Sentences with phrase «commercial breeding operations»

While puppies from commercial breeding operations are sold to pet stores, their parents are often left behind.
Large scale commercial breeding operations should be licensed and monitored just like other legitimate small businesses in the state.
This would have meant business as usual for pet stores and the large commercial breeding operations - puppy mills.
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.
The Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act is a measure that will improve the lives of dogs in commercial breeding operations in Missouri.
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.
NOTE: There is currently no recognized definition of commercial breeding operations for other species; however the CFHS believes the characteristics would be similar for kittens, rabbits, hamsters, birds or any other mass produced animal.
MONTRÉAL — Humane Society International / Canada applauds the decision by Rosemont - La Petite Patrie, a Montreal borough, to promote shelter adoptions and stop substandard commercial breeding operations by prohibiting the sale of animals in all new pet stores.
But PETA, HSUS, the ASPCA and their defenders ignore or fight reform efforts to stop shelter neglect, abuse, and killing which is the same type of harm that animals face in large - scale, commercial breeding operations for the pet store market.
Getting hired at puppy mills is notoriously hard (if owners are willing to pay anyone to help care for the dogs, they tend to choose family members), so Carlson did a series of what Sweetland calls «hit - and - runs» — where investigators show up at commercial breeding operations in rural areas and talk their way into a tour of the facility.
Gianaris said the bill is intended to help find good homes for rescue animals while discouraging large commercial breeding operations linked to animal mistreatment and poor conditions.
As public awareness grows regarding the cruelty inherent in puppy mills and the pressure that puppy sales place on shelters, there is a welcome trend that is putting the squeeze on commercial breeding operations from both the supply and the demand side of this rotten business.
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) enforces the federal law called the Animal Welfare Act (AWA), which regulates commercial breeding operations.
Since September 2011, the HSI Animal Rescue team has assisted the Quebec government in the rescue of more than 700 neglected dogs from inhumane conditions at commercial breeding operations throughout the Province.
The goal of the ordinance is not to target responsible breeders, just commercial breeding operations, i.e. puppy mills, who distribute through pet stores and commercial businesses, said Weitzman.
The dogs housed in the state's commercial breeding operations typically spend their lives in tiny, cramped, wire - floored cages that are stacked on top of each other, often outdoors, with no protection from the elements.
«Ending the pet store sale of commercially - raised dogs and cats will help to curb the distribution of animals from unethical commercial breeding operations,» said Lauren Scott, campaigner for HSI Canada.
Puppy mills are large - scale, commercial breeding operations where dogs are commonly housed in overcrowded, filthy, and inhumane conditions.
The Coton's «reputation and business model is based on a disassociation from «puppy mills» and similar commercial breeding operations,» according to the complaint.
The problem in Missouri keeps becoming more and more evident that the main reason bad commercial breeding operations have been allowed to thrive in the state is because of lack of enforcement of our current and existing laws — which is not addressed by the current statewide «Puppymill initiative» which has been backed by $ 450,000 in contributions from HSUS.
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When you purchase a bunny from a pet store, such as Petland or Pet Supermarket, or a flea market you're almost guaranteed to be supporting backyard breeders and large commercial breeding operations called rabbitries.
Chicago has banned pet stores from the sale of puppies, kittens, and rabbits that come from commercial breeding operations, commonly referred to as puppy mills, and said all animals sold in the city must come from pounds and rescue organizations.
MISSISSAUGA — Humane Society International / Canada welcomes the decision by the Mississauga City Council in Ontario to promote shelter adoptions and to help stop substandard commercial breeding operations by restricting the sale of commercially bred dogs and cats in pet stores.
HSI / Canada welcomes the decision by the Mississauga City Council in Ontario to promote shelter adoptions and to help stop substandard commercial breeding operations by restricting the sale of commercially bred dogs and cats in pet stores.
MONTREAL — HSI Canada extends its gratitude to supporters for their kind donations in the historic rescue and emergency sheltering operations of more than 500 neglected dogs and puppies from a large - scale commercial breeding operation in Quebec.
Gianaris said the bill is intended to help find good homes for rescue animals while discouraging large commercial breeding operations linked to animal mistreatment and poor conditions.
Best Friends is staunchly opposed to commercial breeding operations for any species as they currently exist, or are likely to exist in any imaginable permutation of the pet trade.
While I am pleased that the animals trapped in forced breeding kennels in West Virginia will have better lives, in my view, there is no such thing as a «good» commercial breeding operation because no good comes from exploiting animals and flooding the market with factory - farmed pets while millions are dying in our shelters.
Retail pet store sales bans are a welcome trend that is putting the squeeze on commercial breeding operations.
Texas has no existing laws regulating commercial breeding operations, which can house animals in overcrowded, filthy and inhumane conditions, often with no veterinary care or human interaction.
In recent years, the HSI Animal Rescue Team has assisted the Quebec government in rescuing more than 1,000 dogs from inhumane conditions at commercial breeding operations and from neglect situations throughout the province.
MONTREAL — Humane Society International / Canada welcomes the settlement reached today at Campbell's Bay courthouse in western Quebec, which granted legal custody of more than 600 severely neglected dogs and puppies to ANIMA - Québec following their rescue from the largest commercial breeding operation in Canada.
This could be a commercial breeding operation, also known as a puppy mill, pretending to be a breeder.
The Quebec government has new regulating powers concerning euthanasia and sterilization practices for commercial breeding operations.
HSI / Canada calls on the Quebec government to swiftly regulate and enforce the adoption of Bill 51 — and work towards addressing animal welfare concerns relating mandatory jail time for serious cases of animal cruelty and cap on the number of animals and breeds of a commercial breeding operation.
The new legislation comes on the heels of the recent rescue of 64 dogs from a commercial breeding operation east of Montréal by the Quebec government with the assistance of HSI / Canada.
HSI Canada, in partnership with the Québec government and local law enforcement, rescued the dogs and puppies from a commercial breeding operation in Outaouais, Québec in September of this year.
There is also no limit on the number of animals or breeds that can be confined in a commercial breeding operation.
These commercial breeding operations are inherently exploitive not only of the animals trapped in inhumane breeding conditions, but also of the public that purchase over-priced pets, many of whom have diseases, genetic defects and behavior problems due to poor breeding practices, inadequate nutrition and lack of socialization and veterinary care.
Assembly Bill 485, authored by assembly member Patrick O'Donnell, will help put an end to the suffering of animals in commercial breeding operations (the majority of which are in the Midwest) by banning the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits from mills.
It's been 10 years since the first peaceful protests took place in front of Los Angeles pet stores that received their puppies from substandard commercial breeding operations.
Springboarding off the public awareness and outrage generated by these and other Virginia puppy mill exposés, the following year we worked closely with Teresa Dockery, who at the time was the chief operating officer of the Margaret B. Mitchell Spay / Neuter Clinic in Bristol, Virginia, to help pass a state law that tightened up commercial breeding operations and empowered local animal control officers to enforce the new codes.
Pet store owners argued that the ban violated consumer rights, forcing them to adopt rescued animals whose background and health history may be largely unknown, ignoring the fact that 99 % of puppies sold in retail store environments are sourced from large - scale commercial breeding operations.
Nearly two months have passed since we helped rescue more than 500 neglected dogs from the largest commercial breeding operation in Canada.
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