Sentences with phrase «licensed breeders licensed»

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The Cook County ordinance requires suburban pet stores sell animals from government shelters, rescue agencies and human societies or federally licensed breeders with fewer than five reproducing female animals.

Cook County has since passed its own version of the ordinance, which requires stores to sell pets from government shelters, rescue agencies and humane societies, or federally licensed breeders with no more than five reproducing female animals.

The idea behind the open - source license is that scientists and breeders can experiment with seeds — and improve them — unimpeded by legal restrictions.

Licensed breeders were required to donate some of the Bali starlings for release into Bali Barat National Park.

Bravo to her for now fictionalizing the grandly adventurous, passionate, and scandalous life of British East African Beryl Markham, the first licensed woman horse trainer and breeder on the continent and an intrepid, record - setting pilot.

In states which lack high volume breeder regulations, those selling kittens bypass licensing requirements altogether.

Federal and state laws regulate licensed and inspected commercial dog breeders.

Pet stores can only buy puppies from USDA - licensed breeders who meet the USDA standards.

«Thousands of Americans have been misled into thinking their dogs were» rescued,» when in fact they were raised in high - quality, well - socialized circumstances like those illustrated in the Post's story and the Post's profile of one licensed commercial breeder,» said Bober.

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.

Many legal, licensed breeders own 1,000 or more dogs.

Breeders, groomers and retailers have all faced increased inspection standards, escalating licensing fees and other requirements.

While dog breeders that produce dogs to sell to brokers must be licensed by USDA, those that sell puppies directly to the consumer are not required to hold a federal license; in Oklahoma they are not required to meet any standards at all.

Referred to by the USDA as «dog dealers,» the federal government licenses pet breeders that produce puppies and kittens to sell through brokers and auctions.

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.

Oklahoma now has over 230 licensed breeders.

High volume kitten - sellers rely mainly on direct marketing, primarily because USDA licensing is only required for breeders who sell animals to brokers who then re-sell them to pet stores and because most brokers and transporters do not buy kittens to resell.

Thia King, President of OK Pet Professionals and a federally licensed breeder, claimed in an e-mail that passage of HB 1332 would spell the end of the breeding industry in Oklahoma.

In order to halt the abuses that occurred in unregulated high volume kennels, many states began licensing breeders that sell to the public.

If it seems difficult to understand why breeders who already meet these regulations continue to oppose rules which mirror what they already follow, consider that the USDA license does not compel them to declare their actual sales and it is not tied to any business tax.

Essentially, if a breeder sells puppies through a wholesale market, they must have a federal license.

According to the USDA, Oklahoma has 12.3 % of the total number of USDA licensed pet producing facilities nationwide, with over 600 breeders located here.

The term «hobbyist» refers to an individual or an organization who is not a commercial breeder but is (1) actively involved in any nationally recognized, organized animal sport or hobby for a period of at least one year prior to making application; or (2) participates in field trials, owns nationally - recognized breeds used specifically as hunting dogs, participates in hunting activities, has held (and continues to hold) a current valid Oklahoma hunting license and has held such license for at least one year prior to making application; or (3) qualifies as a «rescuer.»

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

Indeed, in a gruesome 2008 case, 94 starving Pit Bulls were seized from Jerry Southern, a Kansas breeder who brought them here because he could no longer retain a Kansas license due to a cruelty conviction.

-RRB- is the governing body of the Animal Welfare Act, and is charged with licensing and inspecting breeders, including puppy mills.

The laundry list of those who felt these meager restrictions would put breeders out of business included the American Kennel Club, the American Canine Association, the American Pet Registry, the Sporting Dog Alliance and Oklahoma Pet Professionals, an organization of federally licensed dog dealers that would seemingly benefit from regulations based on the standards they already meet.

Considering that not one Oklahoma sales tax permit has been issued for a business declaring itself to be a dog breeder, and considering that the new agency was created as a self sustaining agency that relies on the licensing fees as many other agencies do, it is hard to understand why some Oklahoma legislators feel the need to punish dogs and Oklahoma tax payers alike by forestalling these regulations.

I say that there should be a universal law, nationwide, that regulates dog breeding;... [Read more...] about Should Dog Breeders Have a License?

Louise Ferrari of NH Sugar Gliders is a USDA - licensed breeder who also takes in and rehabilitates rescues.

What is wrong with licensing breeders and why are they so opposed to it?

Does the US Government require breeders to obtain a breeding license, and if not why?

Inspection reports for federally licensed breeders are available free of charge on the USDA website.»

They come from USDA licensed breeders and distributors with no direct violations on their latest inspection report.

However, per the HSUS, it should be noted that being USDA - licensed means only that breeders must meet «the bare minimum requirements.»

Animal welfare concerns in the case were dismissed and the breeder was only prosecuted for breeding without license.

We breed GWPs, so our answer is going to be different from a VDD breeder, but basically a VDD is a GWP that is registered with the American VDD registry (licensed through Germany) instead of registered with the American Kennel Club (AKC.)

All breeders who supply to chain stores are required to be licensed by the USDA as long as they have more than five or more breeding females, according to Tanya Espinosa, at USDA - APHIS public affairs office.

The action alleged that Barkworks misrepresented its puppy mill breeders as «reputable,» falsely claimed that all its puppies were healthy at the time of sale and provided inaccurate breeder license numbers.

But perfectly «reputable», licensed breeders do operate from kennel environments, not home environments.

Furthermore, the chain store appears to have amended its policy late this year: «Effective October 1, 2015, Petland company stores will only source puppies from shelters and rescues, hobby breeders and USDA - licensed breeders who have no direct violations within the previous two years.»

So, a «USDA licensed breeder» in the window doesn't indicate much about where the animals actually come from or how they're being treated.

Although the rest of the states remain silent and have no laws regulating breeders at all, and other states don't even require ANY licenses and inspections, these new standards set by states, and operating on the territory of those states, is a big step toward strict regulation of the industry, and perhaps abolishing it as phenomena in the future.

Passed in 1966, the Animal Welfare Act states the following requirement, «Any breeder who has more than 3 breeding dogs, and sells puppies for commercial purposes, must have a license issued by the Department of Agriculture.»

Breeders selling directly through the internet who have 5 or more breeding females are now required to be licensed and inspected by the USDA.

Without pedigree records from a breeder or DNA testing, breed labels will not be used on our web postings, kennel cards, rabies certificates, or dog licenses.

The tagline «USDA licensed breeder» sounds pretty official, doesn't it?

When I told her that breeders who have more than three breeding dogs and are selling to pet stores are required to be USDA Licensed, the owner changed her story and stated her breeders only have two dogs.

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If a breeder is not selling wholesale, they may obtain a county license, which are not always required.