Sentences with phrase «mill pet who»

While it can happen to any pet, its especially true of any pet that has been rescued, sheltered or puppy mill pet who may have been through so much in their lives and may just need a little more understanding and love.

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ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo on Tuesday plans to sign legislation cracking down on puppy mills and unscrupulous pet dealers who masquerade as not - for - profit animal shelters, the Daily News has learned.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo today plans to sign legislation cracking down on puppy mills and unscrupulous pet dealers who masquerade as not - for - profit animal shelters.

Suffolk County Executive Steven Bellone signed into law Tuesday the «puppy mill bill,» safeguarding the animals themselves, as well as consumers who have been burdened by unexpected medical costs of caring for their newly purchased pets.

From the «friendly» neighbour who mistreats his pets behind closed doors, to the «respected» community member who operates a puppy mill or substandard zoo - there is no one identifying feature that marks a person as capable of committing such unfathomable crimes.

I respectfully request that you do not allow this «fast - tracked» bill initiated by special interest groups to circumvent the will of voters who overwhelmingly support pet stores like Mutts & Co. and Pet Valu who make an enduring commitment to end the «puppy mill to pet store» supply chain in their business operations.»

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.

My goal is to raise happy, healthy Bichon Frise Companions (for those who choose not to pay show quality prices or purchase at pet shops, (pups sold in pet shops are from puppy mills.

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.

The puppies who are deemed attractive enough to be successfully marketed by their breeders typically end up being advertised and sold online, through print advertisements, at certain flea markets, and in pet stores, thus generating a profit for the puppy mill industry and allowing it to continue.

In 2014, he supported legislation to prohibit pet stores from selling dogs who come from commercial breeders «puppy mills.»

I guess there is not a single pet fancier who has never heard of puppy mills.

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.

Sadly, many dogs who are bought in pet shops or from «reputable» breeders actually come from puppy mills.

Now, when I say «pet store dog,» I'm referring to «puppy mills» versus responsible small breeders who are breeding for conformation and behavior.

But if your family dog came from a pet store, there «s a good chance it was born in one of those mills, to a mother who is still there, being bred for profit, and caged for life.

This workshop featured four speakers: one about increasing adoptions in shelters, one about decreasing the number of puppies from puppy mills sold in pet stores, one from HSUS's Pets for Life program about helping under served pet owners, and one from Coalition to Unchain Dogs, a group that builds fences for dogs who previously lived on a chain.

If the number starts with a B, it was given to the puppy by the trucking company who bought FROM the puppy mill and sold it to the pet store.

The investigative work the team has done has already shown that Texas pet stores, in addition to buying directly from breeders with Animal Welfare Act violations and from brokers who work with puppy mills, are also buying dogs from this market here in Canton — and many large - scale breeders come to sell here.

Good - intentioned people who buy from pet stores, puppy mill websites, or even local backyard breeders (people who breed as a hobby or an «oops» but do not actually know their breed inside and out, nor do they test for health and temperament before breeding) often face serious veterinary bills associated with genetic issues that arise as these puppies grow.

Some of the worst puppy mills sell puppies through pet stores and online, relying on impulse purchases by people who haven't seen for themselves where the puppy was born and raised.»

We wanted to put an end to the whole sordid puppy mill business, and we soon realized that our most receptive audience and effective point of pressure would be at the point of sale — those well - meaning consumers who drive the demand for mill - bred pets by purchasing them in pet stores.

The goal of the ordinance is not to target responsible breeders, just commercial breeding operations, i.e. puppy mills, who distribute through pet stores and commercial businesses, said Weitzman.

This is another victory for the anti puppy mill movement who campaign tirelessly to stop the sale of pets from mass commercial breeding facilities.

Many people who care deeply about animals are not always aware of the connection between the pet store puppy and the breeding female trapped for life in a mill.

Michele Lazarow — a Hallandale Beach city commissioner and activist who has helped pass numerous laws across Florida preventing pet stories from selling dogs that come from puppy mills — recounts the dreadful experience she had in 2004 after buying her dog, Alfie, from a pet store, which misrepresented where the dog had come from, thereby launching Lazarow on the path of crusader to make such transactions illegal.

These puppies are then often sold in pet stores and online to unsuspecting buyers who would never knowingly support the puppy mill industry.

Their existence makes it possible for all prospective pet buyers to turn a blind eye to the sordid reality of puppy mills, just as meat - eaters want to think they're all eating meat from the 1 % of cows who spend their lives on pasture with their calves as opposed to standing in a lagoon of manure.

Most pet shops deal directly with USDA licensed «B» dealers (brokers), who obtain their puppies from breeders who typically run substandard facilities (puppy mills).

Pretty Kitty enters a home already inhabited by multiple special needs pets, including Louie, a blind Schnauzer with no teeth rescued from a Midwestern puppy mill, and Mickey, a 14 - year old diabetic cat who had been adopted and returned multiple times throughout his life.

Springsteen — who is an ASPCA «equine welfare ambassador,» in the Jan. 16 letter said the legislation «will help consumers make informed decisions about the dogs they buy and avoid the heartbreak of buying a sick dog, and also eliminate some of the most inhumane puppy mills from our state's pet shop supply chain.»

These rescues need some time with someone who can help them transition from being a caged mill dog to a family pet.

As a person who has adopted and rehabilitated a puppy mill survivor with severe post-traumatic stress disorder, I can personally attest to the fact that sometimes the «less adoptable» dogs make the best pets.

In addition, the revelation of the conditions of many puppy mills who supply pet stores and online distributors that sell puppies has made it a bad choice for people looking to get a puppy.

Those are what we feel need to be enforced not more laws created that would basically undermine and do away with most small show / breeding homes, any breeding, and any pets kept by individuals as this is the agenda of many of these candidates supported and who believe in HSUS as well as HSUS themselves who «say» their proposals are to eliminate puppy mills.

These dogs were from a «backyard breeder,» who had been routinely neglecting these pets and treating them as property and assets for their puppy mill.

They think of moments like the one Carol Everett, a certified humane education specialist who volunteers at the Kauai Humane Society, recalls: A middle school student came up to her after a presentation on puppy mills, a spay / neuter activity, and a tour of an animal shelter and said, «We got a puppy from the pet shop last year and I am so sorry we didn't get one from the humane society.»

Lowering production to reduce the number of «noses in» is achieved by economically targeted spay / neuter programs, disruption of the puppy mill supply chain and shelter surrender intervention programs (helping folks who are planning to surrender a pet to the shelter to keep that pet instead).

Given the lack of concern those who operate such mills show for animals, what does it matter to them if there is pet overpopulation or not?

In the final analysis, it is HSUS, the ASPCA, and PETA which benefit puppy and kitten mills and the commercial breeding of animals, not No Kill advocates who refuse to subscribe to the lie of pet overpopulation which enables systematic killing.

The law targets pet owners who train their dogs to fight, puppy - mill operators and reckless dog owners.

Reducing shelter euthanasia requires all players including breeders, the AKC, veterinarians (some who charge exorbitant fees resulting in a surrendered pet), puppy mills — all need to have some skin in the game to achieve a zero - sum outcome for shelters.

Brokers are dealers who buy puppies from a multitude of different kennels and puppy mills and then re-sell them to pet stores.

«We have people who are looking to do the right thing and adopt, and we want to support them in that, not drive them to backyard breeders or pet shops,» says King, noting that there are still pet stores in the state that sell puppies from breeding mills.

New Jersey «will counter the USDA info blackout by prohibiting any pet store from sourcing a pet unless the breeder waives its «so called» right of privacy and has its inspection reports on the USDA website,» New Jersey Senator Raymond Lesniak, who has been working to crack down on inhumane puppy mills supplying dogs to New Jersey pet shops, told The Dodo.

I've spoken with cross-breeders who are not puppy millers, but think what they do is creating the ideal pet.

These puppy mills continue to stay in business through deceptive tactics — their customers are unsuspecting consumers who shop in pet stores, over the Internet or through classified ads.

You may have known someone who has, or you yourself have purchased a «backyard» bred dog or a pet store or puppy mill dog and had great success.

The majority of puppies sold in pet stores have been taken from mothers who live out their lives in the cramped confines of unhygienic cages, continuously producing litters, so adopting from a shelter is one way to take a stand against puppy mills.

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.