Sentences with phrase «kitten mill animals»

In the past several years, she has been instrumental in the passage of a number of ordinances to ban the retail sale of puppy and kitten mill animals in pet stores, including Los Angeles, Boston, San Diego and Chicago.

Humane Canada believes that the sale of puppies and kittens in pet stores (other than shelter adoption centres) promotes impulse buying and is an outlet for puppy and kitten mill animals.

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PUPPY AND KITTEN MILLS ARE GLUTTING THE SYSTEM We will euthanize thousands of pets today at our animal shelters and city Animal Care & Control facilanimal shelters and city Animal Care & Control facilAnimal Care & Control facilities.

In the U.S., these breeding facilities, as well as the laboratories where the experiments take place, are regulated by the United States Department of Agriculture — but as with puppy and kitten mills, regulating these facilities doesn't necessarily prevent animal suffering, or ensure their emotional well - being.

The ordinance stops the local sale of animals brought in from puppy mills or kitten factories.

Many such breeders are actually running kitten and puppy mills where dozens or hundreds of animals live and suffer in horrible conditions.

The end goal of this bill and the reason for this measure is to drastically reduce the number of animals sold through both shelters and retail pet stores purchased through mass breeding operations or as the media along with the general public labelling them «puppy mills» or «kitten factories».

«This bill will simultaneously decrease the demand for animals bred in puppy mills and kitten mills, and increase the demand for animals from shelters and rescue organizations,» Assemblymember O'Donnell told the Assembly Business and Professions Committee.

Pets from puppy and kitten mills are kept in crowded, unsanitary kennels and many don't have adequate access to veterinary care, food or water, animal advocates say.

The ban of the sale of for - profit animals that we've helped pass in more than 50 communities aims to make both puppy and kitten mills obsolete by decreasing demand for mill - bred animals.

Just one thing, though: I advocate for these cash croppers to be referred to as «animal mills» rather than «puppy mills» because the latter term leads most people to believe the issue is about dogs rather than the nation's most beloved and popular companions, CATS and KITTENS, as well as those.

The internet and pet stores are the main points of sale for puppy and kitten mills, in which animals are mistreated, neglected and bred continuously to maximize profit.

No, not the kind of surprise you might expect to find such as three new litters of kittens, a truckload of rescued puppy mill dogs or an animal with an injury or illness.

It's been less than two months since the Cook County Board passed the Companion Animal and Consumer Protection Act — the measure that banned the sale of puppy mill dogs and kitten mill cats in the county's 13 pet stores.

But, less than two months before the ban took effect, city council members voted again, this time to repeal the ban and continue to allow stores within the city to procure and sell animals from large - scale commercial breeders, better known as puppy and kitten mills.

(SACRAMENTO)-- Today, Assemblymember Patrick O'Donnell (D — Long Beach) introduced AB 485, which will help put an end to the inhumane puppy and kitten mills responsible for unhealthy animals and animal overpopulation.

Purchasing or rescuing a puppy or kitten from a pet store supports puppy and kitten mills, an industry which mass breeds animals for profit, without consideration for genetic quality, appropriate husbandry, veterinary care or homing techniques.

We promote the adoption of animals as pets from pounds, shelters and animal rescue groups rather than supporting inhumane puppy and kitten mills, and breeders which contribute to the problem of overpopulation of domestic animals.

If elected, as mayor of Montreal, what measures would you implement to ensure that live animals sold in pet stores in Montreal do not come from puppy and kitten mills and to ensure that pet stores do not contribute to the companion animal overpopulation problem we already have in this city?

Background: The issue of puppy / kitten mills (where animals are kept and bred in shockingly poor conditions) in the province of Quebec has garnered significant attention.

Pet stores often carry birds and small mammals, including exotics like hedgehogs — but you should never purchase these animals from a pet store, as they often come from mass breeding facilities similar to puppy and kitten mills.

In fact, advocacy for animals requires that we expose the lie that is the primary excuse shelters use to kill for the same reason we should oppose puppy and kitten mills: both harm animals.

In the final analysis, it is HSUS, the ASPCA, and PETA which benefit puppy and kitten mills and the commercial breeding of animals, not No Kill advocates who refuse to subscribe to the lie of pet overpopulation which enables systematic killing.

Widespread No Kill success in our nation's shelters would not only save the lives of almost four million animals every year, it — combined with legislative efforts to regulate, reform, close down, and eliminate their markets — would drive a dagger to the heart of the puppy and kitten mill industries.

«The City of Toronto's decision to restrict sales of dogs and cats at pet stores eliminates a major distribution network for puppy and kitten mills», said Alanna Devine, director of Animal Advocacy for the Montreal SPCA «However, dogs and cats continue to be sold over the Internet and in locations that are not the breeding site, such as flea markets, allowing puppy and kitten mills to thrive.

Adopting a shelter animal means you aren't supporting the cruel practices of puppy and kitten mills.

known lawsuits are currently being brought against puppy stores and national chains selling puppies, kittens and other animals sourced from pet mills.

In addition, they have banned the importation for sale of animals from puppy - and - kitten mills.

Gov. Mark Dayton has signed a bill to help crack down on abusive puppy and kitten mills that keep animals in cruel conditions.

Rabbits are often sourced from the same kind of reprehensible conditions as puppy and kitten mills, where profits are of greater concern than the animals» well - being.

«Bans on retail sales of cats and dogs are a crucial step in saving abandoned animals and countering puppy and kitten mills by promoting shelter adoptions.»

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Every day I hear about a puppy / kitten mill being closed down and the horrible conditions the animals were found in or I hear about yet another pet store selling sick kittens and puppies.

The bill targets puppy mills and kitten factories that put animals in horrible conditions in order to crank out cute puppies and kittens that can be sold for a profit.

San Francisco's new law bans the sale of puppy mill and kitten factory animals within the city, as well as animals under eight weeks old.

They run campaigns to fight puppy and kitten mills, respond to animals in need after natural disasters, influence laws that reduce cosmetic and ingredient animal testing, and provide training and services to local shelters and rescue groups.

TO ALL OF THE «ELITIST» ON HERE WHO SAY «I WOULD NEVER GET A DOG / CAT FROM A SHELTER, I WANT A PURE BREED», well, you might be surprised to know that MOST of the animals in shelters are pure breeds and MANY of them come from cruelty seizures from puppy / kitten mills.

Puppy mills and kitten mills are a concern because of the mass numbers of animals involved and the degree of cruelty that these animals are subjected to through filthy living conditions, malnutrition, mass breeding and lack of veterinary care.

Puppy and kitten mills are essentially a factory for pumping out the most amount of animals, in the shortest amount of time, with minimal expense.

The bill, A.B. 485, had strong support from several animal welfare organizations, which cheered it as a blow to «puppy mills» and «kitten factories» that mass produce animals for sale, often in inhumane conditions.

In an effort to target puppy mills, backyard breeders, and to reduce the vast number of animals euthanized in Maryland shelters every year, Governor Hogan has signed a law banning retail store sales of puppies and kittens.

Kitten mills are systems that perpetuate the concept of human dominance over non-human animals.

Purchasing kittens through kitten mill factories or pet stores only supports and encourages these businesses to continue producing more «animal commodities.»

All of my animals except one rescue have been mill puppies / kittens and they've all been awesome except for that rescue.

Some animals aren't accustomed to life in a home — maybe they were rescued from a puppy or kitten mill, had previously lived as a stray, or were kept as an outside - only pet.

A breeder that does not allow you to see how the animal is raised is a puppy / kitten mill.

In addition to reducing euthanizations, the law seeks to put an end to puppy and kitten mills that keep animals in poor conditions and then ship them to pet stores.

California's law came about because of the predominant number of baby animals for sale in pet stores that come from puppy mills, kitten factories, and breeders just looking to make a buck.

Adopting an animal creates less demand for puppies and kittens, which helps to shut down puppy mills and unscrupulous breeders.

While many breeders are responsible and ethical in their breeding programs, and extremely careful to whom they sell their animals; the puppy and kitten mills greatly add to the problem of the pet overpopulation.