Sentences with phrase «inhumane breeding facilities»

In an effort to help put inhumane breeding facilities out of business and place more focus on finding homes for the millions of homeless animals in shelters, advocates across the United States and beyond are working to pass legislation banning the retail sale of dogs and cats in pet stores unless they come from a rescue or shelter.

Some of these dogs are rescued from inhumane breeding facilities or «puppy mills.»

«Inhumane breeding facilities are mass - producing animals for sale to the public, even as overcrowded shelters euthanize millions of dogs and cats each year,» said Assemblymember O'Donnell.

«So, we're basically putting it out that these stores that get their animals from inhumane breeding facilities, are not welcome in Encinitas.»

Throughout California, most pet stores have already transitioned their business model to a more humane model that focuses on the adoption of animals from shelters or rescue groups, rather than the sale of animals from inhumane breeding facilities.

The HSUS assisted North Carolina authorities with the rescue of more than 140 dogs of at least seven different breeds from deplorable conditions at a puppy mill, which is a large, inhumane breeding facility, in Brunswick County.

Not exact matches

Even under the best conditions on supposedly «humane» farms, the animals often come from breeding facilities that kill the males by inhumane methods (egg hatcheries where most laying hens come from) or the mothers are not allowed to do what comes naturally during pregnancy and their babies are taken away after a few days or less (as in the dairy industry).

The bills would also place an upper limit on the number of intact breeding dogs that may be housed in breeding facilities, to prevent our state from becoming a haven for inhumane puppy mills.

The main reason not to buy a puppy from a pet shop is you will be helping the fight the cause to close down these inhumane dog breeding facilities, like puppy mills.

The HSUS Breeders Advisory and Resource Council (BARC) is composed of responsible breeders from around the country who have a particular interest in improving the lives of dogs bred in the inhumane, commercial breeding facilities known as puppy mills.

Because of the growth in online sales of animals, particularly dogs, many operators of inhumane commercial breeding facilities, or puppy mills, transport dogs to pet stores and to new parents via airplanes.

Sometimes known as puppy farms, puppy mills are inhumane, commercial dog - breeding facilities in which the health of the dogs is disregarded in order to maximize profits.

Our idea of saving lives isn't just rescuing abandoned animals from overcrowded municipal shelters, or pulling them from the cruel and inhumane conditions of commercial breeding facilities.

«This new law is critical to our continued effort to end the inhumane treatment of dogs in commercial breeding facilities that exploit both dogs and consumers in pursuit of profit, Debora Bresch, senior director of ASPCA Government Relations for the Mid-Atlantic region, said in a statement.

In November, we worked with our rescue partners from all over the country to rescue 700 dogs, cats, puppies, and kittens from overcrowded municipal shelters, an inhumane commercial breeding facility in the Midwest, and other less - than - ideal conditions.

Moreover, breeding dogs in large commercial facilities is in and of itself an inhumane practice.

According to the Humane Society, puppy mills — mass - breeding facilities that churn out large numbers of puppies under inhumane conditions — are the main supplier to pet stores that sell puppies.

Since 2011, HSI / Canada assisted the Quebec government in the rescue of more than 700 dogs from inhumane conditions in breeding facilities, including 527 dogs and puppies from Canada's largest commercial breeding facility.

«This new law is critical to our continued effort to end the inhumane treatment of dogs in commercial breeding facilities that exploit both the dogs and consumers in pursuit of profit,» said Debora Bresch, an attorney for the ASPCA, in a press release.

Lawmakers in the state join their counterparts in Virginia, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Washington in cracking down on inhumane mass breeding facilities.

These puppy mills are usually large - scale, inhumane, commercial breeding facilities that emphasize profit over the welfare of the animal.

With little emphasis placed on the health and well - being of the animals and ALL on profit, the inhumane conditions inside these commercial breeding facilities are no place for our cherished four legged friends.

The Humane Society describes a puppy mill as a commercial breeding facility that contributes to pet overpopulation and forces animals to live in inhumane conditions.

For now, this little survivor is having a ball soaking in all of the affection he's been receiving after spending the beginning of his life toiling through the inhumane conditions of a Midwestern commercial breeding facility.

Despite the claims made by puppy store sellers, most dogs sold in pet stores currently come from puppy mills, which are inhumane, commercial dog breeding facilities where puppies are bred in factory - like environments for the pet trade.

Since 2011, HSI / Canada has assisted the Quebec government in the rescue of more than 700 dogs from inhumane conditions in breeding facilities, including 527 dogs and puppies from Canada's largest puppy mill.

Since 2008, HSI / Canada has helped rescue more than 1,000 dogs from inhumane conditions in commercial breeding facilities across the province.

Since 2011, HSI / Canada has assisted the Quebec government in the rescue of animals from inhumane conditions in breeding facilities and hoarding situations, including 527 dogs and puppies from Canada's largest puppy mill.