forums.
It's hard to believe, but they depict real conditions at puppy mills, large - scale commercial
breeding facilities where profit is put ahead of the well being of the dogs.
You would have no way of knowing what kind
of breeding facility they run, because they ad is only a few sentences long.
For more information on the trend of local governments to limit sales of animals from commercial
mass breeding facilities....
In addition to being a
large breeding facility for endangered animals, I also like the fact that most of the large animals remain in a somewhat natural environment.
That deal included three farms covering 63 hectares and 17 poultry
breeding facilities with a capacity for 200,000 birds.
The little 6 year - old male fox was born in the
captive breeding facility and over the years had been paired with several females.
The vaccine is most beneficial when given to cats that have previously tested negative and that are about to enter a high - risk environment such as an animal shelter or
cat breeding facility.
In effect, we are more closely regulated than the commercial
breeding facilities because no foster home is capable of handling more than one or two dogs at a time.
Such breeding facilities treat puppies as cash crops instead of pets, employing horrendous standards of care for the dogs and producing sick animals prone to illness, injury, genetic and behavioral problems.
Not only is this untrue, but the conditions of
many breeding facilities or puppy mills (which supply pet stores that sell dogs) are nothing short of horrific.
Puppy mills are factory -
style breeding facilities that mass produce puppies for sale in pet stores, over the Internet and directly to consumers.
Unfortunately, less than 200 parrot refuge organizations that are not affiliated with
breeding facilities exist nationwide as compared to the thousands of rescue groups that take in dogs and cats.
Self - regulation is the best option for the pet industry to ensure that
breeding facilities provide the best possible care for the animals in their charge.
To generate high profits, some commercial
breeding facilities cut operational costs, such as staffing levels, veterinarian expenses and shelter conditions.
Many of the largest puppy mills have embraced technology as a way to avoid the costs of operating a clean, healthy, and
humane breeding facility.
A step - by - step project for students who want to help stop the mass
dog breeding facilities known as puppy mills.
They know puppy mills —
mass breeding facilities where mother dogs and their puppies suffer from lack of veterinary care and socialization — are already selling at such venues.
He had much better care in
breeding facility where it was heated and air conditioned with fresh water and feed freely fed 24 hours a day.
Within breeding facilities, animal shelters, animal clinics, etc., it is advisable to separate all those infected from the ones that aren't.
Most puppies up for sale in stores are the product of puppy mills, large -
scale breeding facilities where dogs are treated like vending machines.
In papers filed yesterday, the consumers argue that the Andersons have continued to violate a court order and the terms of a settlement agreement the parties entered into more than three years ago, by selling puppies from
substandard breeding facilities and violating disclosure requirements as to where the puppies they sell come from.
In an effort to help put
inhumane breeding facilities out of business and place more focus on finding homes for the millions of homeless animals in shelters, advocates across the United States and beyond are working to pass legislation banning the retail sale of dogs and cats in pet stores unless they come from a rescue or shelter.
Kathryn Destreza, director of investigations for ASPCA Field Investigations and Response, said dogs kept
at breeding facilities like the one in Elmwood suffer a poor quality of life.
There are an estimated 10,000 licensed and unlicensed high -
volume breeding facilities in the United States, with thousands more worldwide.
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