«We care very much about the welfare of
dogs in breeding facilities in our state.
Not exact matches
ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- Pet stores
in New York state would be prohibited from buying
dogs or cats from puppy mills and other large commercial
breeding facilities under a legislative proposal announced Thursday.
«These results raise difficult questions because shelter workers and veterinarians are expected to determine the
breeds of
dogs in their
facilities on a daily basis.
This issue concerns
facilities with sometimes over 500
breeding female
dogs that spend their lives
in small cages producing and nursing puppies every time they are able.
Many
breeding dogs in substandard
facilities languish
in tiny cages, and
in filth.
Conducted
in Italy, Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, all of the studies found that upon adulthood, the puppies from these high - volume
breeding facilities were more likely to show behavioral and emotional problems that cause distress, when compared with
dogs from other sources, especially those from non-commercial breeders.
Puppy mills are large - scale
breeding facilities where hundreds of
dogs are kept
in deplorable conditions for the sole purpose of churning out puppies.
Puppy mills are large commercial
breeding facilities that can hold up to a thousand
dogs at a time — usually
in highly stressful and unhygienic conditions.
In the video you'll see the HSUS rescue team arriving at a mass dog - breeding facility in N.C., and take a glimpse at what they found insid
In the video you'll see the HSUS rescue team arriving at a mass
dog -
breeding facility in N.C., and take a glimpse at what they found insid
in N.C., and take a glimpse at what they found inside.
The bills would also place an upper limit on the number of intact
breeding dogs that may be housed
in breeding facilities, to prevent our state from becoming a haven for inhumane puppy mills.
These results raise difficult questions, because shelter workers and veterinarians are expected to determine the
breed (s) of
dogs in their
facilities on a daily basis.
Support Stronger Laws: Michigan's Puppy Protection Act (HB 5230 - 5231 and SB 891 - 892) was introduced to protect
dogs in large - scale
breeding facilities.
The ASPCA is on the ground assisting
in the removal, transport, sheltering and medical treatment of more than 130
dogs from a large, substandard
breeding facility — frequently referred to as a puppy mill —
in Needham, Alabama.
As you are reading this sentence, around 170,000
dogs are living
in licensed
facilities for
breeding purposes, not to mention how many of them drag out a miserable existence
in unlicensed backyard sheds.
«These kennels can legally have hundreds of
dogs in one
facility, and confine them to tiny, crowded cages for their entire lives,
breeding them continuously to produce as many puppies as possible for the pet trade.
In the interview to ABC, the opposition leader Daniel Andrews said the party was planning to go further; by the year 2020, all
breeding facilities would possess no more than 10
dogs.
A large
breeding facility or a puppy mill will often have problems with parvo and other diseases because so many
dogs are kept
in cages next to each other.
BUT SOLID FLOORING AND ACCESS TO OUTDOOR EXERCISE AREAS ARE — FOR EVERY ADULT
DOG IN EVERY COMMERCIAL
BREEDING FACILITY IN PENNSYLVANIA AND THE BUREAU HAS NO RIGHT ATTEMPTING TO REWRITE OUR NEW HARD FOUGHT
DOG LAWS.
Meanwhile, the
breeding dogs at these
facilities often spend their entire lives
in constant confinement and deprivation.
Dogs bred in these
facilities tend to live
in small wire cages with little or no attention, no exercise and mostly lack of veterinary care.
Jessie Smith claims the mother
dogs will only be on the painful wire, locked away inside, for one week prior to giving birth and for the time it takes to wean their puppies — since the
dogs in these
facilities are there for the sole purpose of
breeding, the mother
dogs could spend half of the year facing conditions we all thought we abolished by pushing through the new
dog laws.
More than 200
dogs and puppies rescued from a commercial
breeding facility in Estrie, Quebec last May — along with numerous puppies who were born subsequent to the seizure — are ready to leave the emergency shelter and be placed for adoption following weeks of care and rehabilitation.
Puppy mills are commercial
breeding facilities that raise
dogs in factory - farm - like conditions, putting profit above the welfare of the animals.
Tragically, It's not only
dogs who can be cruelly confined
in intensive
breeding facilities.
The Court of La Unión de Tres Ríos made a major ruling
in favor of animal welfare
in Costa Rica after convicting a person for
breeding dogs in an illegal
breeding facility, or puppy mill.
Too many people do not know where puppies
in pet shops come from and there is no way to tell if the commercial
breeding facility meets USDAA requirements (they have to be licensed if they are commercial) and meet the
dogs needs and meet proper
breeding practices of genetic testing.
Our
facility had its humble beginnings
in 1985 as a home for retired sled
dogs, but quickly grew into an all -
breed rescue and was incorporated as a not - for - profit foundation
in 1997.
The HSUS Breeders Advisory and Resource Council (BARC) is composed of responsible breeders from around the country who have a particular interest
in improving the lives of
dogs bred in the inhumane, commercial
breeding facilities known as puppy mills.
These large - scale
breeding facilities are considered by the Humane Society to put profit above animal welfare, housing
dogs in overcrowded, unsanitary conditions, and
breeding females with little recovery time.
A puppy mill is a commercial
breeding facility that only cares about profit — they keep their
dogs in horrible conditions, forcing them to
breed again and again until they are no longer physically capable of doing so.
The parents of puppies sold
in pet stores and online live their entire lives
in commercial
dog breeding facilities (puppy mills) producing puppies.
Unlike any other
dog boarding facility in the San Gabriel Valley, Wee Dog Club was designed entirely for the fulfillment of smaller dog breeds and their owne
dog boarding
facility in the San Gabriel Valley, Wee
Dog Club was designed entirely for the fulfillment of smaller dog breeds and their owne
Dog Club was designed entirely for the fulfillment of smaller
dog breeds and their owne
dog breeds and their owners.
Stop Puppy Mills Ohio is a grassroots coalition of both national and local shelters, rescues and organizations, including the Humane Society of the United States, working to ensure the humane treatment of
dogs in commercial
breeding facilities.
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.
This story references Dr. Candace Croney's study conducted with the Center for Animal Welfare Science on the prevalence of periodontal disease
in a population of
dogs in commercial
breeding facilities in Indiana and Illinois.
The Alliance played a leading role
in the passage of the Animal Care
Facilities Act (ACFA), which requires the licensing, inspection and promulgation of standards of care for
dogs and cats housed
in commercial pet
breeding facilities, pet stores, kennels, and animal shelters.
The sale of
dogs, cats and rabbits will soon be banned at retail stores
in San Diego, making it the 32nd city
in North America to enact legislation
in response to criticism of how animals are treated
in commercial
breeding facilities.
Kathryn Destreza, director of investigations for ASPCA Field Investigations and Response, said
dogs kept at
breeding facilities like the one
in Elmwood suffer a poor quality of life.
Sometimes known as puppy farms, puppy mills are inhumane, commercial
dog -
breeding facilities in which the health of the
dogs is disregarded
in order to maximize profits.
But Buddie doesn't seem to have the emotional scars often seen
in dogs from large, commercial
breeding facilities.
The Canine Cruelty Prevention Act dramatically improved standards of care for
dogs in commercial
breeding facilities and enhanced enforcement efforts by the Missouri Department of Agriculture and the Attorney General's Office.
These ordinances often prohibit pet stores from selling
dogs and cats (and
in some cases rabbits) from commercial
breeding facilities and only allow pet stores to sell animals if they are sourced from rescues or shelters.
The standards governing the care of
dogs and cats
in commercial
breeding facilities are set forth
in the federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA).
Breeding dogs in such
facilities are typically confined to tiny, crowded wire cages and provided with the bare minimum of care required to keep them alive.
HSUS president and CEO Wayne Pacelle responds to the press conference given by Gov. Jay Nixon and other state officials to explain new enforcement programs to monitor large - scale, commercial
dog -
breeding facilities in the state.
The safety of the Vanguard CIV H3N2 / H3N8 vaccine was demonstrated
in a study involving 364
dogs, including 164 client - owned
dogs and 200
dogs from commercial
breeding facilities.
One of those
dogs was Lily, a fragile Italian Greyhound who spent the first seven years of her life
in an old barn which doubled as a commercial
breeding facility.
In the Midwest, where the commercial
breeding facilities are most abundant, we focus our energy on rescuing
dogs and puppies from living lives of inhumanity inside puppy mills.
In these breeding facilities, «mother dogs remain locked in cages their whole lives and have half the life expectancy of the average do
In these
breeding facilities, «mother
dogs remain locked
in cages their whole lives and have half the life expectancy of the average do
in cages their whole lives and have half the life expectancy of the average
dog.
A very large majority of puppies for sale come from horrific
breeding facilities where
dogs are kept
in filthy cages and cramped with multiple
dogs per cage.