Sentences with phrase «kitten mills pets»

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.

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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.

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

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».

It is estimated that over 90 percent of pets sold in pet stores and through online sales come from commercial, mass breeding operations known as mills, including puppy, kitten, bird and rabbit mills.

Cutting off the ability to sell to pet stores would make things a little harder for the millers, because they'd have to sell retail themselves, rather than wholesale their puppies and kittens.

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.

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

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.

The city's ordinance, approved last month, will make it illegal in two years for pet stores to sell puppies, kittens and piglets obtained from puppy mills.

When your adopt a pet from a shelter you are not supporting puppy and kitten mills.

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.

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.

«AVENEL, NJ — 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.»

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.

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.

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

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.

So why don't they see that we are euthanizing over four million pets a year, and the puppy and kitten mills are «producing» a majority of them?

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?

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.

But understanding that the facts do not support the notion of pet overpopulation and saying so publicly has nothing whatsoever to do with supporting breeding or being in league with puppy or kitten mills.

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.

Many dogs and kittens sold at pet stores come from puppy or 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.

Over in the States they've already banned the sale of puppies and kittens from pet shops in 39 cities in North America and Canada as a direct result of wanting to curb sales of puppies born onto commercial breeding establishments — called puppy mills over there — so why on earth are we lagging behind them?

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

Unless our lawmakers put an end to the mass production in puppy and kitten mills, this pet overpopulation crisis is doomed to increase.

I HAVE A DREAM, THAT WE COULD DO AWAY WITH PUPPY AND KITTEN MILLS... Then the shelters could be used for what they were intended, as a safe haven for lost pets until their family comes for them, or they need to find a new forever home.

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.

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

Adopt Pets, Don't Buy Them Those adorable kittens in the pet store probably came from a kitten mill.

Some pet stores receive their pets from puppy and kitten mills.

Good news, bad news about puppy mills: Several states have recently enacted tough laws to crack down on puppy mills (commercial breeders who supply pet stores and internet sellers; and lest we think this is only a dog problem, there are also plenty of «kitten mills»).

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 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.

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.

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

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.

The brutality of puppy and kitten mills and their connection to pet stores is well - documented.

There simply aren't enough homes in the world for all the pets; it's a constant battle to prevent overcrowded shelters, kill shelters, puppy and kitten mills, and help the homeless pet population.

Puppy and kitten mills (which sell to pet stores) are in business to make a profit, so they churn out puppies and kittens as fast as they can.

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.

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.

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.