"Commercial breeding" refers to the practice of breeding animals or plants for the purpose of selling them for profit.
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It is eye - opening, and often shocking, to experience firsthand what this group does to rescue dogs
from commercial breeding facilities.
Did you know that thousands
of commercial breeding facilities and backyard breeders keep their female dogs in lonely cages and constantly get them pregnant?
We are developing tools to evaluate the behavioral and physical welfare of
commercial breeding dogs and create practical recommendations to improve their lives and those of their puppies.
Large
scale commercial breeding operations should be licensed and monitored just like other legitimate small businesses in the state.
We need to start to think about non-profits breeding puppies to meet the demand from people who want a puppy but do not want to support the cruel
commercial breeding industry.
The bill will not affect small breeders and hobby breeders who sell fewer than 50 dogs per year directly to the public, but is crafted to cover only
large commercial breeding facilities.
The new law creates licensing and inspection requirements
for commercial breeding facilities to enhance the care and safety of animals.
No animal deserves to spend their life in a cage, but sadly, that's the reality for countless animals that are living in puppy mills and
other commercial breeding facilities.
Instead, it delivered sick dogs housed in unhealthy conditions at a large - scale
commercial breeding company, also known as a puppy mill.
Until there is a proven way to certify, inspect, and
police commercial breeding facilities, these stores will continue to benefit from mass suffering.
Their national initiatives are focused on keeping community cats safe and out of shelters with trap / neuter / return,
battling commercial breeding operations, and fighting discrimination against pit bull terriers.
Regardless of staff claims that they buy from from reputable breeders, nearly every puppy in pet shops comes from a large -
scale commercial breeding operation, also known as a puppy mill.
Dogs
at commercial breeding facilities must be given the opportunity to exercise outside of their cages for 60 minutes a day.
Several municipalities across Canada are helping to stop
substandard commercial breeding operations by introducing by - laws that restrict the sales of commercially bred dogs and cats in pet stores, including Richmond, Toronto, Mississauga, Verdun, and Rosemont - La - Petite - Patrie.
Soon after the law became effective, Animal Folks and its partners were distressed to learn that the Board of Animal Health granted Rowell a state
commercial breeding license, which has allowed her to once again breed and sell dogs.
One of Dr. McMillan's studies, based on evaluations of 1,159 dogs from
mass commercial breeding establishments (CBEs), was published in 2011 in Applied Animal Behavior Science.
While the position of the campaign is that the first and best place to look for a new pet is an animal shelter or rescue organization, this compelling data underlines an important path to ending the high -
volume commercial breeding of puppies for the pet store trade.
Because of the growth in online sales of animals, particularly dogs, many operators of
inhumane commercial breeding facilities, or puppy mills, transport dogs to pet stores and to new parents via airplanes.
National Mill Dog Rescue rescues, rehabilitates and re-homes
retired commercial breeding dogs from puppy mills and educates the general public about the cruel realities of the commercial dog breeding industry.
The movement against
commercial breeding practices began picking up significant momentum by late 2014, after celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey repeatedly spoke out on the issue and groups like the Humane Society shared on social media photos of animals allegedly abused by breeders.
It is particularly serious in hybrid rice, and therefore, active breeding in national and
commercial breeding programs have developed and released some hyrbids that have resistance to the disease.
National Mill Dog Rescue is a Colorado Springs based 501 (c)(3) organization that rescues, rehabilitates, and re-homes
discarded commercial breeding dogs from puppy mills.
However, veterinarians would also like to see some basic compassionate care standards put in place for the currently
unregulated commercial breeding industry that preserve the freedom to do business, while guaranteeing the care necessary to create healthy, well - balanced companion animals and beloved family pets,» said Elizabeth Choate, director of Government Relations at TVMA.
Commercial breeding mills fuel inbreeding, provide minimal to no veterinary care, lack of adequate food and shelter, lack of human socialization, overcrowded cages, and cause neglect, abuse, and the killing of animals when they are no longer profitable.
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