Sentences with phrase «obtains puppies from mills»

This pet shop chain obtains puppies from mills, including some with serious USDA violations.

99 % of pet stores across the country obtain their puppies from these mills.

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.

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Mr. Peterson said the key differences between the amendment and the new Senate Bill 331 are added enforcement by the Department of Agriculture and tracking of puppies as they go through the process in an attempt to address concerns some pet brokers were selling dogs to stores that had actually been obtained from puppy mills.

The city's ordinance, approved last month, will make it illegal in two years for pet stores to sell puppies, kittens and piglets obtained from puppy mills.

Brokers are a key part of the puppy mill supply chain as most pet stores obtain their puppies from brokers, and not directly from the breeders.

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.»

So, the changes would have done nothing to reduce the likelihood of pet stores obtaining puppies from puppy mills.

The bad news, according to a survey * released recently by Best Friends Animal Society, is that more than 40 percent of Americans are unaware that virtually all pet stores obtain dogs from puppy mills and nearly one in five people still chose to purchase a new dog at a local pet shop rather than adopt from a shelter or rescue organization.

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

Barrack told me, «Often times pet stores obtain dogs from puppy mills.

Organizations across the U.S. are working to educate the public by holding peaceful demonstrations outside of pet stores that have been proven to obtain their puppies from puppy mills.

Beginning next March, Chicago pet stores won't be able to sell dogs, cats or rabbits obtained from large - scale breeding operations that critics call «puppy mills.»

We advocate for the adoption of companion pets from local shelters and discourage the purchase of pets from pet stores that obtain animals from commercial puppy factories commonly known as «puppy mills.»

«If as an attorney you work to free a bear from a lifetime of intense confinement, or shut down an inhumane puppy - mill operation, or simply help a local animal rescue group obtain nonprofit status, you grow as a person and a professional.

Because of the covert nature of such operations, exact numbers are difficult to obtain, but it is estimated that there are anywhere from 1200 — 2000 puppy mills in this province alone.

The information in this report, therefore, is a compilation of records obtained from state inspection data in those states that inspect puppy mills, and / or from recent USDA records that The HSUS preserved before the USDA removed the reports from their website, as well as certain available court records, consumer complaints, investigator visits and media reports.

That is a rather startling concept to lots of people since they often deal with puppies obtained from pet stores, or from puppy mill breeders, or breeders who never really thought about the long term health and welfare of the puppies.

Now remember, what these investigators wanted to do was to see which problem behaviors observed in the pet store dogs were due to the nature of the people who typically obtain their pups from pet shops versus of those problems which arise as a result of the early stressors associated with being reared in a puppy mill.

In December 2013, Phoenix passed an ordinance that would prohibit pet stores from selling dogs and cats obtained from puppy mills.

Cast by proponents as simply a prohibition on the sale of pets from «puppy mills,» the law actually states that retailers can only sell dogs, cats or rabbits that are obtained from rescue groups or shelters.

The issue of puppy mills, and dogs and puppies obtained from these breeding facilities, continues to generate awareness and concern among animal rescuers, veterinarians, authorities, consumers and others.

While there are very few puppy mills within the five boroughs, there are over 70 stores that sell puppies and kittens, and they obtain their «stock» from breeders all over the country.