While backyard breeders are concentrated in low - income neighborhoods, their customers aren't confined to any demographic.
Legitimate breeders know their breeds and can refer buyers to other satisfied customers,
while backyard breeders will sell to whomever is willing to pay.
Not exact matches
Most experts agree that shelters and reputable
breeders can be good places to get a cat,
while pet stores and
backyard breeders should be avoided because of he higher chance of health and behavior issues.
While I agree with the
backyard breeder part of your statement, most reputable
breeders would fall under what you call the «hobby
breeder» category.
The answer then is to have an aggressive program of TNR (trap, neuter, release) of all strays, and a law which requires the owner of any nonfixed animal, from a pet store or non-legitimate \ «
backyard breeder \», to pay a fee that is twice the cost of spay or neuter,
while offering to spay or neuter for free.
Adopting a Companion Animal Too many healthy, adoptable animals are euthanized in our nation's shelters
while puppy mills and
backyard breeders continue to crank out huge numbers of animals for sale.
And
while we feel that American's have the constitutional right to purchase a pure breed dog, we strongly discourage buying dogs from pet stores supplied by puppy mills,
backyard breeders, the internet and newspaper ads.
While we hope you'll consider adoption, you are going to buy a pet, please do your research and find a reputable
breeder and not from a Puppy Mill or
Backyard Breeder.
Even
while thousands of dogs and cats are being euthanized each day for want of homes, puppy mills, kitten mills and
backyard breeders heartlessly continue flooding the pet market with more.
Often, these animals come from
backyard breeders or large - scale commercial breeding facilities that churn out animals for a profit
while the adult breeding animals are confined to life in a cage.