Not exact matches
Responsible for saving and rehabilitating thousands of
animals each year, The HSUS and its global arm Humane Society International travel across the country and the globe to help
animals in need
from puppy
mills, dogfighting, neglect and natural disasters.
Some of the lowest quality grain goes into
animal feed - you don't want to buy grain to make your daily bread at a feed store,
from accounts it is prone to be less clean than grain intended for human consumption and often has small stones in it which can damage many
mills.
Orland Park began considering the issue after the Chicago City Council and the Cook County Board of Commissioners banned the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits
from large - scale breeders earlier this year in an attempt to keep pet stores
from selling
animals raised in puppy
mills.
At 10 a.m., Deputy Senate Minority Leader Mike Gianaris holds an event highlighting his bill that would ban pet stores
from selling
animals from for - profit «
mills,» 31 - 19 Newtown Ave., Astoria, Queens.
Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville) and Senator Greg Ball (R,C,I - Patterson) today called for tough new legislation to protect our companion
animals from being left outside in the freezing cold all day and night like what was occurring in the puppy
mill in the town of Sprakers in Montgomery County.
Legislators who co-sponsor annual NYS
Animal Advocacy Day announce strong new legislation to prevent puppy
mills like the one in Montgomery County
from leaving dogs out in extreme cold where they could face death; Tedisco and Ball also announce that 4th Annual NYS
Animal Advocacy Day will be held in Albany on May 28, 2014
With this new authority in hand, municipalities
from Buffalo to New York City, the North Country to Long Island will be able to pass tough new laws to crack down on puppy
mills and bad breeders who place profit above the health and safety of
animals.
She is aiming to crackdown on commercial dog breeding facilities known as puppy
mills and ensure that pet dealers are selling healthy
animals from safe sources.
Among the data still unavailable are the vast majority of reports
from regular inspections of
animal - holding facilities that are monitored under AWA, including puppy
mills and zoos.
My foster dogs are a pair of 4 - yearold Dalmatians that were rescued
from a puppy
mill in Missouri and have no concept of life as a companion
animal.
The Humane Society of Tulsa on Wednesday pulled more than 100
animals from a puppy
mill.
The Companion
Animal Protection Society (CAPS) rescued Catie, an eight - week - old Catahoula mix puppy,
from a puppy
mill auction.
This misconception is particularly harmful because it not only prevents shelter
animals from going into loving homes, but may drive potential adopters toward pet stores that almost always get their inventory
from puppy
mills.
From peaceful protestors to huge non-profit organizations with big ideas and plans, you'll find coverage of
animal advocacy and puppy
mill fighters here.
Unfortunately,
animal abuse runs rampant in society, found everywhere
from puppy
mills and backyard slaughter operations to factory farms and laboratories.
If we, who so deeply care for them, do not use the appropriate words to speak and act on their behalf, to educate others, to free them
from the outdated and cruel paradigm of
animal ownership,
animal exploitation there can be no doubt that our nation's puppy
mills, backyard breeders, laboratories, factory farms and slaughter houses will not do so for us.
Without easy access to these USDA reports, pet stores in Connecticut may return to their old habits and source dogs and cats
from puppy
mills with violations (although the standards of care for
animals in puppy
mills are virtually non-existent, leading to abhorrent, horrific living conditions for
animals in these facilities, even when no USDA violations are noted).
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals set up a rehab center for Snarf and the other 117 dogs rescued in October
from a Kentucky puppy
mill.
Adopting a pet
from a shelter or rescue group reduces the demand for puppy
mills which breed
animals under cruel and deplorable conditions.
Don't support puppy
mills and pet stores this Holiday Season — Beware of on line buying of
animals, often these puppies are
from puppy
mills or «factory style» breeding facilities.
B.B. was one of nearly 130
animals rescued
from a puppy
mill in Cabarrus County, North Carolina.
So a typical puppy
mill is a torturous fear factory where poor
animals are treated as cannon - fodder, and one can only guess where his / her dog came
from.
In addition to disreputable dealers and puppy
mills, Internet scammers have crept into the realm of online pet sales, stealing money
from unsuspecting people who think their new dog or cat is on the way to his or her new home, when in fact there was never really an
animal at all.
The pet store Umka came
from was shown by a 2011 undercover investigation to be buying
animals from shady Midwestern puppy
mills known for their cruel conditions.
The year before, in September 2013, the USDA changed the federal
Animal Welfare Act regulations and,
from now on, even Internet puppy
mills are subject to inspections.
Purebred
animals make up 25 % of shelter
animals, so why adopt
from an unlicensed breeder or puppy
mill?
Smaller pet stores are starting to jump on board, too, selling pet products and hosting adoptable shelter
animals, instead of selling
animals from mills or other dubious sources.
Thousands of
animal shelters across the globe share the goal of inspiring people to adopt instead of purchasing a puppy
from a breeder or puppy
mill.
We have lobbied against everything
from puppy
mills to exotic
animals as backyard pets.
The ordinance stops the local sale of
animals brought in
from puppy
mills or kitten factories.
I flew down to Mississippi to visit
animals rescued [by The HSUS]
from a horrible puppy
mill.
Buying a puppy
from a such a place supports
animal abuse and, since puppy
mill puppies often have health and behavior problems, can leave the owner have to care for a sick or aggressive dog.
But many pet stores get their pups and other
animals from mills where they're often abused and treated like baby producing machines rather than as loving creatures.
The North Shore
Animal League America in New York regularly rehabilitates dogs
from puppy
mills.
Also, never purchase a puppy
from a pet store, they are often ill and your money would be going to support the puppy
mills they get their
animals from.
PATTI DONEGAN»S letter focused on the problem of puppy
mills, backyard breeders and dog brokers.Florida Statute 585.195 states each dog offered for sale shall be inoculated against canine disease prior to sale.Florida Statute 823.15 requires sterilization of dogs and cats released
from an
animal shelter or humane society.The problem in Orange County is the lack of enforcement of these laws, and the need to extend sterilization requirements to back - yard breeders.The public can become involved by encouraging the county commission and city councils to enforce the rules and regulations presently on the books, until a countywide ordinance can be made law that protects the needs of the consumer and the lives of the
animals.
In 2014, he supported legislation to prohibit pet stores
from selling dogs who come
from commercial breeders known as «puppy
mills» — large facilities that mass - produce
animals for sale.
It also include an aerial fabric performance (you've probably seen the drapes hanging
from the ceiling that aerialists wrap themselves up in...) to music by
animal advocate, Marilyn Milano, and slides about puppy
mills and how to create change.
When she was removed
from the puppy
mill, Chloe and the hother
animals were covered with feces and fleas, and had internal parasites, matted coats and damaged paws
from standing 24 hours a day in urine - soaked wires cages, according to the Chicago Tribune.
ALL
animals up for adoption deserve a happy, loving family and for those people who choose to buy
from breeders or puppy
mills it should be outlawed.
She spent countless hours working on the ASPCA's important puppy
mill database, which helps people learn more about the origins of
animals sold in pet stores and
from breeders.
HSUS alleges that «all 5 Petland stores in Georgia are supplied with puppies
from Midwest puppy
mills, several with violations so severe that
animals were found suffering with conditions such as bleeding sores and encrusted eyes.
Previous HSUS investigations inChicago, New York, Texas, and Virginia have revealed similar shortcomings: pet stores all too often buy and sell puppies who are sourced
from inhumane puppy
mills that treat them like products, not living, breathing
animals.
Prior to joining the Humane Rescue Alliance, Stephanie served as a Senior Director at The Humane Society of the United States where she led efforts including investigations, legislative actions, public education and coordination with law enforcement to rescue
animals from puppy
mills.
DELTONA - Authorities on Thursday were still trying to locate the owners of 11 dogs rescued Wednesday
from a makeshift puppy
mill at a flea - infested house on Newmark Drive.Jerry Swanger, Deltona
Animal Control manager, said a warrant had been issued charging John Barcero, the dogs» owner - who lived in the house along with his mother, Barbara Corretjer - with animal neglect and cr
Animal Control manager, said a warrant had been issued charging John Barcero, the dogs» owner - who lived in the house along with his mother, Barbara Corretjer - with
animal neglect and cr
animal neglect and cruelty.
Animal lovers who have been caring for hundreds of dogs that were rescued two months ago
from a Flagler County puppy
mill got their holiday gifts early.A judge signed an order to OK the dogs» adoptions.
Our latest HSUS special investigation reveals that Georgia pet stores are peddling hundreds of puppies each year sourced
from puppy brokers and puppy
mills, some with serious
Animal Welfare Act violations.
Nearly one hundred dogs arrived at the North Shore
Animal League America
from puppy
mills all over Oklahoma.
If the puppies being sold are
from puppy
mills, which often turn out sick
animals, and the sellers are losing money because of this, the puppy
mill faces losing the business, which means less profit, which makes selling puppies less attractive, which makes everyone much happier!
As the world's largest no - kill
animal rescue and adoption organization, we continuously take
animals out of harm's way — whether it's rescuing them
from other shelters where they would be destroyed; pulling them out of national emergency areas, saving them
from the perils of puppy
mills and so many other places where they would be abused or euthanized.