Texas police and Humane Society officials seized 500 to 600 dogs and about 15 cats Tuesday in a raid on what they say
is a puppy mill in Kaufman County, Fox News reported.
In short, the breeders the former CEO of the ASPCA now speaks for
are puppy mills in the broadest sense of the word.
Not exact matches
Truth
is, if a good Samaritan hadn't found a Craigslist ad posted
in Texas, by a
puppy mill breeder then he wouldn't
be with us today.
GoDaddy pulled an advertisement that
was set to air during Super Bowl 49 amid criticism that the commercial found humor
in puppy mills.
While a majority spoke
in support of stricter regulations for pet shops, Debbie Boronda, a customer of the only Orland Park business that would
be affected by any new rules said the shop, Happiness
is Pets,
is «a victim of a broken system that allows
puppy mills,» arguing a ban on sales wouldn't address the root of the problem, the
mills themselves.
Orland Park trustees
are considering banning the sale of pets raised by commercial breeders, which critics call «
puppy mills,»
in village pet stores.
A few minutes on this
puppy mill page, and impressionable dope - addled American youth will
be off
in a jiffy to some left - wing animal - rights re-education camp
in the middle of Oregon, next to
be seen launching lightning commando strikes on science labs and pet stores across the country.
The punishment for leaving a dog out
in the freezing cold to potentially die should
be beyond a mere slap on the wrist, pay your fine and go back to your
puppy mill to extract more blood money.
Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville) and Senator Greg Ball (R,C,I - Patterson) today called for tough new legislation to protect our companion animals from
being left outside
in the freezing cold all day and night like what
was occurring
in the
puppy mill in the town of Sprakers
in Montgomery County.
Thanks to the hundreds of thousands of animal advocates, the Governor has signed into law legislation (A. 740A / S3753A) to enable local governments to stop
puppy mills and pet dealers like the one
in Sprakers that
are operating
in immoral and unethical ways.
Legislators who co-sponsor annual NYS Animal Advocacy Day announce strong new legislation to prevent
puppy mills like the one
in Montgomery County from leaving dogs out
in extreme cold where they could face death; Tedisco and Ball also announce that 4th Annual NYS Animal Advocacy Day will
be held
in Albany on May 28, 2014
«With thousands of good animals
in need of homes, there
is no need for notorious
puppy mills to supply pet stores,» Gianaris said
in a statement.
ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- Pet stores
in New York state would
be prohibited from buying dogs or cats from
puppy mills and other large commercial breeding facilities under a legislative proposal announced Thursday.
With this new authority
in hand, municipalities from Buffalo to New York City, the North Country to Long Island will
be able to pass tough new laws to crack down on
puppy mills and bad breeders who place profit above the health and safety of animals.
He writes a bill that opens the doors for more pet shops to use
PUPPY MILLS... Yes that is correct Michael Venditto admittedly writes a bill that will allow more pet stores to open that will obviously use puppy mills to stay in busines
PUPPY MILLS... Yes that is correct Michael Venditto admittedly writes a bill that will allow more pet stores to open that will obviously use puppy mills to stay in busines
MILLS... Yes that
is correct Michael Venditto admittedly writes a bill that will allow more pet stores to open that will obviously use
puppy mills to stay in busines
puppy mills to stay in busines
mills to stay
in business....
Puppy mills are like dog - making factories, with the mother dogs spending their entire lives
in cramped cages or kennels with little or no personal attention or quality of life.
No longer a stray, he
is born a purebred Golden Retriever
in a
puppy mill with a whole new set of problems.
The
puppy mill issue remains
in the headlines
in Oklahoma, and although they
are covered under breeder regulations passed
in 2010, high - volume kitten producers
are rarely mentioned.
Animal rights activist groups keep selling the idea that the way to get rid of sub-standard breeders — I refuse to use the pejorative term
puppy mills —
is to simply ban the sale of
puppies, which
in many cases, for simplicity, just morphs into banning the sale of all pets.
Caroline Nolan said, «I wish that everybody could see the conditions that
puppy mill dogs
are in.»
By working with several city councils
in our region, San Diego Humane Society recently helped pass legislation banning local pet stores and other commercial businesses from selling dogs,
puppies, cats, kittens, and rabbits that
are obtained from
puppy mill farms, commercial catteries, and other large breeding establishments.
As a constituent, I
'm calling to ask you to pass S.B. 1712 to protect dogs
in Oklahoma
puppy mills.»
My foster dogs
are a pair of 4 - yearold Dalmatians that
were rescued from a
puppy mill in Missouri and have no concept of life as a companion animal.
Nuala
was rescued
in December 2009 from a
puppy mill auction, where she and her 5 five week old pups
were being auctioned off.
The terrible conditions
in the
puppy mill from which he
was rescued, the care he
was given
in the shelter and the final happy outcome of
being adopted into a loving family and given a new life, became the inspiration for an illustrated booklet, «Winston's Tail».
SB 637's unstated goal
is to close the doors of the new agency and to allow
puppy mills to remain unregulated
in Oklahoma.
The dogs had
been trucked
in from four different
puppy mills.
Saving
puppy mills will not create economic development
in southern Oklahoma, and defending animal cruelty
is not protecting the constitution.
At the
puppy mill auction, on the other hand, I
was completely alone
in my shock and disgust.
That puts us right up there with our
puppy mill problem, where we
are second
in the nation.
Many factors contribute to this, including the fact that their mothers
are under stress when breeding
in puppy mills, PawNation reports.
In puppy mills dogs
are bred for quantity, not quality.
According to Dr. Jones, one of the major problems
in legislating breeding
is how to differentiate between legitimate breeders and
puppy mill breeders.
They
are sickened by the conditions of
puppy mills like those
in Dibble which received national attention through the internet and news services.
Responsible pet owners have a stake
in ensuring our state
is unfriendly to
puppy mills and cockfighting.
Yes, Brecheen wants Oklahoma
puppy mills to
be allowed to keep dogs
in the dark,
in filth,
in tiny cages and without clean water.
Because the language
in SQ777 would allow
puppy mill and cockfighting breeders to define themselves as «farmers,» there
is little state and local governments could do to enact safeguards against such practices, even though Oklahomans have
been clear they don't want such operations
in our state.
But sadly, each year rescue groups take
in many of these charming little dogs — some because they have
been overbred
in puppy mills, some because owners failed to do their homework or made an impulse purchase.
Fortunately, legislation (S.B. 1712) has
been introduced
in Oklahoma to crack down on
puppy mills.
Dr. Weitzman
is also adamant that the organization continue to go the extra mile to advocate for animal welfare beyond the region and fight against cruelty
in many other forms, including cockfighting and dogfighting,
puppy mills, and other inhumane treatment of animals.
Puppy mills refer to high volume puppy producing facilities in which the dogs are generally transferred to their new owners off the producers» property, so that the facility operates out of
Puppy mills refer to high volume
puppy producing facilities in which the dogs are generally transferred to their new owners off the producers» property, so that the facility operates out of
puppy producing facilities
in which the dogs
are generally transferred to their new owners off the producers» property, so that the facility operates out of view.
She said, «For example, one of the dogs
in this transfer
was released to us by the courts following a
puppy mill bust.
Because of how dogs sold through pet stores and / or born
in puppy mills are bred, housed, handled, shipped, homed, and raised, there
are many possible reasons underlying the problems they show as adults.
Oklahoma
is one of the highest
in the number of Class B dealers licensees
in the nation (34 out of 969 active Class B licensees
are located
in OK) and this trade
in dogs and other animals, which go to research, product testing, resale for pets and animals used
in exhibits, may
be even more hidden than
in the
puppy mill world.
Puppies born
in puppy mills are usually removed from their mothers at just six weeks of age, denying them critical socialization, and housed
in overcrowded and unsanitary wire - floored cages, without adequate veterinary care, food or water.
Puppy mills are large - scale breeding facilities where hundreds of dogs
are kept
in deplorable conditions for the sole purpose of churning out
puppies.
In some cases neglect or cruelty is the result of people using animals as tools for commercial profit, such as in the cases of puppy mills, dog fighting, cock fighting and illegal slaughterhouse
In some cases neglect or cruelty
is the result of people using animals as tools for commercial profit, such as
in the cases of puppy mills, dog fighting, cock fighting and illegal slaughterhouse
in the cases of
puppy mills, dog fighting, cock fighting and illegal slaughterhouses.
Answer by Reality Check written
in crayon Unless he neglecting or mistreating his dogs, breeding crap
is not against the law... or
puppy mills and bybs would not exist...
Start with shelter dogs: We all agree that there
are plenty (thousands) of dogs, both
in and out of
puppy mills, who desperately need homes and can
be rescued for free, so no one should ever
be paying a breeder for an animal.
Puppy mills are large commercial breeding facilities that can hold up to a thousand dogs at a time — usually
in highly stressful and unhygienic conditions.