Sentences with phrase «many licensed breeders»

The Cook County ordinance requires suburban pet stores sell animals from government shelters, rescue agencies and human societies or federally licensed breeders with fewer than five reproducing female animals.

Cook County has since passed its own version of the ordinance, which requires stores to sell pets from government shelters, rescue agencies and humane societies, or federally licensed breeders with no more than five reproducing female animals.

Licensed breeders were required to donate some of the Bali starlings for release into Bali Barat National Park.

Pet stores can only buy puppies from USDA - licensed breeders who meet the USDA standards.

Many legal, licensed breeders own 1,000 or more dogs.

Oklahoma now has over 230 licensed breeders.

Thia King, President of OK Pet Professionals and a federally licensed breeder, claimed in an e-mail that passage of HB 1332 would spell the end of the breeding industry in Oklahoma.

In order to halt the abuses that occurred in unregulated high volume kennels, many states began licensing breeders that sell to the public.

Louise Ferrari of NH Sugar Gliders is a USDA - licensed breeder who also takes in and rehabilitates rescues.

What is wrong with licensing breeders and why are they so opposed to it?

Inspection reports for federally licensed breeders are available free of charge on the USDA website.»

They come from USDA licensed breeders and distributors with no direct violations on their latest inspection report.

But perfectly «reputable», licensed breeders do operate from kennel environments, not home environments.

Furthermore, the chain store appears to have amended its policy late this year: «Effective October 1, 2015, Petland company stores will only source puppies from shelters and rescues, hobby breeders and USDA - licensed breeders who have no direct violations within the previous two years.»

So, a «USDA licensed breeder» in the window doesn't indicate much about where the animals actually come from or how they're being treated.

The tagline «USDA licensed breeder» sounds pretty official, doesn't it?

is not considered to be a big puppy mill state with only nine commercial breeders and 4 % of the licensed breeders having less than 50 dogs.

In fact, there is only one county licensed breeder that breeds Siberian Huskies.

«This is the amount of space (6» longer than the dog) in which USDA - licensed breeders can legally confine their animals.»

The HSUS has never acknowledged that Pet Breeder Organizations in the 10 States where over 80 % of all USDA Licensed Breeders are located have «Publicly Condemned Substandard Kennels.»

Some states restrict the permissible sources of pet store puppies, like limiting stores to buying dogs only from USDA - licensed breeders without certain violations.

The requirement that licensed breeders be of good moral character was removed.Â

Since we haven't been able to find a puppy to adopt that my daughter wants, we are buying our dog from a highly recommended licensed breeder near our community.

«A lot of pet stores will say, «We don't get pets from puppy mills, but from USDA - licensed breeders,» said Cori Menkin, senior director of the ASPCA puppy mills campaign.

This means that animals purchased from pet stores have a higher risk of health problems than those adopted from a shelter or bought from a licensed breeder.

These numbers only account for licensed breeders — there are many unlicensed breeders operating in Illinois

Licensed breeders undergo routine inspections of their facilities and treat their animals with care, so you don't have to worry about the ethics of their operation.

Breed discriminatory laws would be prohibited ``... except in those instances where the rule, regulation or ordinance pertains to spaying or neutering of pit bulls and staffordshire bull terriers located in the city of Warwick, and provided such rule, regulation or ordinance shall not apply to licensed breeders of such dogs.»

Frank and Vicki Mineo, who own Puppies»N Love pet stores, plan to appeal the ruling, complaining that the requirements will unfairly hurt their business, which buys from only «USDA licensed breeders.»

Petland's spokeswoman says the store's policy is to source puppies only from local adoption groups, hobby breeders (as defined by the Animal Welfare Act), and USDA - licensed breeders with no direct violations on their latest inspection report.

Pet stores that sell dogs usually say their puppies come from U.S. Department of Agriculture - licensed breeders.

Such inspections are not a perfect science: The USDA employed just 99 inspectors in 2008 to examine 5,720 licensed breeders and brokers across the nation.

Licensed breeders must meet or exceed the standards set forth and enforced by the USDA's Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) as spelled out in the Animal Welfare Act (AWA).

By choosing USDA - licensed breeders and by encouraging your friends and family to do the same, you can be sure that your pets will have had a safe, healthy upbringing while also helping to push puppy mills out of business for good.

By choosing to support licensed breeders, like the ones shown here, as well as the pet stores that rely on them, you can help put an end to puppy mills for good.

If the breeder you bought your dog from is a local authority licensed breeder, you can contact the local authority's Trading Standards department.

These USDA Licensed Breeders are allowed to sell dogs to pet stores.

At any given point in time, there are typically between 2,000 and 3,000 USDA - licensed breeders (commonly referred to as puppy mills) operating in the United States.

We all know there are thousands of dogs living in deplorable conditions of licensed breeders who sell to pet stores.

There are home breeders, hobby breeders, and licensed breeders.

Licensing breeders will also discourage backyard and puppy mill breeders because of the possibility that the income from the pups will be traceable.

There were more than 450 USDA - licensed breeders at that time.

Stop puppy mills from coming to Michigan: While Michigan is not known as a big «puppy mill» state, with only four USDA - licensed commercial breeders and 21 county - licensed breeders who report owning more than 50 dogs, the Allegan County case underscores the fact that puppy mills exist here, and that current laws are insufficient to manage them.

This is not a guess or assumption on my part, communications at the time from the Council confirm some dogs went to licensed breeders aka puppy farmers.

As a State and USDA licensed breeder, we ensure that our dogs are properly socialized and free from disease.

12 Things You Should Know About «Puppy Mills» 1) Pet stores are required by law to only buy from USDA LICENSED breeders.

The number of licensed breeders in this country has been steadily dropping due to lies from the animal «rights» groups about the quality of purebred dogs.

And USDA licensed breeders are exempt under laws enacted by HSUS?

• Who is USDA - licensed Some breeders in Minnesota are licensed by the federal government through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

The Humane Society of the United States and Texas Humane Legislation Network submit amicus brief in support of The Licensed Breeders Act