Sentences with phrase «less on breed»

Many proponents of BSL believe legislation should focus less on breed and more on behavior.

«My advice would be to focus less on the breed and more on age and temperament that fit the prospective owners» lifestyles,» she said.

Spending less on your breeding stock means hurting the dogs and the breed.

Too often one finds that the large commercial operations spend much less on their breeding programs, and charge far more for their puppies than that done by the independent breeder.

Not exact matches

Caged pork is typically breed to have much less fat on it.

Like fellow Bay area start - up Geltor, Perfect Day is one of a new breed of companies in the «cellular agriculture» business — using genetically engineered yeasts that have been «programmed» to produce proteins or other ingredients found in plants or animals - on an industrial scale, without raising animals, and with less impact on the environment.

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).

Depending on the climate as well as the breeds, some hens yield even more or perhaps much less eggs

More generally, our previous research has also found little evidence that the 2010 reforms had increased parliamentarians» engagement with the committee system in terms of attendance or turnover, nor that they had encouraged a new breed of parliamentarian (e.g. younger, less biddable, more rebellious, representing Parliament rather than government, and focused on scrutiny rather than climbing the ministerial ladder (see here, here and here)-RRB-.

The Control of Dogs (Scotland) Bill highlights the responsibility of the owners to prevent dog attacks to protect the public and places less emphasis on the breed of dog.

«Unfortunately for broadcast journalism, Paxman is more or less gone from the news studios, and the new breed of anchors seem to have an increasing inability to ask simple, direct questions or press hard on the most vulnerable areas.

Harriet Harman, the minister for Women, has renewed her attack on the financial industry, describing it as a «breeding ground for discrimination», after it emerged that women working in the City were being paid as much as 60 per cent less than their male counterparts.

RIDE ON Mongolian horses (shown) and other present - day horse breeds have less genetic diversity than domesticated horses did around 2,000 years ago.

Unfortunately, as monitoring efforts continue, we may see these pretty patterns cut short: warming temperatures could deplete phytoplankton populations, which means less fish, squid, and krill for the birds to feast on, and could affect whether sooty shearwaters have enough energy to make it back to their New Zealand breeding grounds.

Boulanger was senior author on a 2013 paper in the journal Learning and Memory that found that mice bred to produce less functional MHCI proteins exhibited striking changes in the function of the hippocampus, a part of the brain where some memories are formed, and had severe memory impairments.

(Ill - fitting because humans have been indirectly, and much less precisely, modifying plant and animal genomes for thousands of years via selective breeding, and evolution has been doing it for as long as there has been life on Earth.)

BSL restrictions may include a total breed ban, or some lesser rules such as (but not limited to): higher licensing fees, registering the dog as dangerous with local governments, liability insurance coverage, mandatory sterilization, muzzling on public property, placement of warning signage on private property, and standardized caging requirements.

The research, published in the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) journal Bird Study, looked at the breeding populations of three species of large gull; Herring Gull, Great Black - backed Gull and Lesser Black - backed Gull on the Hebridean island of Canna, and the relationship between these gull populations and the fall in the quantity of fish landed in the nearby harbour of Mallaig.

At the latest count around 130 pairs of gulls bred on Canna in total, comprising of up to 95 pairs of Herring Gulls, 18 pairs of Great Black - backed Gulls and 13 pairs of Lesser Black - backed Gulls.

Public breeding has been withering, however, as it has become increasingly dependent on less reliable, short - term funding sources that make it difficult to sustain a year - round breeding program.

Both findings suggest that the penguins are less stable with all the added weight — teetering more dramatically, like a person carrying a heavy box — and may explain past observations that heavier birds are more likely to take a tumble on their trek to the breeding colony, the team reports today in PLOS ONE.

So he's used selective breeding to create strains of farmed fish that get by on food that's less expensive than little fish — feed made from soybeans, corn and wheat.

Transgenesis has less impact on the transcriptome of wheat grain than conventional breeding.

Of the public tax dollars spent on agricultural research, organic receives less than one percent of the funding.1 The first endowed chair went to the University of Wisconsin - Madison and agronomy professor William F. Tracy for his work on organic corn breeding.

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The latest findings stem from an ongoing collaboration that is ultimately aimed at bringing farmers a more stable breed of the plant that has less reliance on water and is less vulnerable to climate change.

Unaware to the film, this nightmare could be a vision that Carmen, a self - described clairvoyant, passes along to Beth, suggesting in Freeway a temperament less on par with a collie than a bull terrier, the breed featured in Baxter, a 1989 French film, whose anthropomorphism is unusual for its anti-Disney idiosyncrasy of having an animal depict the baser side of man.

«Throughbreds» (whose title was singular when it premiered in Sundance's NEXT section in January 2017) may have been overshadowed by «Get Out» at that film festival, but it's no less elegant or lethal, concentrating its satire not on racial mind games (the way Jordan Peele did, seizing the zeitgeist in the process) but a case of blue - blood breeding gone horribly awry.

Unlike all the Lamborghinis we have seen so far, the Urus is a different breed altogether and distinguishes itself as a slightly practical car that is less demanding in its seating, can seat five and can be taken on broken tarmac as well without much thinking.

A new breed of companies known as «robo - advisers» rely on algorithms to build low - cost portfolios of index funds or ETFs and in many cases charge 0.5 % a year or less.

Whether it is because far more dogs are purchased overall than cats, or that mixed breed cats carry less stigma than their canine brethren, the discussion of mass production of companion animals usually centers on dogs.

(Embargo does not apply to puppies up to six months and less than 20 pounds.Restricted short - nose dog breeds not accepted as adults for travel between May 15 and Sept. 15, and only accepted during th rest of the year on days less than 85 degrees F: American Bulldogs, Boston Terriers, Pugs (all types, including Dutch, Japanese, etc.).

Today, breeders are concentrating a little less on the extremely round head and more on the health of the breed.

If the very people most frequently called on to identify breed are unable to do so consistently or accurately, then IDs by newspaper reporters, HOA board members, or members of the public should be considered even less reliable.

Responsible breeders are working on reducing the chances of CHD by breeding dogs that are less likely to produce pups that will have the disease, by better screening methods.

Large - breed puppies, on the other hand, must have less of both to avoid joint and bone problems as they grow.

Responsible breeders are working on reducing the chances of CHD by breeding dogs that are less likely to produce pups that will have the disease, by better sceening methods.

In fact, many prominent allergen researchers have declared that there is no scientific evidence to back up the claim that certain dogs are more or less allergenic than others based on breed alone.

Content with sitting on your lap these small breeds do keep great company and need less exercise than larger dog breeds.

Therefore, while there are no specific weight guidelines for the use of an FHO, smaller dogs typically have a better outcome since less stress and force is carried on the false joint than would be in a large breed dog.

Because they were bred to hunt with other dogs (mainly Foxhounds), the Border Terrier is less aggressive towards other dogs than other terriers who hunted on their own.

The second Italian on the list is actually one of the lesser known breeds.

You'll spend less on veterinary care over the dog's lifetime than you would with a «free puppy» from poor breeding with the potential for temperament issues.

A less - active Puggle will require about 540 calories on a daily basis to stay energized and healthy, while a moderately - active dog of this breed will require a bit more — somewhere around 660 calories.

The club has since issued new breed standards that place more of a priority on health, less on appearance, and it has enlisted a team of vets and monitors to be on the lookout during the show for breeds deemed to be at risk from health problems, including the basset hound, bulldog, mastiff, pug and shar - pei.

While most urban pet parents are responsible and do clean up after their pups, there are always a few bad seeds in the Big Apple — and there are certain blocks, usually on less densely populated streets, which seem to attract this breed of dog owner.

The average cat weighs between 7 - 11 pounds (with Siamese breeds weighing less and Maine Coons weighing more), and pets with a body condition over 5 (on a 9 point scale) are considered overweight.

A mix - breed homeless puppy will be a lot less, depending on what the individual pound or shelter charges.

Mixed breeds, on the other hand, are less susceptible to genetic ailments because their genes are so mixed.

However, it's not unusual for puppies of large and giant dog breeds not to be fully potty trained until they are on 6 to 8 months old, when other dog breeds may take less.