Sentences with phrase «between puppy mills»

There's a proven connection between puppy mills and pet stores, but a surprising number of people remain unaware that those cute puppies in the window came from a mass breeding facility.

In the meantime, The Puppy Mill Project continues to work to inform the public about the connection between puppy mills and pet stores and Internet pet sales.

Writers Note: As mentioned in the story, research has shown that over 70 percent of consumers don't know about the connection between puppy mills and pet stores.

We've also been told about the connection between puppy mills and pet stores or online sales, and how we need to be careful consumers — or better yet, choose adoption — when looking to add a furry friend to our family.

On the other side, I think it is wonderful that pets are finally getting some real time in the media — between puppy mills, pet food, dogs coming back from the dead and now Target, I hope more people will start to take note, and hopefully we can arrive at a solution — or at least better systems.

As awareness of the connection between puppy mills and puppies sold for profit continues to grow, pet stores across the country are changing the way they do business.

Even still, there are still people out there who haven't heard of puppy mills, or who don't understand the connection between puppy mills and puppies purchased online or through pet stores.

Bailing Out Benji has worked to prove the connection between puppy mills and pet stores.

The good ole boys have a lot of damage control to address between puppy mills, dog fighting, and the abuse and misuse of power by politician in Salem Missouri in ref to phineas.

Meyers and several other animal advocates, including Molly Marino, founder of the Chicago English Bulldog Rescue, testified at Wednesday's hearing about the connection between puppy mills and retail pet stores.

In state campaigns for puppy lemon laws they deliberately blur the distinction between puppy mills, well - run commercial kennels, and responsible show breeders.

There are still people out there who haven't heard of puppy mills, or who don't understand the connection between puppy mills and puppies purchased online or through pet stores.

Revealing the grim connection between puppy mills and pet stores, the one - hour program follows «Mike,» an HSUS animal cruelty investigator, as he assumes a new identity, goes undercover with a hidden camera, and talks his way into dozens of alleged puppy mills in the Midwest suspected by The HSUS to be suppliers to Petland, a major chain of pet stores.

The reality is that between puppy mills and irresponsible owners, the misery, suffering and death is guaranteed to continue for many years to come, especially if people buy into the ridiculous notion that it's bad for your dog to do the humane and responsible thing and have it spayed or neutered.

They have heard from many friends and acquaintances that never realized the connection between puppy mills and pet store dogs.

The move is aimed at shutting down the puppy mill pipeline between the puppy mills that inhumanely breed the pets to the stores that sell them.

Although many of these nonprofits had been working for years to raise awareness of the cruelty of puppy mills and educate consumers on the connection between puppy mills, pet stores and websites that sell puppies, alone they could not resolve this issue.

We have been working hard to shed light on the link between puppy mills and pet store puppies, and it seems to be working!

We have now become ground zero in the battle between puppy mills and the advocates who want to shut down their business.

We often struggle with the difference between a puppy mill and a backyard breeder — which Michigan is more familiar with.

What is the difference between a puppy mill, a commercial breeder, or a puppy farm?

But PETA wants to obscure the difference between puppy millers and responsible breeders who are as careful with the placement of their pups and kittens, because their goal isn't that all dogs and cats should have safe, loving homes; their goal is that domestic dogs and cats should not exist.

Not exact matches

According to Dr. Jones, one of the major problems in legislating breeding is how to differentiate between legitimate breeders and puppy mill breeders.

But the company maintains it holds high standards for its dogs and that there is a difference between commercial breeders and puppy mills: «We pride ourselves on our most diligent efforts to find healthy puppies.

If we can do that, we hope to be able to save animals, to increase awareness of shelters and adoptions to help fight the puppy mill problem, and to build a closer relationship between people and their shelters.

We've all seen articles on the difference between reputable breeders, BYB's and puppy mills.

In addition, 48 different localities in the U.S. have now banned the sale of puppies in pet stores because of the well - documented link between pet stores and puppy mills.

Mr. Peterson said the key differences between the amendment and the new Senate Bill 331 are added enforcement by the Department of Agriculture and tracking of puppies as they go through the process in an attempt to address concerns some pet brokers were selling dogs to stores that had actually been obtained from puppy mills.

Brokers serve as an intermediary between breeders and buyers and can conceal the puppy mills where animals originate.

Many people who care deeply about animals are not always aware of the connection between the pet store puppy and the breeding female trapped for life in a mill.

Between now and Tuesday, call and email all 17 commissioners and make sure they get the message — There are no good puppy mills, please stand by the ordinance in support of the dogs left behind.

I thought you struck a good balance between the evil of puppy mills and the wonders of rescue and fostering.

At any given point in time, there are typically between 2,000 and 3,000 USDA - licensed breeders (commonly referred to as puppy mills) operating in the United States.

It's the difference between a reputable breeder and a puppy mill mind set.

HELP US EDUCATE THE PUBLIC on the relationship between pet stores and puppy mills.

Sayres affidavit to the court stating that «there is no connection between [puppy mills...] and retail pet stores» is, in my view, akin to perjury.

It is virtually impossible to tell the difference between a reputable breeder and a puppy mill unless you do an in - person visit.

«What we need to do a better job of is raising awareness that there is a big difference between respectable commercial breeders and disreputable puppy mills.»

The puppy mills use the mother dogs repeatedly with no recovery between litters until she dies, and are notorious for unsanitary / cruel conditions.

New advisory council helps raise awareness about difference between responsible breeders and puppy mills

As the public face of The HSUS's new Breeders Advisory and Resource Council, Donnelly and McGriff provide input on public policy and help The HSUS raise awareness about the difference between responsible breeders — who breed happy, healthy dogs in clean, humane conditions — and puppy mills, factory - style facilities that focus on profit at the expense of animal welfare.

There is a massive divide between how dogs in most American homes live versus how dogs in the nation's thousands large - scale, commercial breeding facilities, known as puppy mills, live.

The Humane Society of the United States released a report summarizing nearly 2,500 complaints received between 2007 and 2011 from consumers who reported purchasing sick or dying puppies believed to be from puppy mills.

An undercover HSUS investigation reveals the connections between flea markets and puppy mills

It is sometimes difficult even for those aware of the dangers of pet shops and puppy mills to discriminate between the various web sites and determine which are maintained by ethical breeders, so be sure to do your homework.

That led us to «What is the common denominator between street dogs and puppy mill dogs?»

Best Friends» puppy mill initiatives set out from the start to make the connection for the consumer between the cute puppy in the pet store and the atrocity of the puppy mill — the unbelievable notion that nearly every puppy you see in a pet store comes from a puppy mill.

Breeders have stated that PETA's campaign does not reflect the difference between responsible breeders and backyard breeders and puppy mills.

There's a significant difference between a responsible breeder, a backyard breeder / puppy mill, and a shelter dog.

Last Chance for Animals, www.lcanimals.org reports, «Each of the 4,000 - 5,000 puppy mills in the U.S., most of which are located in the Midwest, houses between 75 to 150 breeding animals.