Sentences with phrase «mill dogs and other pet»

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By working with several city councils in our region, San Diego Humane Society recently helped pass legislation banning local pet stores and other commercial businesses from selling dogs, puppies, cats, kittens, and rabbits that are obtained from puppy mill farms, commercial catteries, and other large breeding establishments.
Oklahoma is one of the highest in the number of Class B dealers licensees in the nation (34 out of 969 active Class B licensees are located in OK) and this trade in dogs and other animals, which go to research, product testing, resale for pets and animals used in exhibits, may be even more hidden than in the puppy mill world.
HFC Rescue also focuses on breed information, responsible dog ownership, including spay / neutering, training and humane care of Havanese and other pets as well as education of the public regarding puppy mills and pet stores.
Many mill dogs just don't enjoy being picked up, and so I try to separate out handling and picking up; in other words, I teach them first that «hands are good» through gentle petting, massage and Tellington Touch, without picking up the dog.
Humane Canada condemns puppy mills (see definition) and opposes the sale of cats and dogs in markets or pet stores other than satellite adoption centres and also disapproves of large - scale commercial breeders and «backyard breeders».
Greg Gordon, the owner of Dog Patch Pet and Feed a pet store that sold commercially bred puppies, and the Cari Meyers founder of The Puppy Mill Project an anti puppy mill organization stopped yelling at each other and learned they had something in common.
Puppy mills and pet stores are glad to oblige and soon the clones of the top Westminster dog are being sent to pounds and other facilities when people realize that the dog they saw on TV was not the same as the puppy they bought.
The other reason is that dogs from pet stores have ambiguous sources for their puppies, meaning some puppies may have come from puppy factories or puppy mills which are horrendous and cruel.
The last thing this country needs are puppy mills that breed thousands upon thousands of dogs a year to add to the pet overpopulation problem that exists in the United States and other parts of the world.
 Write a letter to the editor of your local paper or contact local radio stations about puppy mills and other pet mills and call on people to adopt instead of buying dogs and other pets.Â
 Report all cruel, inhumane treatment you observe at a commercial dog or other pet breeding operation (aka puppy mills and other pet mills) and potential violations of regulations governing commercial dog or other pet breeders.
According to the Humane Society, more than 200 localities have passed «puppy mill» laws in the past two years that sometimes make it illegal for pet stores to source dogs anywhere other than shelters and rescuers.
AB 485 bans the pet store sale of dogs, cats and other pets raised by breeders, who, especially when it comes to puppy mills, aren't always the rule - following, highly policed and regulated operations the AKC portrays them as.
There's an important tool to help in the fight against puppy mill puppies sold through pet stores: They're more likely to be aggressive with their owners, strangers and other dogs.
We also rescue pets impacted by natural disasters and other emergencies, and we conduct regular rescues to save puppies and dogs from puppy mills.
While many puppy mill dogs dogs sold at pet stores and purchased online have various medical and / or behavioral issues because they were brought up in mills, other dogs seem to have suffered zero affects.
On the other side, I think it is wonderful that pets are finally getting some real time in the media — between puppy mills, pet food, dogs coming back from the dead and now Target, I hope more people will start to take note, and hopefully we can arrive at a solution — or at least better systems.
Also, it is estimated more than 90 % of dogs sold in pet stores come from puppy mills, and the Commission's plan is an acknowledgement that pet stores may often times be a front for unscrupulous breeders and distributors profiting from breeding and selling other animals as well.
Many who have adopted them say they've gone on to make greats pets — as has been the case with many of Michael Vick's fighting dogs, puppy mill dogs and other dogs who have seen and suffered from the worst in humans.
For more on U.S. cities that have banned pet store sales of dogs or cats and other efforts to shut down outlets for sales of companion animals by mills and backyard breeders....
Major cities like Chicago, San Diego, Phoenix, and Los Angeles join 50 other American jurisdictions, such as Suffolk County in Boston and Cook County in Illinois, that have banned the sale of commercially - bred animals like cats, rabbits, and dogs in pet stores to fight against puppy mills says the Huffington Post.
Stilwell is also committed to helping the cause of animal rescue and rehabilitation, working closely with organizations around the world to increase awareness about puppy mills, dogfighting, animal abuse, pet overpopulation, dog bite prevention, breed - specific legislation and other animal - related issues.
Bunchers then sell your dog to Class B dealers, who then sell your dog to research facilities, other dealers, pet shops, at auctions, and to breeders ~ including puppy mills.
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