Mom has worked with Best Friends saving
mill dogs out of Missouri and it is so hard to see these dogs... and yet the saving grace was knowing they were safe and on their way to rescue in NY.
In order to cut mills out of the story, animal advocates want
mill dogs out of the stores and shelter / rescue animals in.
Not exact matches
Get all the information on
dog breeders you need to make a responsible, informed choice.We've all heard horror stories about flaky
out - of - state
dog breeders, irresponsible practices and puppy
mills.
The punishment for leaving a
dog out in the freezing cold to potentially die should be beyond a mere slap on the wrist, pay your fine and go back to your puppy
mill to extract more blood money.
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
Meanwhile, the bills also addressed other areas of the pet sales industry, including legislation designed to keep «puppy
mill»
dogs out of New York retail kennels.
Puppy
mills refer to high volume puppy producing facilities in which the
dogs are generally transferred to their new owners off the producers» property, so that the facility operates
out of view.
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.
Referring to this event Nolan said, «These are certainly not the worst
dogs we've seen by any means, but I wish people could see what it's like when these
dogs come
out of the
mills.
Puppy
mills are large - scale breeding facilities where hundreds of
dogs are kept in deplorable conditions for the sole purpose of churning
out puppies.
Start with shelter
dogs: We all agree that there are plenty (thousands) of
dogs, both in and
out of puppy
mills, who desperately need homes and can be rescued for free, so no one should ever be paying a breeder for an animal.
But when you drive by a family - filled pet store selling
dogs as if they were toasters, or learn about horrific puppy
mills still profiting from cruelty, you begin to realize the adoption message is still not getting
out strongly or widely enough.
Unfortunately, with the popularity of the Rottweiler also brought a high demand for the
dog, which brought
out irresponsible breeders and puppy
mills.
Or, even better, if we had figured
out a way to include cute, sociable animals like
dogs (perhaps with a message about puppy
mills), we likely would have had better luck with the TV news.
Though Franki thought she'd adopted the puppy from a sweet couple who bred
dogs and sold them for extra money, she quickly found
out that Vivica's health problems were signs the cute pooch was bred in a puppy
mill.
Nearly nine
out of every 10 puppies sold in pet stores come from puppy
mills, breeding kennels that raise
dogs in cramped, crude, filthy conditions.
They can be born on the street, be thrown
out like old clothing by their owners or, far worse, be raised in
dog mills.
Puppy
mills create a surplus of popular
dogs and then either sell them for testing or euthanize them when they are too old to adopt
out unless they can serve as a breeding
dog in which case they will live in a cage with little human contact and never know the feel of grass under their feet.
The idea came to me when I started trying to find ways to better utilize my resources to get the word
out about animal rescue and problems with the
dog breeding industry (puppy
mills, etc.).
Often the
mill dogs become aggressive with each other
out of the pure boredom of their day - to - day lives.
It's true that those stores wouldn't be able to sell shelter / rescue
dogs for $ 1,200 like they sell their
mill dogs for, but there's much information
out there that tells folks how to run a financially - successful, humane pet store, too.
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.
Also, any
mill dog in our care represents one of the lucky ones that got
out.
While the puppy
mill industry has received and justifiably so much negative attention most people who breed any purebred
dog or other animal do so
out of love and the desire and pride of sharing this love with others.
I am trying to find
out how we can get laws changed to regulate the breeding (puppy
mills and puppy stores), to make spaying and neutering cheaper or free so it's available to everyone — so that there will be fewer
dogs going in to the kennels.
Many puppy
mills dogs have never been
out of their cages, have never felt grass under their feet — never been hugged in a way that makes them know that they're cared for.
It can be the same for a
mill dog so work at their comfort level vs. forcing them to come all the way in for the treat or take it
out of your hand, especially initially.
Dog brokers seek
out unaltered purebred animals for resale to puppy
mills or research laboratories.
Pam has shared Lil Olive's life — and passing — with hundreds of thousands of people across the world through Lil Olive's Facebook page with the intention of raising awareness about what the breeding industry did, and does, not only to Lil Olive, but to all the many thousands of other
dogs, most of whom will never get
out of the puppy
mills alive.
They assist in the ongoing care of
dogs and cats who have been rescued from harm — whether an
out - of - control hoarder or a puppy
mill.
Puppy
mills are funded by the sale of
dogs in pet stores, so once the funds run
out, they not longer have a reason to exist.
Every year these brave pups set
out with their kind human guardians to rescue other
dogs from puppy
mills.
In recent years The HSUS has assisted in rescuing nearly 10,000
dogs from more than 50 different puppy
mills across the country churning
out more than 2 million puppies per year for the pet trade.
By adopting a
dog from a shelter or rescue as promised, President and Mrs. Obama could have signaled a need for change in the regulation of puppy
mill operations that churn
out puppies like manufactured goods in deplorable conditions.Â
Now consider the millions of Puppy
Mill dogs who are not as lucky as Baby was (Baby got rescued — her puppy
mill peers are still there suffering horribly and churning
out more victims of greed)
If you want to read some of these articles pertaining to unethical
dog breeding and puppy
mills, check these
out:
But we won't rest until every adoptable cat and
dog in America finds a home as loving as those that millions of cats and
dogs already enjoy, and we also won't rest until we put the dogfighters and
mills out of business.
Puppy
mills are mass production facilities that crank
out an estimated 4 - 5 million
dogs annually that are sold in pet stores, over the Internet, at swap meets and direct to the public.
According to statistics from the Missouri Department of Agriculture, there are now 50,000 fewer breeding
dogs confined to a lifetime of misery in a puppy
mill, and over 300,000 fewer puppies being churned
out every year in Missouri
mills.
As a result, many
dogs and cats come
out of puppy
mills malnourished.
MABTR takes in a high number of puppy
mill survivors — breeding
dogs whose time has run
out — in order to save their lives and give them a chance at love.
Work to end breed discrimination that takes good
dogs away from loving families, stop puppy
mills, and keep community cats safe and
out of shelters through TNR (trap - neuter - return) programs
Work to end breed discrimination that takes good
dogs away from loving families, stop puppy
mills, and keep community (feral and stray) cats safe and
out of shelters through TNR (trap - neuter - return) programs
HOLLYWOOD - «Joining the wave of cities hoping to snuff
out puppy
mills, city commissioners on Wednesday banned the retail sale of cats and
dogs bred in so - called puppy
mills and kitten factories.»
For the love of
dogs, we must stamp
out every haven for puppy
mills.
Nearly 400
dogs rescued from a Kennewick, Wash. puppy
mill were relinquished Thursday, enabling The HSUS to reach
out to shelters and rescue groups to take in the miniature American Eskimo
dogs.
California may become the first state in the nation to ban the sale of
dogs, cats and rabbits from pet stores that obtain their animals from
out - of - state commercial «puppy
mills.»
If you buy a
dog over the Internet, at a pet store or through a newspaper ad, your new pooch may very well be from a puppy
mill — an abusive mass - production facility that churns
out puppies under inhumane conditions.
In Indiana, Pets Alive spay / neuter clinic steps
out of its comfort zone and steps up for puppy
mill dogs.
Yet, the American Veterinary Medical Association, the Chicago Veterinary Medical Association and the statewide group have come
out against the ordinances banning the sale of puppy
mill dogs in pet stores.