Because of the high volume of dogs, the mill runner will often resort to
housing them in wire cages.
Rats can be
housed in a wire cage with a plastic base, a plastic Rat home or a large vivarium with a well - ventilated cover.
Hamsters can be
housed in a wire cage with a plastic base, a plastic hamster home or an adapted aquarium (vivarium) with a well - ventilated cover.
Not exact matches
Battery farms consist of huge, windowless sheds
housing thousands of hens who are crammed four or five at a time into small
wire cages stacked on top of each other
in rows.
During the validation studies, Sprague Dawley and other strains were
housed in polycarbonate
cages with
wire lids.
The animals were
housed individually
in polypropylene
cages with
wire mesh bottom, maintained at standard laboratory conditions of light (12 - h light / dark cycle), temperature and relative humidity.
The birds were
housed in single
wire cages and experienced a circadian and circannual light regime closely matching the natural conditions
in Oldenburg, Germany.
Dwarf hamsters are best
housed in a glass aquarium, as most
wire cages designed for hamsters are not escape - proof due to the large spaces between the bars (don't buy a
cage with more than 1 cm of spaces between the bars).
Puppies born
in puppy mills are usually removed from their mothers at just six weeks of age, denying them critical socialization, and
housed in overcrowded and unsanitary
wire - floored
cages, without adequate veterinary care, food or water.
Puppy mills can
house hundreds of dogs at a time
in small wooden or
wire cages, hardly large enough for multiple dogs.
A commercial dog breeder would be prohibited from
housing a dog
in a
cage containing a
wire floor unless there is some way the dog can be off the
wire floor. A
cage must be «large enough to allow for reasonable movement by the dog».
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.
«Commercial breeders typically
house their dogs
in unheated
wire cages, and USDA regulations do not require that the dogs ever be allowed out of those
cages to relieve themselves or get exercise,» said LaHart.
Small rodents may be
housed in plastic or
wire cages or
in aquariums.
They're
housed by the hundred
in small
wire cages and deprived of everything from basic good food and water to medical care.
During Humane Lobby Day 2012, citizens from across Colorado met with lawmakers at the Capitol and urged them to support a rulemaking petition for a rule change that would require a solid resting surface for dogs
housed in wire - bottom
cages in commercial dog breeding facilities licensed by the state.
We recommend
housing your rats
in cages that are made from either all metal or plastic, with
wire bars or grates on the top and a solid metal or plastic pan for the
cage to sit
in and hold bedding substrate.
The owner showed us into the smaller of the two sheds, which
housed a couple dozen
wire cages, a lone and frightened puppy
in each one.
«Puppy mills
house breeding dogs
in small,
wire - floored
cages, separate puppies from their mothers at a very young age, and ship them hundreds of miles to pet stores around the country,» says Matt Bershadker, president and CEO of the ASPCA.
331 adult breeding dogs with a history of violations including:
cages with holes
in wire flooring that are too wide and paws / bodies fall through, top of enclosures covered
in hair and wood shaving dust (breeder reported that area is cleaned twice a year), and an «abundance of litters» caused puppies to be
housed in feed / bedding storage areas.
It occurs most often
in overweight animals
housed on
wire - bottomed
cages or
in filthy
cages that abrade the feet, making them susceptible to a chronic, deep infection that causes lameness and pain.
Improper
housing in cages with
wire bottoms are the number one cause of fractures of the legs.
When rescuers first found B.B., the poodle was trapped inside a small,
wire - bottomed
cage in the basement of a
house.
If rabbits are
housed in a
cage with a
wire floor, they need to be provided with a solid area to sit on.
Never
house your rabbit
in the pet store
cages that have a molded plastic bottom and
wire top.
Puppy mills are notorious for their inhumane conditions,
housing dogs
in tiny
wire cages and providing them with little if any medical care.
Never
house these small animals
in a
cage with a
wire bottom.
Do not
house Robos
in wire cages as they may escape.