Pets from puppy and kitten mills are kept in crowded, unsanitary kennels and many don't have
adequate access to veterinary care, food or water, animal advocates say.
Not exact matches
The dogs were found emaciated and dehydrated, without
adequate access to food, water and
veterinary care, some dying in their cages.
The update will provide more specific requirements for the treatment and
care of animals, including
adequate food, water and shelter, appropriate space and exercise and
access to veterinary care.
Being full of desirable animals makes shelters competitive with pet stores that get their inventory from puppy mills, where dogs are often mistreated, overbred and forced
to spend their lives in cages without
adequate access to food, water or
veterinary care.
The proposal would require large - scale breeders
to keep dogs in larger enclosures with solid floors, and give them
access to adequate exercise, food, water and
veterinary care.
She declined
to discuss specifics of the case, but said animal - cruelty statutes require that animals be provided with
adequate shelter and
access to food, water and
veterinary care.
«Necessary
care» means
care sufficient
to preserve the health and well - being of an animal, and includes, but is not limited
to: food of sufficient quantity and quality
to allow for normal growth or maintenance of body weight;
adequate access to water in sufficient quantity and quality
to satisfy the animal's needs;
access to adequate protection from the weather; and
veterinary care to alleviate suffering and maintain health.
Deprive any animal of necessary sustenance,
access to water, shelter,
veterinary care, and
adequate exercise
Those new measures required each county
to have
access to a shelter and animal - control officer, and set out standards that include protection from the weather; basic
veterinary care or humane euthanasia for ill or injured animals;
adequate heat in winter; clean and dry pens with
adequate room for animal comfort; construction with materials that can be properly cleaned and disinfected; available clean water; uncontaminated food provided daily; and public
access to the facility.
Received official warning from USDA for repeated failure
to provide
adequate veterinary care and failure
to give
access to USDA inspectors.
(11) failure
to maintain or provide documentation of the provision of
adequate veterinary medical
care, as required in K.S.A. 47 - 1701 (dd), and amendments thereto,
to animals in such licensee or permittee's custody or
care when
access to such is requested by the commissioner or the commissioner's authorized representatives.
Proposition B promotes the humane treatment of dogs in Missouri's large - scale commercial dog kennels, which will improve the lives of dogs by requiring large - scale breeding operations
to limit the number of breeding female dogs
to 50, as well as provide each dog with common sense standards such as sufficient food and clean water, regular
veterinary care,
adequate housing and space, and
access to regular exercise.