Sentences with phrase «most animal breeders»

With little knowledge of the roles that the Y chromosome genes play in fertility, most animal breeders and farmers select bulls based on physical characteristics, such as the size of the testis.

Not exact matches

Please read the United States Department of Agriculture http://www.usda.gov/oig/webdocs/33002-4-SF.pdf where the Inspector General found that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service had failed miserably in its attempts to regulate dog breeders, especially in Oklahoma where the most heinous of abuses occurred.

High volume kitten - sellers rely mainly on direct marketing, primarily because USDA licensing is only required for breeders who sell animals to brokers who then re-sell them to pet stores and because most brokers and transporters do not buy kittens to resell.

«The animals that are used for photo ops are the most devastating because the breeders can only use them for that purpose until they're 12 weeks old,» Brink explains.

Most people don't realize that it's a love for producing healthier and more sound animals, with better temperaments, that is the sole goal of a responsible breeder.

We put together a list of some of the most important questions to ask when seeking a new furry member of the family, which will help determine whether you are dealing with an experienced breeder who follows the correct procedures and breeding guidelines or someone untrustworthy who is simply trying to make some quick cash without any regard to the animal's welfare.

If you tell the breeder, pound or wherever you are getting the animal from that the purchase is contingent upon a vet check, most will not have a problem with it.

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Most reputable breeder will dock or crop on ALL animals if it is a part of the breed standard - but some will not, especially if a chosen home asks them not to on a pet animal.

a current shotgun or firearm certificate issued to the owner of the dog, or to the agent or employee of the owner most likely to be using the dog for work in connection with the lawful shooting of animals OR a letter from a gamekeeper, a land occupier (or his agent), a person with shooting rights, a shoot organiser, a club official, a person representing the National Working Terrier Federation, or a person engaged in lawful pest control, stating that the breeder of the dog whose tail is to be docked is known to him and that dogs bred by that breeder have been used (as the case may be) on his land, or in his shoot, or for pest control.

These attacks are happening in public places, in people \'s own gardens and even in the street... We can not stress enough to the public, to breeders, to pit bull owners and to those rescuing these dogs, that no amount of socialisation or love can remove their genetics and their propensity for dog aggression and animal aggression... we can never change their genetic make up... Even the most dog friendly, relaxed pit bull often does show some kind of dog aggression sometime in its life.»

When seeking to purchase a mixed breed dog or hybrid, it is especially risky to purchase from a «backyard breeder» because these individuals are generally breeding the first set of parents they come across and most likely did not do the research or take the time to assess the qualities and temperament of these animals.

Some of those may be very well kept large - scale kennels, but I'd suspect that most of the people who would make that statement would not consider a large scale breeder responsible (regardless of how well the animals are kept) or call responsible someone who does not see through the final outcomes for the dogs.

In effect, the regulations of AWA would still not apply to most breeders that sell animals directly to the public.

There is a stance on dog breeding that is however defended by most people, dog breeders and animal rights activists included.

But it would be fairly easy for most breeders to circumvent this by setting up a place where buyers can observe the animals prior to sale.

Reputable rescue organizations aren't out to make a buck (which is opposite of most pet stores and breeders), so adoption fees typically just cover the costs of caring for an animal until he goes to a new home.

Thanks to a loophole in the Animal Welfare Act exempting face - to - face sales, most of the breeders who peddle puppies at flea markets are not subject to even the most minimal regulations and inspections by the USDA.

The suffering these animals face seems even more unjust, because most of the identities of their breeders have been kept secret by the USDA — the very agency charged with protecting dogs in puppy mills and keeping bad breeders in line.

Most animal advocates and people who simply are researching puppies know that supporting irresponsible breeders or puppy mills propagates that industry further, which eventually fills shelters, contributes to animal abuse, hoarding, and neglect.

Most pet stores buy animals from breeders across the U.S.

Some states have their own animal welfare laws that breeders, brokers, and pet stores in that state must follow, and most states also charge their own state departments of agriculture with inspecting breeders, brokers, and pet stores located within that state.

Although it costs money to obtain health clearances and certain certifications prior to breeding animals, it is an expense which most breeders feel is well worth the money.

Alas, most of us know the actual truth because we either do sled dog race, we actually researched and watched videos and been to kennels, or are veteranarians, animal geneticists and breeders.

The most common source of owned cats was from a friend or relative (42 % in 2005 versus 33 % in 1993), followed by being found as a free - roaming homeless cat (20 % in 2005 versus 32 % in 1993), a public or private animal shelter (16 % in 2005 versus 12 % in 1993), a breed rescue group (9 % in 2005 versus 2 % in 1993), a breeder (4 % in both years), an ad in a newspaper or adopted or purchased in a pet store (2 % in 2005 versus 6 % in 1993), a negligible percentage born at home (< 1 % in 2005 versus 6 % in 1993), and the remainder coming from various minor or unknown sources.

Dogs were acquired from a variety of sources; the most common were friends or relatives (30 %), breeders (25 %), public or private animal shelter (15 %), with the remainder (less than 10 % each) coming from a breed rescue group, a newspaper advertisement, found as stray, being born at home, acquired from a pet store, and rare other sources (Fig. 1).

Groups as diverse as, and often at odds with one another as, the Humane Society of the United States, canine behavior experts, the American Kennel Club, PETA, Animal Rights Activists, breed rescue groups, veterinarians, obedience training instructors, and most reputable breeders of sound, healthy dogs, are in strong agreement that live puppies should not be given as Christmas gifts.

Most pet stores get their animals from commercial breeders located in the Midwest.

Some breeders and most animal shelters do this as part of the adoption process.

The costs of most purebred dogs, or really any type of purposely bred animal, are that legitimate, conscientious breeders perform a myriad of genetic tests on the parents before breeding so as to ascertain the quality of offspring being produced.

Even though most people would prefer to adopt a dog from an animal shelter rather than a breeder, one of their reservations is that shelter dogs have «problems» with behavior, socializing, or aggression.

Fortunately most ferrets from reputable breeders are gentle, playful animals.

Even though Animal Rights activists smear dog breeders and much of the media makes a mockery of dog shows, negative press is effectively countered when the nation's most glamorous dog jockeys make their grand entrance into the group rings with breathtakingly beautiful or delightfully huggable dogs.

This had led many owners and breeders to change from the standard vaccine protocol considered the safest and most effective for years to either vaccinating their animals less or even not at all.

If so, do you research on the breeds you are most interested in to get the purrfect fit for your lifestyle, then either contact a reputable breeder or look to your local animal rescue to adopt your furry pal.

The HSUS's annual Horrible Hundred reports, based on federal and state inspections of commercial animal breeders, provide a window into some of the nation's most retrograde puppy mills.

As dog breeders, we are most concerned with breeding animals that typify breed standards for physical appearance, temperament, mental acuity, and similar traits.

What about the «show breeder» striving to produce an animal that will most closely embody the breed standard?

Mr. Oh went on to say that most animals purchased in pet stores in Chicago come from USDA licensed breeders with solid federal government inspection records.

Due to animal rights activism, the sophistication of «cause marketing» campaigns by fundraising groups and the media's desire for ratings, the black sheep of the dog breeding family have come to represent most dog breeders in the public's mind.

Doing so would have prevented even the most responsible breeders and owners from working with their veterinarians to make appropriate breeding decisions about the health and well - being of an individual animal.

In one of the most creative scams ever perpetrated on the American public, many of these largely unregulated, retail - style rescues and shelters have managed to gain a competitive market advantage over well - bred and socialized dogs and regulated breeders as well as many traditional shelters and animal control agencies by trading in dogs whose health, temperament and origin are often unknown and whose prior treatment and ultimate sale are neither regulated nor warranted.

I grant you that MOST reputable breeders [by my definition] will have spayed or neutered the animal before releasing it to the new family.

The most important things a breeder can do is to be informed enough about the diseases in their breed to recognize possible symptoms, to carefully observe their breeding animals and offspring and keep accurate records of symptoms, age of onset and relationships of individuals in affected families and of their living environments.

It appears that the presence of the rough, yellow teeth is hereditary in nature, and most breeders recommend against using an affected animal in a breeding program.

While there are reputable breeders out there who are true animal and breed - lovers, there are far many more puppy mill breeders who don't have any concern what - so - ever about the animals, the conditions in which they live, and, most specifically, the health and well - being of the dogs and puppies.

Unfortunately, the often - used x-ray exam by the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals that most breeders use, is not accurate and predictive of CHD at very young ages.

Reputable breeders put much time, money and effort into breeding away from inherited disease in their animals, and most will offer a buyer a one - year guarantee from date of birth against any disabling genetic defect.

Like most of the Ohio cruelty laws, Goddard's law does not protect farm animals, horses and other equines, animals used for research, animals used by breeders other than dogs or cats, or even any dogs used for hunting or in field trials.

Most animals in pet stores began their life in a puppy mill, backyard breeder or other similar situation.