Sentences with phrase «acquire dogs from animal shelters»

We acquire dogs from animal shelters, owner relinquishment, strays, dogs who are abandoned because of their owners» death, dogs used for breeding at puppy mills, etc..

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Dogs were acquired from a variety of sources; the most common were friends or relatives (30 %), breeders (25 %), public or private animal shelter (15 %), with the remainder (less than 10 % each) coming from a breed rescue group, a newspaper advertisement, found as stray, being born at home, acquired from a pet store, and rare other sources (Fig. 1).

Because there are homeless pets awaiting adoption in every community in the nation, the ASPCA strongly advocates that persons wishing to acquire a dog consider adopting one from a shelter or other source of homeless animals.

I believe the insightful and practical knowledge that I acquired from the online certificate would provide me with the solid foundation in sailing through my long career in improving welfare of animals, including shelter dogs and cats.

Hearing Dogs are generally mixed breeds acquired from animal shelters and are small to medium in size.

Some NEADS Hearing Dogs are acquired from animal shelters and rescue groups.

Petaluma, CA — North Bay Canine Rescue — Dedicated to rescuing dogs from crisis situations, some of which include euthanasia by animal shelters, neglect and other forms of abuse, or «free to a good home» ads, which result in dogs being bounced from one home to another, or being acquired by animal brokers («bunchers») and sold to research laboratories where they are used for testing, then discarded («cruelty industries»).

In 1996, the Center for Animals and Public Policy at Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts, reported in Anthrozoos that 13 percent of the dogs acquired by US families each year come from shelters.