Sentences with phrase «of dog breeding facilities»

This publication focuses on the need for kennel managers and owners of dog breeding facilities to understand the disease and its implications for dog care and welfare.

The USDA admits to a deficient and problematic record in the inspection of dog breeding facilities.

The need for the regulation of dog breeding facilities in Michigan is acute.

Outbreaks can have a disastrous impact on canine facilities... it is important for kennel managers and owners of dog breeding facilities to understand the disease and its implications for dog care and welfare.»

Go here for information about a scathing audit by the Office of Inspector General of APHIS lax and ineffective regulation of dog breeding facilities and the agency's plan to remedy its failures; and for information about the Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act, the PUPS Act, pending federal legislation that would mandate APHIS regulate all dog breeders that sell directly to the public whether through the internet, newspaper ads or otherwise, and not only those that sell through brokers or dealers or that maintain show rooms where buyers can observe dogs for sale.

Not exact matches

«These results raise difficult questions because shelter workers and veterinarians are expected to determine the breeds of dogs in their facilities on a daily basis.

A frantic campaign by some Oklahoma dog breeders who do not want to be regulated have stirred up fear by some legislators that passage of the proposed rules for dog breeding facilities will be over reaching or are unfair.

Conducted in Italy, Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, all of the studies found that upon adulthood, the puppies from these high - volume breeding facilities were more likely to show behavioral and emotional problems that cause distress, when compared with dogs from other sources, especially those from non-commercial breeders.

Puppy mills are large - scale breeding facilities where hundreds of dogs are kept in deplorable conditions for the sole purpose of churning out puppies.

The bills would also place an upper limit on the number of intact breeding dogs that may be housed in breeding facilities, to prevent our state from becoming a haven for inhumane puppy mills.

There are some great networks but until we get the numbers of unwanted animals down by more spaying and neutering and less breeding of dogs and cats, etc. the need for a long - term facility that gives these animals a quality of life similar to Best Friends is necessary unless more people can foster these animals because right now the reality is that some of these dogs and cats are being fostered for years because they have one or two issues that keep them from being attractive to being adopted.

Not only is this untrue, but the conditions of many breeding facilities or puppy mills (which supply pet stores that sell dogs) are nothing short of horrific.

These results raise difficult questions, because shelter workers and veterinarians are expected to determine the breed (s) of dogs in their facilities on a daily basis.

Loyal Caucasians Kennel is not a large breeding facility, all of our dogs have jobs to do.

The ASPCA is on the ground assisting in the removal, transport, sheltering and medical treatment of more than 130 dogs from a large, substandard breeding facility — frequently referred to as a puppy mill — in Needham, Alabama.

As you are reading this sentence, around 170,000 dogs are living in licensed facilities for breeding purposes, not to mention how many of them drag out a miserable existence in unlicensed backyard sheds.

«These kennels can legally have hundreds of dogs in one facility, and confine them to tiny, crowded cages for their entire lives, breeding them continuously to produce as many puppies as possible for the pet trade.

The AVMA has drafted model legislation that, if enacted, would actually improve the welfare of dogs at breeding facilities, animal shelters, retail pet stores and other types of operations,» said Dr. Ron Dehaven, the AVMA's chief executive officer.

Sadly, there are facilities dedicated to breeding dogs solely for the purpose of selling them to animal testing laboratories.

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Here's what my research says, «A puppy mill is a commercial facility destined for breeding dogs that sets priority of making money over the well - being of animals.»

«We care very much about the welfare of dogs in breeding facilities in our state.

Dogs bred in these facilities tend to live in small wire cages with little or no attention, no exercise and mostly lack of veterinary care.

Jessie Smith claims the mother dogs will only be on the painful wire, locked away inside, for one week prior to giving birth and for the time it takes to wean their puppies — since the dogs in these facilities are there for the sole purpose of breeding, the mother dogs could spend half of the year facing conditions we all thought we abolished by pushing through the new dog laws.

Our large and spacious play areas at our dog daycare facility can suit all breeds of any age or size.

More than 200 dogs and puppies rescued from a commercial breeding facility in Estrie, Quebec last May — along with numerous puppies who were born subsequent to the seizure — are ready to leave the emergency shelter and be placed for adoption following weeks of care and rehabilitation.

Puppy mills are commercial breeding facilities that raise dogs in factory - farm - like conditions, putting profit above the welfare of the animals.

The Court of La Unión de Tres Ríos made a major ruling in favor of animal welfare in Costa Rica after convicting a person for breeding dogs in an illegal breeding facility, or puppy mill.

Puppy mills are mass - production facilities where the breeding dogs are often confined to small wire cages for life and deprived of the basics of humane care, solely to produce puppies for the pet trade.

Too many people do not know where puppies in pet shops come from and there is no way to tell if the commercial breeding facility meets USDAA requirements (they have to be licensed if they are commercial) and meet the dogs needs and meet proper breeding practices of genetic testing.

The HSUS Breeders Advisory and Resource Council (BARC) is composed of responsible breeders from around the country who have a particular interest in improving the lives of dogs bred in the inhumane, commercial breeding facilities known as puppy mills.

A puppy mill is a commercial breeding facility that only cares about profit — they keep their dogs in horrible conditions, forcing them to breed again and again until they are no longer physically capable of doing so.

The parents of puppies sold in pet stores and online live their entire lives in commercial dog breeding facilities (puppy mills) producing puppies.

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Stop Puppy Mills Ohio is a grassroots coalition of both national and local shelters, rescues and organizations, including the Humane Society of the United States, working to ensure the humane treatment of dogs in commercial breeding facilities.

Because of the growth in online sales of animals, particularly dogs, many operators of inhumane commercial breeding facilities, or puppy mills, transport dogs to pet stores and to new parents via airplanes.

How reminiscent this is of many other dogs I've met who have come from puppy farms and similar breeding facilities.

Dogs, cats, puppies, and kittens from across the United States and around the globe are rescued from overcrowded municipal shelters, commercial breeding facilities, and other less - than - ideal - circumstances, and brought to the safety of the world's largest no - kill rescue and adoption organization.

This story references Dr. Candace Croney's study conducted with the Center for Animal Welfare Science on the prevalence of periodontal disease in a population of dogs in commercial breeding facilities in Indiana and Illinois.

(Above) A female English bulldog named Gracie with eye problems during a Feb. 14, 2013, USDA inspection of Debra Pratt's dog breeding facility.

The Alliance played a leading role in the passage of the Animal Care Facilities Act (ACFA), which requires the licensing, inspection and promulgation of standards of care for dogs and cats housed in commercial pet breeding facilities, pet stores, kennels, and animal shelters.

The sale of dogs, cats and rabbits will soon be banned at retail stores in San Diego, making it the 32nd city in North America to enact legislation in response to criticism of how animals are treated in commercial breeding facilities.

A puppy mill is a large - scale commercial dog breeding facility where profit is given priority over the well - being of dogs, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Although Maryland state law already prohibits the sale of dogs and cats bred by illegal «puppy mills,» it does not ban the retail sale of animals bred at large - scale commercial breeding facilities which, many will argue, are merely federally inspected, legal puppy mill operations.

Kathryn Destreza, director of investigations for ASPCA Field Investigations and Response, said dogs kept at breeding facilities like the one in Elmwood suffer a poor quality of life.

Sometimes known as puppy farms, puppy mills are inhumane, commercial dog - breeding facilities in which the health of the dogs is disregarded in order to maximize profits.

The resolution, though, does not actually ban anything, but calls on the governor, legislature and local municipalities to take immediate steps to ban the sale of dogs and cats that come from large scale commercial breeding facilities - which are often referred to as «puppy mills.»

The Canine Cruelty Prevention Act dramatically improved standards of care for dogs in commercial breeding facilities and enhanced enforcement efforts by the Missouri Department of Agriculture and the Attorney General's Office.

Such breeding facilities treat puppies as cash crops instead of pets, employing horrendous standards of care for the dogs and producing sick animals prone to illness, injury, genetic and behavioral problems.

We recognise that many of our breeders breed dogs within their own home where the dogs live as family pets and have no special facilities.