Sentences with phrase «commercial dog brokers»

Commercial dog brokers are not subject to regulation unless they are USDA licensed and sell at least 500 dogs per year. Â

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In 2008, The HSUS unveiled an eight - month investigation into Petland and its relationship with large dog brokers and the commercial breeding industry.

D. Breeder must be prepared to ensure to the best of their ability that no stud dog or brood bitch owned by them is bred to any dog or bitch whose owner is directly or indirectly involved with any dog broker, puppy mill, pet shop that retails dogs, auctions, litter lot sales, or any other commercial enterprise whose business is involved in these activities.

It's unfortunate but true that large - scale commercial breeders and brokers typically confine dogs for their entire lives in tiny, stacked, wire - floored cages, waste falling on them from above, their paws injured by the wire threads, and the female dogs bred continuously to exhaustion.»

Under the federal Animal Welfare Act, the US Department of Agriculture regulates commercial breeders, kennels, and brokers who sell dogs through wholesale channels and sets standards for the use of animals in biomedical and product research, circuses, zoos, and other public animal displays.

Since 1995, CAPS» focus has been on the USDA's failure to enforce the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) as it pertains to commercial dog breeders and brokers.

MHGRC breeders are not commercial vendors or brokers, and they are not in the business of selling dogs.

In 2006, the AKC's Board of Directors signed a contract with Petland pet stores to facilitate the registration of dogs sold by Petland and purchased from the Hunte Corporation, the largest commercial puppy mill broker in the United States.

Ethical breeders do not consign dogs to pet stores, animal brokers (foreign or domestic) or commercial kennels.

* Pet shops typically buy from brokers who get animals from puppy mills, which are commercial breeding establishments that mass produce dogs for resale.

Brokers, pet stores, neighbors, professional breeders, commercial kennels, puppy mills, and animal shelters all sell dogs.