Sentences with phrase «licensed dog breeding facility»

«Dennis and Donna Van Wyk run a USDA - licensed dog breeding facility in Iowa, where they produce puppies for the pet shop industry,» a CAPS investigator wrote in a May blog post.

In 2009, we conducted a study of county licensed dog breeding facilities in Michigan with a goal of determining how many large commercial breeders were operating.

Please be advised that not all USDA licensed dog breeding facilities keep their breeding stock in poor conditions.

that USDA should continue to perform all inspections of dog breeders and not to rely on the AKC and other dog breeding affiliated groups, with serious conflicts of interest, to conduct inspections and to monitor conditions at federally licensed dog breeding facilities.

Not exact matches

As you are reading this sentence, around 170,000 dogs are living in licensed facilities for breeding purposes, not to mention how many of them drag out a miserable existence in unlicensed backyard sheds.

Too many people do not know where puppies in pet shops come from and there is no way to tell if the commercial breeding facility meets USDAA requirements (they have to be licensed if they are commercial) and meet the dogs needs and meet proper breeding practices of genetic testing.

The AWA requires that the following breeders / dealers obtain USDA licenses: (1) people who breed dogs and cats for use as pets or for other purposes and sell them sight unseen at the retail level; and (2) the wholesale dealers who supply these animals to pet stores, brokers, or research facilities.

The Alliance played a leading role in the passage of the Animal Care Facilities Act (ACFA), which requires the licensing, inspection and promulgation of standards of care for dogs and cats housed in commercial pet breeding facilities, pet stores, kennels, and animal shelters.

Roughly 167,388 dogs are kept solely for breeding purposes, and this number only represents dogs in USDA - licensed breeding facilities.

• An estimated 167,388 breeding dogs are currently living in USDA licensed commercial facilities.

During Humane Lobby Day 2012, citizens from across Colorado met with lawmakers at the Capitol and urged them to support a rulemaking petition for a rule change that would require a solid resting surface for dogs housed in wire - bottom cages in commercial dog breeding facilities licensed by the state.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture currently inspects only dog breeders that sell to pet stores, but it is currently considering a rule that would require large - scale dog breeding facilities, like this one, that sell directly to the public, to be federally licensed and inspected.

From these facilities, three Guiding Eyes veterinarians and four licensed veterinary technicians provide care for all Guiding Eyes dogs, whether in our breeding program, puppy program, or training program.

Over the course of many years, we have gathered and relied on only the best private professional certified USDA licensed breeders and facilities, especially those that specialize in a particular breed or size, to find puppies for American Dog Club.

She found the twelve - week - old wheaten terrier in a pet shop and was handed paperwork showing Izzie had been born in a USDA - licensed breeding facility - so she couldn't be a puppy mill dog, right?

Clark County is the site of the state's only dog auction, held twice a year in Thorp; it also hosts 24 of the state's 53 USDA - licensed breeding facilities.

In undercover investigations conducted by CAPS, many of the licensed dog breeding and brokering facilities represented at the Buckeye Dog Auction were found to be in clear violation of USDA regulatiodog breeding and brokering facilities represented at the Buckeye Dog Auction were found to be in clear violation of USDA regulatioDog Auction were found to be in clear violation of USDA regulations.

• Name of dog breeder: Kathy Jo Bauck, aka Kathy Cole, aka K.J. Cole (Kathy Jo Bauck's maiden name is Cole) • Name of breeding facility: Pick Of The Litter, Puppys On Wheels, Puppies On Wheels • Also did business as: Pine Lake Enterprises, Pine Lake Kennels, Pine Lake Kennels and Stables, KJ's Pets, KJ's Pups, New York Kennel Club • Location: Pine Lake Township in Otter Tail County, Minnesota • USDA license: 41 - B - 0159; this license was terminated by the USDA for two years in June 2010 and was cancelled in August 2010.