Sentences with phrase «high volume breeders»

Yet, the prices and fees charged by high volume breeders do not appear to be subject to scrutiny.

The bill does put in place essential licensing requirements for high volume breeders that sell directly to the public.

While the term puppy farming may make it seem like an activity restricted to high volume breeders in rural locations, this is far from the whole picture.

In states which lack high volume breeder regulations, those selling kittens bypass licensing requirements altogether.

A kennel owner or staff does not include high volume breeders, only dog rescues and boarding and training kennels.

This bill will not eliminate high volume breeders or dealers.

The bill also closes the loophole exempting high volume breeders from licensing requirements if they sell to research facilities.

Confusion surrounds this often secretive industry, which has grown dramatically in the last five years here; Oklahoma now ranks second in the nation in the number of licensed high volume breeders, with an increase of over 70 % since 2000.

In 2010, an unprecedented level of citizen lobbying, grass roots activism and electronic networking resulted in the passage of the strictest high volume breeder bill ever introduced in our state.

For those not familiar with the bill, Oklahoma is the only high volume breeder state to lack state regulations of the facilities commonly referred to as «puppy mills.»

The overwhelming numbers of animal neglect complaints regarding high volume breeders lodged with law enforcement, state agencies or humane societies in Oklahoma do not involve facilities that are USDA inspected.

The new regulation would require high volume breeders and retailers to pay fees to obtain a permit and would be subject to unannounced inspections but only at least once a year to assure they meet minimum standards.

$ 50,000 for keeping, housing and maintaining more than 50 adult dogs Search registered High Volume Breeders B. DOG RETAILERS

High volume breeder means any establishment that keeps, houses, and maintains adult breeding dogs that produce at least nine litters of puppies in any given calendar year and sells 60 or more adult dogs or puppies per calendar year.

Dog wardens and humane agents are required to report to the Department any violations of this chapter or the Department's rules governing high volume breeders or dog retailers.

Rule 901:1 -6-07 establishes recordkeeping and identification for dogs kept by high volume breeders.

Rule 901:1 -6-08 sets forth the licensing application form and procedure for high volume breeders and dog retailers, and the registration requirements for animal rescues for dogs.

Oklahoma is the only state with a large number of high volume breeders to have state licensing for breeders that are not eligible for USDA licensing.

On November 13th, Durant based Oklahoma Spay Network (OSN) received a call for help in removing over a hundred dogs from a high volume breeder that was closing down east of Ardmore.

Remember, those on the other side, high volume breeders and those dealing in exotic animals, etc., do not take a break.

For a higher volume breeder, a «qualified breeder» would be one that is federally and state licensed, has not had an animal welfare violation in the last three years, and has not been found in violation of federal veterinary - care regulations.

High volume breeders and retailers operating now with existing enclosures will not even be required to comply with these weak regulations until January 1, 2019.

In fact, the reasons I dislike Crufts increase every year, and I'm bombarded today by reasons to loathe it — this for one, yes, this high volume breeder who some might describe as a puppy farmer, will even deliver puppies, yesterday won the Toy Group.

Large scale rescue efforts include acquiring dogs from puppy mill (PM) / high volume breeder (HVB) raids conducted by authorities, PM «going out of business» close - out sales, and multiple dog rescues from a shelter (e.g., when a shelter has acquired a litter or group of retired breeders from a PM / HVB).

The most active and vocal ones are in Missouri, Pennsylvania and Ohio, home to the heaviest concentration of puppy mills or what the AKC refers to as «high volume breeders».

It should be noted that the kennel is not going out of business, they are just consigning their unwanted animals to an auction and the poor babies will be purchased by other «high volume breeders» if they are are not rescued.

AKC has a long history of allowing puppy mills, high volume breeders, commercial breeders, and pet shop breeders to register their «Cotons» through the AKC - FSS program, which began accepting Cotons in 1996.

Breeders that are not high volume breeders or retailers could be required to comply with requirements applicable to high volume breeders or dealers if they violate provisions applicable to all dog owners — nuisance laws, dangerous or vicious dog laws, animal fighting prohibitions, and laws prohibiting mistreatment and abuse.

Rule 901:1 -6-02 establishes housing standards for dogs kept by high volume breeders.

Rule 901:1 -6-03 establishes socialization standards for dogs kept by high volume breeders.

sets forth the licensing application form and procedure for high volume breeders and dog retailers, and the registration requirements for animal rescues for dogs.

Rule 901:1 -6-04 establishes food and water standards for dogs kept by high volume breeders.

Rule 901:1 -6-10 establishes civil penalties for operating as a high volume breeder or dog retailer without a license Click here to view the Business Impact Analysis for the Commercial Dog Breeders Rules F. OHIO COMMERCIAL DOG BREEDING ADVISORY BOARD - APPOINTMENTS BY GOVERNOR JOHN KASICH 1.

Rule 901:1 -6-05 establishes health standards for dogs kept by high volume breeders.

Rule 901:1 -6-06 establishes transportation standards for dogs kept by high volume breeders.

The law generally prohibits a person from operating as a high volume breeder in Ohio without a license issued by the Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA).

With this federal legislation, all high volume breeders or dealers will be licensed and at least theoretically must comply with the standards and submit to the inspections required by AWA.

It would be much more effective if local wardens, humane agents and other local officials were provided with funding to help enforce the current animal cruelty laws and the standards of care issued by the Board for high volume breeders.

There is under this version some limit on the Dept.'s discretion to issue licenses to high volume breeders or dog retailers.

The high volume breeders and dog retailers are required to be inspected once annually though the Department can contract with the local vet to conduct the inspection, even the breeder's or retailer's own vet.

S.B. 130 creates a new state bureaucracy called the Kennel Control Authority to regulate «high volume breeders», dog retailers, boarding kennels and all animal rescues and shelters.

A «high volume breeder», driven by profits, not the well being of dogs, a puppy mill, is hardly a desirable business.

The clear target of this latest version of S.B. 130 are «high volume breeders» and «dog retailers».