Sentences with phrase «humane business model»

In other cases, when a store has refused to meet the community's demand for a more humane business model, the stores have closed.

We encourage any pet store that is interested in operating under a more humane business model to contact us and we would be thrilled to assist you.

There have been modest yet promising shifts in consumer behavior, including greater public awareness and pressure on millers and pet stores to practice humane business models.

The largest and most successful pet store chains do not sell commercially - raised puppies, and we encourage Petland, the primary backer of HB 144, to convert to a more humane business model such as obtaining animals from local shelters.

This means the 16 affected Chicago stores will have to adopt a more humane business model and work with local animal shelters if they'd still like to sell pets.

The financial success of companies that refuse to sell puppies and kittens, such as the nation's largest retail pet supply stores PETCO and PetSmart, is proof that a humane business model is successful.

With support from The Humane Society of the United States, Joe Seneshale, owner of Joe's PET DEPOT, will no longer sell puppies at his stores, and has converted to a humane business model of selling pet supplies and making available homeless dogs and cats from local animal shelters.

I'm sorry to say that the owners of Posh Puppy pushed back to the very end, and instead of converting to a humane business model, they shuttered the place.

Thanks to the good business practices of businesses in our community for having this humane business model... and for collaborating with organizations to adopt and bring adopted animals into family homes.

We believe that pet stores can operate successfully under a humane business model, either selling dogs sourced from rescues or shelters, or by selling only pet products.

Through these educational sessions, The Puppy Mill Project's goal is to advocate for the breeding dogs left behind in the mills, encourage rescue and adoption versus purchasing a family pet, support pet stores with «humane business models,» and discuss how to identify responsible breeders.

You can also try having conversations with pet store owners to see if they would be willing to stop selling puppies and convert to a humane business model.

When stores adopt a humane business model and see their businesses thrive, others are more likely to be inspired to do the same.

You can help save lives and take a stand against puppy mills by choosing adoption and supporting local pet stores that operate under a humane business model.

The laws allow stores to remain in operation, so long as they adhere to the new regulations and adopt a humane business model, where the focus is on the sale of supplies and services like grooming and training instead of the sale of live animals.