«As a result of this ruling alone, more cities nationwide will be inspired to pass laws aimed at stemming the flow of puppy
mill animals produced through forced, high - volume breeding practices under inhumane conditions.»
Not exact matches
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.
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.
«Puppy
mills put profit over
animal welfare to
produce as many puppies as possible, often in shockingly poor conditions.
These
animals consequently receive below standard food, minimal if any veterinary care, and inadequate shelter which, combined with the inbreeding prevalent in puppy
mills,
produce animals with genetic diseases and abnormalities.
The single most distinguishing characteristic of most puppy
mill operators is their desire to
produce puppies at minimum costs with minimum effort, regardless of what is best for the
animals.
The Humane Society of the United States urges Gov.Ted Kulongoski to sign a bill that strengthens penalties for
animal abuse, including a provision that provides basic care standards for dogs at mass dog
producing facilities known as puppy
mills.
«The Friendship
Animal Protective League supports this measure because we have first - hand experience caring for mother dogs discarded by the puppy
mill industry after they could no longer
produce litters.
By - products from this business were then used to
produce food for local farm
animals, which allowed the company to grow, eventually adding a
mill in the 1930's, and then expanding into food for human consumption a few years later.
The puppy
mill industry
produces dogs for profit while thousands of unwanted
animals of all ages and breeds are euthanized in shelters every day.
The Humane Society of the United States applauds members of the Oregon Senate Consumer Protection Committee for passing legislation that strengthens penalties for
animal abuse, including a provision that provides basic care standards for dogs at mass dog
producing facilities known as puppy
mills.
Puppy
mills are breeding facilities that put maximizing profit ahead of
animal welfare and mass -
produce puppies for sale on the Internet, through ads, by brokers or at pet shops.
When she became too sick to profitably
produce puppies, she was dumped in an
animal shelter by the puppy
mill owner.
Often puppy
mill operators fail to apply proper husbandry practices that would remove sick dogs from their breeding pools and they
produce puppies prone to congenital and hereditary defects Puppy
mills are not defined by the number of
animals.
Before adopting what you think is a homeless pet, find out if your shelter is in fact a retail business that BUYS puppy
mill produce or IMPORTS
animals.
The bill, A.B. 485, had strong support from several
animal welfare organizations, which cheered it as a blow to «puppy
mills» and «kitten factories» that mass
produce animals for sale, often in inhumane conditions.
Purchasing kittens through kitten
mill factories or pet stores only supports and encourages these businesses to continue
producing more «
animal commodities.»
* Pet shops typically buy from brokers who get
animals from puppy
mills, which are commercial breeding establishments that mass
produce dogs for resale.
Puppy
mills are mass dog
producing facilities that keep
animals in cages or kennels, often in squalid conditions with little or no exercise, socialization or human interaction for years on end.
Fact - breeding
mills (pet
mills) very often
produce unhealthy and abused
animals - Fact - many
animals are obtained by individuals from newspaper ads and sold to experimental labs or as bait for dog fighters - thousands of
animals are killed annually in shelters.
Because of these conditions, puppy
mills often
produce animals with serious health problems down the road.
A puppy
mill operator is not likely to hold back a dog as a future breeding
animal, because that would result in inbreeding that would reduce the number and viability of puppies
produced.
«We are going to, as a city, take a stand and prohibit the sale of puppies that come from puppy
mills [and] mass -
produced animals,» said City Councilman Tom Simplot.
Unethical breeders and puppy
mills continue to mass
produce animals for profit without regard for the quality of pups
produced or the quality of the lives of their breeding dogs.
In the video below, Best Friends
Animal Society gives a crash course on puppy
mills and how the puppies they
produce end up in pet stores around the country.
Puppy and kitten
mills are usually homes or farms where people collect and breed dogs and cats with the single goal of
producing as many
animals as possible in order to maximize profit.
With the dry
milling process, distillers dried grains (DDG), an
animal feed, are
produced after fermentation and distillation of ethanol.