The breeding mothers and fathers are usually kept in horrible conditions, either outside, regardless of weather, with no shelter, in filthy, cramped buildings, or
in cages with wire bottoms that barely have enough room for the dog herself.
Improper housing
in cages with wire bottoms are the number one cause of fractures of the legs.
The little puppies are
in cages with wire grates on the bottom and their little feet almost fall through.
All puppies are kept
in cages with wire flooring and many of the small dogs feet slip through.
To minimize waste cleanup, dogs are often kept
in cages with wire flooring that injures their paws and legs — and it is not unusual for cages to be stacked up in columns.
In a puppy mill, dogs are often kept
in cages with wire flooring that injures their paws and legs — and it is not unusual for cages to be stacked in columns.
U.S. federal law under the Animal Welfare Act allows breeders to keep animals
in cages with wire flooring that are stacked on top of each other.
Small but easy to clean; easy to interact with hamster
in cage with wire design but can stink up a room
At the lab, they may have had irritated or infected paws from living
in a cage with a wire bottom.
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 these small animals
in a cage with a wire bottom.
Not exact matches
«
Cage Free» - Similar to «Free Range» this means that the birds may not live
in wire cases per say, but they most likely live
in a large enclosure
with thousands of other birds
with very little space.
He makes
wire cages 18 to 20 inches
in diameter and about five feet high, and then wraps the bottom half of the
cage with 6 - millimeter clear polyethylene.
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.
I thought I would weave the
wires with jute twine, but after I did it I didn't like it, so I decided to use the bare
cage in all its rusty glory.
Many of the smaller dogs were
in wire «rabbit
cages,» raised off the ground and floored
with wire mesh to allow waste to fall through.
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).
However, no large parrot should be placed
in a
cage with lightweight bars, as these birds can just bend and break the
cage wire, thus pulling the
cage apart.
Breeding dogs
in these mills are typically kept
in small
wire cages that leave them
with very little space to move or turn around.
Egg hens live
in battery
cages,
wire enclosures no bigger than an i - pad where up to 10 birds are held together... anyone
with claustrophobia can sympathize
with this maddening experience.
I fell
in love
with him the moment we met eyes through the
wires of his
cage at AHS, and I adopted him on the spot.
When she was removed from the puppy mill, Chloe and the hother animals were covered
with feces and fleas, and had internal parasites, matted coats and damaged paws from standing 24 hours a day
in urine - soaked
wires cages, according to the Chicago Tribune.
Our Wrought Iron Select
Cage in Coco Brown measures 18 - inch long, 18 - inch wide, 57 - inch high
with 3 / 4 - inch
wire spacing.
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.
Breeding dogs
in puppy mills have no real quality of life, often living continually
in small
wire cages with little or no personal attention, exercise or veterinary care.
Just two years ago, the staff of a local shelter was using a 4 ft. pole
with a syringe and dull needle duct - taped to the end to try to inject pentobarbital into the heart of terrified cats unrestrained
in large
wire cages, all
with the knowledge of a corrupt veterinarian, and shelter employees were threatened when they complained.
Still later, an elderly man arrives
with a chubby, brown Tabby
in a
wire cage.
As the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) notes on its website, «under USDA standards, it is legal to keep dozens or even hundreds of breeding dogs
in small
wire cages for their entire lives
with only the basics of food, water and rudimentary shelter.»
Strader said the dogs» owner was living
in a school bus and the dogs were kept
in wire cages outside
with just boards placed over the tops of the
cages as shelters.
If you will need to relocate your guinea pig's
cage periodically, it will be simplier to move a
cage that is pre-fabricated
with a rigid plastic pan and a
wire top than it will be to move a home made
cage or a
cage with a flexible bottom
in most situations.
Prior to being rescued, our dogs spend their entire lives
in small
wire cages with only one purpose
in life; to produce puppies.
In general, a
wire cage with a plastic tray is the easiest to clean; just lift the
wire off the bottom, clean out the bedding, and wipe down the
wire part as necessary.
In general, a
wire cage with a plastic tray is the easiest to clean.
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.
These dogs were
in a
wire cage with only enough space for each to stand up
in.
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.
The dogs are typically kept
in small
wire cages that they must share
with several other dogs.
The bottom of the
cage should be filled
with wood chips to protect their feet from the
wires of the
cage and to allow the dropping to go
in.
To obtain a urine sample, put the rabbit
in a small
cage with a
wire floor and no litterbox, resting board, or hay.
«One of the most common things we find
in puppy mills where we do rescues are dogs
with missing eyes due to the jagged metal on
wire cages,» said Tim Rickey, senior director of field investigations for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
That pup or kittens parents may still be living
in tiny
wire cages with no opportunity to exercise or socialize
with other animals or humans.
If you have a
wire cage and want to avoid your floor getting too messy from the flying substrate, cut down a cardboard box, which the
cage can comfortably sit
in (
with a few centimetres of clearance around the sides), so that it's sides are not higher than 10 cm, and place it
in that.
But, as long as pet shops are permitted to sell dogs, «puppy mill» dogs will suffer horrible pain & miserable lives
in a
cage without ever placing their
wire sore paws on the ground, without vet care, without socialization,
with no love, human companionship, and no way out.
Citations varied from keeping animals
in too - small and rusting
cages with exposed nails or
wires, to caked feces, to infestations of roaches and other insects that covered the walls and ceilings of kennels.
Dogs at puppy mills typically receive little to no medical care; live
in squalid conditions
with no exercise, socialization or human interaction; and are confined inside cramped
wire - floored
cages for life.
Under the federal Animal Welfare Act, it is completely legal to keep a dog
in a
cage only six inches longer than the dog
in each direction,
with a
wire floor, stacked on top of another
cage, for the dog's entire life.
They are often crowded together
in small
wire cages and typically receive little social contact
with people and little or no professional veterinary care, even when open sores or other wounds are evident.
Puppies
in mills are found
with bleeding or swollen paws, feet falling through the
wire cages, severe tooth decay, ear infections, dehydration, and lesions on their eyes, which often lead to blindness.
At the Namyangju farm, dogs including golden retrievers, spaniels, beagles, greyhounds as well as Korean jindos and mastiffs, were being kept
in filthy and deprived conditions, spending their whole lives
in rows of barren
wire cages, exposed to the elements and
with no veterinary care whatsoever.