Not exact matches
A study by Dr. Andrew Rowan, a veterinary expert on pet overpopulation, found that close to 90 %
of all kittens and
puppies are born to females
who are sterilized
after they have given birth to at least one
litter.
The life
of dogs
who are held hostage in
puppy mills, forced to have
litter after littler, while existing in filthy, unsafe, and unhealthy environments, deserve more.
The Chinese Crested,
who was used to produce
litter after litter of puppies, was turned over to a dog rescue group.
DeLAND — A
litter of puppies stranded in a flooded New Orleans home
after Hurricane Katrina was rescued by a local woman
who has spent the past 21 years saving border collies.
Most
of the more than 200 Central Florida pets left homeless by February's deadly tornadoes have been reunited with their owners or taken in by new families.For shelter operators
who worked around the clock for days to tend to stranded and injured pets, the task now is to place the 17 dogs and cats remaining from Orange, Osceola and Seminole, the hardest - hit counties.In the days
after the storms, dogs with
puppies, cats with
litters on the way, even parakeets and guinea pigs were rescued by strangers or turned in by owners
who didn't have a place for themselves, let alone their pets.
The majority
of rescues over the course
of the weekend were senior dogs,
who had lived their entire lives in cages at the mills, having
litter after litter of puppies to be sold to pet stores or private buyers.
When we see older female dogs arriving in to rescue
who haven't been spayed until later in life,
after multiple
litters of puppies and / or from a
puppy mill type situation, there is a much greater likelihood that they may have mammary (or other) tumors compared to those
who were fixed at a young age.
A backyard breeder is someone
who pumps out
litter after litter, paying little attention to the welfare
of the
puppies.