Sentences with phrase «kitten mills»

The eventual goal is to eliminate all consumer support of kitten mills, so that these corporations would no longer have adequate demand for motivation to continue breeding.

Not only does purchasing a pet fuel the puppy and kitten mill industries, but it contributes to the overwhelming problem of homeless pets.

The proposed ban is meant to diminish the market for puppy and kitten mill pets and, at the same time, encourage shops to carry adoptable pets from shelters.

Because kitten mills will go underground as kittens become scare and therefore worth more money.

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».

This also helps break the supply chain, in the hopes of shutting down puppy and kitten mills entirely and stopping the cruelty cycle.

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

Thanks for the good news, and for mentioning kitten mills.

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.

The Portland City Council approved an ordinance amendment Monday night prohibiting the sales of pets from puppy and kitten mills in the city.

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.

AVENEL — A state senator has filed a bill that would crack down on the sale of pets from large - scale breeders in an effort to put so - called puppy and kitten mills out of business.

It's a day that has been in the works for over a year, and New Jersey residents are hoping that Governor Chris Christie will put his signature on S3041, the bill that will ban puppy and kitten mills from operating in that state.

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 mills too!)

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.

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.

Remember, if you do not have a plan in place, your cats can wind up in the clutches of anyone, including your worst enemy, backyard breeders, the local kitten mill, or in a shelter where they could be put down.

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.

City officials said the Legislature passed a puppy and kitten mill bill in 2015 but the bill was vetoed by Gov. Paul LePage.

Restricting the market for pets from puppy and kitten mills reduces the incentive to produce them.

(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.

Conclusion: Mandatory spay / neuter could create kitten mills, be unenforceable, and will be seen to be unwarranted government intrusion.

The Humane Society of the United States and Texas Humane Legislation Network filed an amicus brief with the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas asking the court to uphold the state's new puppy and kitten mill law.

He provides the following definition of a «puppy mill» (applicable to kitten mill as well):

Kitten mills need to be shut down.

Can you believe that it is estimated that over 90 percent of kittens in pet stores were born in kitten mills?!

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

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.

Add to it the fact that puppy and kitten mills still exist with the sole purpose of pumping out as many pets for profit as they can for sale, and you have a situation that isn't going to get any better without some major action.

In the Midwest, we don't see outdoor abuse like this, but we do see the results of indoor kitten mills.

I for one, would rather fight for a bill that actually does something and lose than to sell out puppy mill dogs and kitten mill cats by letting a compromise Illinois pet store bill pass.

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.

Attacking the problem of puppy and kitten mills from the point of sale is an incredibly critical piece of this work.

It is HSUS, the ASPCA, and PETA who act like puppy and kitten mills when they defend abuse and killing in shelters.

(Yes, there are kitten mills too!)

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.

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.

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.

The term «kitten mill» refers to facility in which kittens are produced for profit, in poor conditions, with little or no human contact.