Sentences with phrase «consumers about puppy»

While it's clear there are still several issues facing consumers about the puppy mill industry, for Missouri, it's been a huge step in the right direction.

Raising public awareness and educating consumers about puppy mill cruelty and the consequences of buying puppies from pet stores, websites and classified ads.

Through Best Friends» puppy mill initiatives, we are working to convince pet stores to offer pets for adoption instead of selling mill - bred pets, educate consumers about puppy mills, and create and lobby for humane legislation.

That's why it's so important to educate consumers about puppy mills and how they're connected to pet stores online sales.

There's a lot that Petland isn't telling consumers about the puppies they have for sale.

In 2010, Illinois passed the Pet Store Disclosure Law, setting forth the information that a pet store is required to disclose to the consumer about each puppy offered for sale.

Not exact matches

The disabling of the database represents the removal of an important tool that allowed consumers who choose to buy from a pet store or online retailer to research necessary information about where the puppy came from, before making a significant financial and emotional investment.

More than 100 animals were rescued from a Pender County, N.C., property after local law enforcement became concerned about this facility when a consumer filed a complaint regarding a sick puppy.

Some states require pet stores to post the names of the breeders in a visible location, such as on the dogs» cages, so consumers have additional information about where the puppies came from, and other large - scale commercial dog breeders sell directly to consumers over the Internet.

Puppy mills By educating consumers about pets bred in mills and advocating for laws that end the sale of mill - bred pets, Best Friends is encouraging people to adopt pets instead of buying them.

NPMP aims to raise public awareness and educate consumers about the consequences of buying puppies from pet stores, websites and classified ads, and the direct link between consumerism, human greed, and animal suffering.

Armed with documentation of facts, Bailing Out Benji teams organize peaceful protests of area puppy stores to educate people about the mill connections and to encourage people to be knowledgeable consumers.

«A change in consumer behaviors is what will put puppy stores out of business, but we also have to educate about the surge of online websites that are selling mill dogs with pretty homepages and similar claims of «we sell puppies from reputable breeders,»» she says.

Pet stores often mislead consumers about the origin of their puppies; we believe that the consumer deserves to know the truth.

Ask the consumers that have a class action lawsuit against Furry Babies, Happiness is Pets, and other pet stores that lie about where they get their puppies and the quality of the breeding.

Springsteen — who is an ASPCA «equine welfare ambassador,» in the Jan. 16 letter said the legislation «will help consumers make informed decisions about the dogs they buy and avoid the heartbreak of buying a sick dog, and also eliminate some of the most inhumane puppy mills from our state's pet shop supply chain.»

San Diego, Phoenix and Los Angeles are among about 40 other major North American cities that already moved to ban the sale of Minister for Consumer Affairs Gail Gago said the website claims to have Newfoundland, Chesapeake and Leonberger puppies for sale and provides a mobile number to call to place an order.

How do you feel about a breeder prefers meeting consumer demand for a puppy over focus on the best interests of the dog?

Since I first met Meyers, we've had discussions over and over again about the whole consumer fraud aspect of puppy mills.

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And organizations throughout the U.S. are working to spread the word about puppy mills to consumers through peaceful protests, advertising campaigns and undercover investigations that expose the truth behind pet stores and online puppy sales.

Prospective puppy buyers should seek consumer Information about the source of any puppy they are considering, including the USDA inspection report.

The consumer who sees the puppy in the pet store window will not learn much about the breeders.

Consumer complaints about sick puppies; unlicensed dealer previously had animals seized from his home.

One way we have been successful in educating about and exposing these puppy mills is by showing YOU, the consumer, what is really in your back yard.

Again and again, such stores have been found to be misleading consumers with stories about getting puppies from responsible breeders, when in fact puppy mills are a key part of their supply chain.

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.

A puppy broker will visit the facility about once a week to buy puppies ready to be marketed to consumers via pet stores.

Consumer surveys show that over 70 percent of people don't know about the pet store - puppy mill connection.

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.

And all of this happens because consumers are not told the truth about puppy mills.