Sentences with phrase «kitten mill cats»

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.

Less than two months after voting unanimously to ban the sale of puppy mill dogs and kitten mill cats in Cook County pet stores, three Cook County Commissioners have introduced an amendment to the Cook County pet store ban.

Not exact matches

By working with several city councils in our region, San Diego Humane Society recently helped pass legislation banning local pet stores and other commercial businesses from selling dogs, puppies, cats, kittens, and rabbits that are obtained from puppy mill farms, commercial catteries, and other large breeding establishments.

A kitten mill will avoid the expense of testing or the owner may even be unaware of the need to screen the cats used for breeding.

This ordinance is a great step in the fight against puppy and kitten mills, where dogs and cats live in deplorable conditions with little to no exercise, stimulation, water, food, and veterinary care.

Also, MHS is actively working to pass legislation that would protect dogs, cats, puppies and kittens in Minnesota puppy and kitten mills.

But we're against kitten mills and any situation where cats are in less - than - thrive conditions.

These cats are in high demand which has led to an increase in «kitten mills» that offer sub-standard and unhealthy kittens.

Crowded, squalid conditions, abuse, no veterinary care or socialization, poor food, no clean water, lack of adequate exercise space and more, this is the plight of dogs and cats in «Puppy Mills or «Kitten Mills» (Yes, there are kitten millsKitten Mills» (Yes, there are kitten millskitten mills too!)

This type of situation is mostly reserved for tabloid headlines about cat collectors and backyard breeders (aka «kitten mills»).

Cats raised by backyard breeders and kitten mills usually have both health and behavioral problems, as they are mistreated, poorly socialized and kept in bad conditions.

I'm concerned for the KITTENS and CATS and wish the references to these «mills» would be differentiated from those of the dogs, so my many CAT - LOVING friends and I could support efforts to end this abuse of FELINES.

Puppy and kitten mills are essentially breeding facilities for dogs and cats.

Certainly, a purebred cat purchased from a backyard breeder (kitten mill) will have a much different personality than a cat raised «underfoot» in a reputable breeder's home.

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.

Whenever we've had a chance to improve the lives of pets in our community, we've stepped forward to help: taking in 40 extra and unplanned cats in a hoarding case, rescuing 90 dogs in a puppy mill bust, dealing with influx of kitties during kitten season and giving older cats infected with URI the medicine and TLC they need to recover.

HOLLYWOOD - «Joining the wave of cities hoping to snuff out puppy mills, city commissioners on Wednesday banned the retail sale of cats and dogs bred in so - called puppy mills and kitten factories.»

Up until last week, I would have guessed that they were firmly against puppy mills and the sale of commercially bred dogs and cats — puppy mill and kitten mills pets — in pet stores.

In other words, the stores can sell commercially bred dogs and cats as long as they come from «good puppy mills» and «good kitten mills».

I don't know of an organization that rescues cats / kittens from mills.

The ordinance makes Austin the first city in Texas to ban the sale of all dogs and cats at retail establishments and one of only a handful of cities in the nation to close off a primary channel for the sale of dogs and cats produced in cruel puppy and kitten mills.

MONTREAL — HSI Canada and the Montreal SPCA applaud a decision by the City of Toronto to counter the cruel puppy and kitten mill industries by prohibiting the sale of commercially bred dogs and cats in pet stores, as more than 500 seriously neglected dogs recover in an emergency shelter following their historic rescue from a large scale commercial breeding operation.

«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.

Supporters of bans like San Diego's say most dogs and cats sold at pet stores are mass - produced at profit - driven breeding facilities in the Midwestern U.S. that they call puppy mills and kitten factories.

«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.»

WHEREAS, although the Township Council recognizes that not all dogs and cats retailed in pet shops are products of inhumane breeding conditions and would not classify every commercial breeder selling dogs and cats to pet shops as a «puppy mill» or «kitten factory», it is the Township Council's belief that puppy mills and kitten factories continue to exist in part because of public demand for the sale of dogs and cats in pet shops; and

But PETA wants to obscure the difference between puppy millers and responsible breeders who are as careful with the placement of their pups and kittens, because their goal isn't that all dogs and cats should have safe, loving homes; their goal is that domestic dogs and cats should not exist.

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.

Kitten mills are often low - staffed to save money, so cats receive little human interaction, inadequate exercise and enrichment, and poor socialization.

The truth is, almost all dogs and cats — 99 % of them — sold in retail pet stores around the country are the product of puppy and kitten mills.

Responsible breeders will «retire» their females used for breeding at a young age, but farmers of kitten mills will continue to breed their cats at ages of six to ten years or older.

Sadly, kitten and puppy mill «purebred» cats and dogs are overbred and are raised under horrific conditions, which results in stock with major medical and behavioral problems for which their new owners are not equipped to handle (or simply unwilling to deal with them).

These kitten and puppy mills and unscrupulous back - yard breeders are hugely responsible for the alarming rate of cats and dogs being born for sale by greedy breeders.

On April 17, 2018, the City of Eden Prairie voted unanimously to move forward a humane pet store ordinance — prohibiting the sale of dogs and cats acquired from puppy and kitten mills.

The Hermosa Beach City Council voted to prohibit retail sales of dogs and cats at pet stores, making the city the third in California to close off a primary channel for the sale of dogs and cats produced in puppy mills and kitten factories.

On April 17th, the Eden Prairie City Council unanimously voted «yes» to move forward a humane pet store ordinance — prohibiting pet stores in Eden Prairie from selling dogs and cats acquired from puppy and kitten mills.

Even while thousands of dogs and cats are being euthanized each day for want of homes, puppy mills, kitten mills and backyard breeders heartlessly continue flooding the pet market with more.

The majority of breeders are simply cruel kitten mills where cats are exploited and suffer in order to provide kittens to the pet retail trade.

More than 90 % of puppies and kittens sold by retailers come from puppy and cat mills. This is a huge and significant step to closing down outlets that allow millers to profit from the cruel suffering they inflict on these animals.Â

More than 90 % of dogs and cats sold in pet stores come from puppy mills and kitten mills.

Puppy and kitten mills are usually homes or farms where people collect and breed dogs and cats with the single goal of producing as many animals as possible in order to maximize profit.

Some kitten - mill kittens may be fraudulently registered as being the progeny of a renegade breeder's own cats.

NEWS: On April 17, 2018, the City of Eden Prairie voted unanimously to move forward a humane pet store ordinance — prohibiting the sale of dogs and cats acquired from puppy and kitten mills.

Other places where you shouldn't get a kitten are through newspaper ads, internet classifieds (which are often fronts for kitten mills), and friends whose cat «accidentally» got pregnant.

However, many pet stores are now recognizing the problem of puppy and kitten mills and the harm to adult breeding dogs and cats and their litters as well as to consumers.