Sentences with phrase «license breeders under»

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The 2010 passage of the «puppy mill bill» placed the commercial pet breeder regulations under title 59 of the Oklahoma State Code in a section called Professions and Occupations, and the licensing compels breeders to collect and remit sales taxes to the state in a manner consistent with other retail businesses.

In Oklahoma, more than 260 facilities and individuals have licenses or registrations under the Animal Welfare Act including dog and cat breeders, zoos, exotic animal parks, and research institutions.

Breeders that sell puppies to a broker to be resold in pet stores must obtain a dog dealers license under the USDA.

The objects of the Club shall be: (a) to encourage and promote quality in the breeding of purebred Great Danes and to do all possible to bring their natural qualities to perfection; (b) to urge members and breeders to accept the standard of the breed as approved by the American Kennel Club as the only standard of excellence by which Great Danes shall be judged; (c) to do all in its power to protect and advance the interests of the breed by encouraging sportsmanlike competition at dog shows and obedience trials; (d) to conduct sanctioned and licensed specialty shows and obedience trials under the rules and Regulations of the American Kennel Club.

Some hobby breeders are exempt from USDA licensing if they have gross sales under $ 500 per year and if they own no more than three breeding female dogs or cats and sell the offspring, into the pet channels.

Our goals are to encourage and promote the breeding of pure - bred Golden Retrievers and to do all possible to bring their natural qualities to perfection; to urge members and breeders to accept the standard of the breed as approved by The American Kennel Club as the only standard of excellence by which Golden Retrievers shall be judged; to do all in our power to protect and advance the interests of the breed by encouraging sportsmanlike competition at dog shows, obedience trials, agility trials, hunt tests and field trials; and to conduct sanctioned and licensed specialty shows, obedience trials, agility trials, and field trials under the rules of The American Kennel Club.

And USDA licensed breeders are exempt under laws enacted by HSUS?

If a breeder sold wholesale (i.e., to pet stores), he / she was required to be licensed under the Animal Welfare Act (AWA).

Under the outdated regulations, this change in selling practices meant that many commercial breeders no longer were required to be licensed by USDA as pet dealers, even if they were large scale pet breeders selling their puppies to consumers through remote methods.

The law does not extend to licensed breeders who give their animals proper care, but it does also ban the sale of animals under eight weeks old.

Under current Iowa law, though licensed, they are exempt from the inspections and other requirements that apply to non-USDA licensed commercial kennels, breeders, dealers and auctions. Iowa Code  § 162.11,  §  § 162.1 et seq and 21 IAC 67.1 (162) et seq..

NEW YORK — The ASPCA ® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ®) is urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture to reverse its decision to remove public documents from its website related to the inspection of facilities licensed under the federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA), including zoos, commercial dog breeders and research labs.

Under the new law, individuals can still buy animals from licensed breeders, but retails shops can not sell them — they are only permitted to adopt out animals that come from shelters, Humane Societies and registered rescue groups.

Under the Animal Welfare Act (AWA), wholesale animal breeders — those who sell to pet stores, for instance — are regulated, licensed and subject to inspections by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service at USDA.

The Complaint seeks an Order compelling the Board to annul the commercial breeder license of this dog breeder, Deborah Rowell of Cass County, and to prevent the Board from issuing a license in the future to any breeder convicted of cruelty to animals under Minnesota law.

The audit further detailed problems with commercial breeders who were licensed under AWA or should have been licensed under AWA.

There is under this version some limit on the Dept.'s discretion to issue licenses to high volume breeders or dog retailers.

According to the lawsuit, the Commercial Breeder Law states that the board must refuse to issue an initial license when a commercial breeder «has been convicted, other than a petty misdemeanor conviction, of cruelty to animals under Minnesota law.»

Up until late last week, the site also allowed dog buyers to look up specific breeders by license number and see any possible violations under the breeder's name before buying the animal.

The department of agriculture shall not retain, contract with, or otherwise utilize the services of the personnel of any nonprofit organization for the purpose of inspection or licensing of any animal shelter, pound, or dog pound, boarding kennel, commercial kennel, contract kennel, commercial breeder, hobby or show breeder, or pet shop under sections 273.325 to 273.357.