Maryland is poised to become the second state to ban pet stores from selling dogs from mass
breeding operations like puppy mills.
California will be the first state to ban pet stores from selling animals from mass
breeding operations like puppy mills.
You could be supporting cruel and substandard dog
breeding operations like these.
Not exact matches
Major pork producers
like Smithfield Foods and Hormel have committed to stop using gestation crates at their company - owned
breeding operations by 2017.
So, once if you adopt small dog
breeds, consult a vet for the required antibiotic vaccinations,
operations like neutering, spaying to prevent dogs health.
The sale of puppies is a big market in countries
like the US, and that has driven some people to establish intensive puppy
breeding operations (puppy mills) to quickly supply the increasing demand in specific dog
breeds.
Brandy is safe, but hundreds of thousands of dogs
like her are still confined in small cages in puppy mills — mass
breeding operations that house dogs in terrible conditions, solely to produce puppies for profit.
The good temperament and strong sense of smell let this
breed to make great contributions in fields
like rescue
operations and drug and bomb detection.
Large scale commercial
breeding operations should be licensed and monitored just
like other legitimate small businesses in the state.
The new law, and others
like it around the nation, is a huge step in the right direction toward eventually putting an end to commercial mass
breeding operations, also known as puppy and kitten mills, and ultimately saving countless lives.
Critics
like Heusinkveld said the state needs to differentiate between large scale
breeding facilities and smaller
operations.
Animals repeatedly inbred by commercial
breeding operations (known as puppy or kitten mills) suffer horrifically cruel conditions because they are treated as machine -
like objects for profit.