Irish coming from shelters, backyard breeders, and puppy
mills are on the increase as well.
Not exact matches
Those views
are largely predicated
on three factors: higher borrowing costs;
increasing curbs
on home buying to cool soaring prices; and government - mandated shutdowns of some steel
mills and factories in coming months to reduce winter air pollution.
This
is going to
be another pain in the arse transfer episode where Media keeps churning the rumour
mills with «connecting the dots» stories to keep
increasing their visits
on the site in the month of January and generate more and more revenue.
Compared to the previous SQ5's supercharged six - pot, this new turbo
mill delivers a 23 - pound - foot
increase in torque and fatter peak power bands, and
is more efficient, returning 19 mpg in the city (up from 17) and 24 mpg
on the highway.
Backers of
increased restrictions
on dog breeders in North Carolina recorded a conversation with a state Senator who opposes the bill at a meeting earlier this month and, as a result, some Republican leaders say there will
be no vote
on a proposed puppy
mill law this year.
The law
was passed based
on concerns about the treatment of dogs in puppy
mills and in order to
increase the number of rescued animals in need of homes who find them.
A puppy
mill is a commercial dog - breeding facility that focuses
on increasing profit with little overhead cost.
Some major cities have succeeded in placing bans
on puppy
milling, regulations and standards have
been increased, and more people
are becoming aware of the issues of purchasing pet store puppies.
The premise of their attack
is based
on the belief that pet stores
are responsible for (1) local pet overpopulation, (2)
increased population at shelters, (3) the high shelter euthanasia rates and (4) the sale of sick dogs from «puppy
mills» to unsuspected consumers.
02/7/12 - City Beat - Breeding Ground, Lack of dog auction regulation draws out - of - state dealers 02/3/12 - Columbus Dispatch, Editorial - Dogged effort 01/31/12 - The Oxford Press - Auctions, puppy
mills to blame for
increase in unwanted dogs 01/28/12 - Columbus Dispatch - Ohio lawmakers to consider dog auction ban 01/28/12 - 13 ABC (Toledo)- Ohio group clears step in dog auction ban effort 01/24/12 - Westlake / Bay Village Observer - Petition shows support for dog auction ban 01/24/12 - Ohio Akron Beacon Journal, Letter to the Editor - Push for animal rights 01/23/12 - Toledo Blade - Ohio group seeks to ban dog auctions 01/21/12 - Examiner - Coalition to Ban Ohio Dog Auctions Exceeds Signature Goal for Ballot Initiative 01/19/12 - Columbus Dispatch - Signatures collected to prompt action
on dog auctions 01/13/12 - WOUB News - Group Wants Ohio to Ban Dog Auctions 01/12/12 - DogHeirs - Proposed Ohio Dog Auctions Act Stops Distribution for Puppy
Mill Breeders 01/11/12 - WOSU All Sides with Ann Fisher - Efforts to Ban Puppy
Mills and Dog Auctions in Ohio / Open Forum 01/11/12 - The Athens News, Letter to the Editor - Please sign petitions to end quarterly dog auctions in Ohio 01/10/12 - Cincinnati Animal News Examiner - Group works to ban dog auctions in Ohio 01/8/12 - Tanglewood Hairdressers - Dog auction petition signatures
being certified 01/7/12 - Pack Mentality - Pack Line Headlines: Dog auctions, dog lawsuit and puppy
mill legislation 01/6/12 - Cleveland Scene - Puppy Sales
on Hold at Ohio Dog Auction 01/5/12 - Cleveland Plain Dealer - Ohio dog breeders association owns shuttered Farmerstown dog auction 01/3/12 - Life with Dogs - Ohio Dog Auctions: Going... Going... Gone 12/31/11 - Columbus Dispatch, Letters to the Editor - Ohioans deserve a say
on puppy
mills 12/30/11 - Orvis - Ohio One Step Closer to Banning Dog Auctions 12/28/11 - Statehouse News Bureau - Group files petition to put before voters a law banning dog auctions 12/27/11 - Columbus Dispatch - Dog - auction ban a step closer
While everyone should
be celebrating the
increased enforcement resources (which
was everyone's # 1 need in solving the state's «puppy
mill crisis») at a time of significant financial strain
on the state, leave it to HSUS to
be the critic (of course, the news comes at a time when Wayne Pacelle
was on his book tour and
was in St. Louis last night promoting his book, and Kansas City tonight).