Consider that animal shelters and breed specific rescues have always
dozens of puppies in need of good homes.
To name one current example, the USDA has cited an Ohio broker licensed to sell to pet stores, who bought
dozens of puppies from three different unlicensed breeders.
For years, news reports have revealed glimpses of an unregulated and often hidden industry of puppy breeding that relies on
housing dozens of puppies and dogs — sometimes hundreds — in cramped, unsanitary, and inhumane conditions.
Olive has
birthed dozens of puppies - her life at the puppy mill was obviously not a good one (as evidenced by the loss of an eye and... more explanation to come), but this little gal is spunky, happy - go - lucky and very protective of her «big dogs», Emily and Chester, the hound dogs.
Inside were
dozens of puppies some not more than 6 wks old.
Of
the dozens of puppy mills that The HSUS has assisted in closing down over the past five years, the vast majority were selling puppies online and escaping any federal oversight because a loophole in federal Animal Welfare Act regulations exempts Internet sellers.
Though cats are currently unavailable, HSI has
dozens of puppies and adult dogs for adoption.