Not exact matches
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.