Sentences with phrase «of dog dealers»

In 2010, the USDA Office of Inspector General released a report criticizing the department's history of lax oversight of dog dealers under the Animal Welfare Act.

Last Chance for Animals provided concrete evidence of bunchers by launching an undercover investigation of the dog dealer.

Not exact matches

Iron Solutions, of Fenton, Mo., had its genesis in an annually issued guide, akin to the used - car Blue Book, that dates back to the»40s; dealers would dog - ear the guide to help them price, say, a rusted - out 1992 combine some farmer was offering on a trade.

Seeing that I wasn't quite following, and still reeling from the casual death threat, my dad handed me a dog - eared copy of Ed Thorp's book Beat the Dealer, and said that that was how he had learned.

Fewer than half of the competitors were New Mexicans, including a woman from Acoma Pueblo and a dealer from the casino; the rest were «pros,» regular competitive eaters who had honed their gut - stuffing skills over years of IFOCE competitions like the annual Nathan's Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island.

Right under the snooping radar of Akufo - Addo's Lilliputian ministerial nose, diplomatic and non-diplomatic passports reportedly disappeared under mysterious circumstance only to reappear in the company of international drug dealers who, once again, are either reportedly related to the political sniffer dog himself, Akufo - Addo, or to shady persons closely connected to the uppermost echelons of the ethnocentric NPP.

The inbred lowlifes in this B - movie black comedy are members of the Smith family, a clan of troglodytes in a seedy Texas trailer park replete with vicious barking dogs on chains, who swing into ruthless high gear from the very first scene, when penny - ante drug dealer Chris Smith (a game turn by Emile Hirsch, who has grown from the appealing, open - faced kid in The Emperor's Club into a scabby, hirsute roughneck) arrives in a torrential rainstorm and is greeted at the screen door by his father's new wife Sharla with a female full - frontal.

«War Dogs,» an entertaining biopic adapted from Guy Lawson's Rolling Stone article «The Stoner Arms Dealers,» offers the kind of implausibly flamboyant tale that Hollywood loves.

Years after «Hearts in Atlantis,» Yelchin had another major film role in Nick Cassavetes» «Alpha Dog,» a feverish true - crime saga inspired by the misdeeds of the notorious L.A. drug dealer Jesse James Hollywood, presently serving time for the 2000 kidnapping and murder of 15 - year - old Nicholas Markowitz.

War Dogs tells the true story of Efraim Diveroli (Jonah Hill) and David Packouz (Miles Teller), two best friends who become arms dealers selling weapons to the United States Military in the mid-2000s.

It was years later, in playing a teenager at the center of a kidnapping gone wrong in Alpha Dog and a self - assured high school drug dealer in Charlie Bartlett, that Yelchin began to attract attention as an actor.

The new comedy War Dogs tells the true story of two cynical young men who took advantage of bureaucratic failures to become successful weapons dealers.

When all of the above fail, the top dog comes to the dealer.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals plans to protest FCA at the Detroit auto show for something one of its dealers is doing: sponsoring a long - time dog - sled race in Alaska.

Those of us who were around for the dog - eat - dog days of the 1978 Corvette Indy Pace Car know first - hand how greedy some dealers can be when a hot car comes their way.

«Our new Elite Dealer Program with Dog Fashion Spa was rolled out at GroomExpo in Hershey in September,» said Chuck Simons, founder of Groomers Helper.

On my first attempt to find out how many Oklahoma dogs are processed by Class B dealers, I was told by USDA to submit a request through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), which I did.

That case involved the seizure of over 800 dogs from the Arkansas based USDA Class B dealer, CC Baird.

If 50 dogs produce 5 to 10 puppies per year, with each selling for the modest sum of $ 350, the dealer would net around $ 140,000 in sales.

The laundry list of those who felt these meager restrictions would put breeders out of business included the American Kennel Club, the American Canine Association, the American Pet Registry, the Sporting Dog Alliance and Oklahoma Pet Professionals, an organization of federally licensed dog dealers that would seemingly benefit from regulations based on the standards they already meDog Alliance and Oklahoma Pet Professionals, an organization of federally licensed dog dealers that would seemingly benefit from regulations based on the standards they already medog dealers that would seemingly benefit from regulations based on the standards they already meet.

Between 2000 and 2007, the number of USDA dog dealers in Oklahoma doubled when state licensing and inspections elsewhere drove this industry over Oklahoma's state lines.

Oklahoma is one of the highest in the number of Class B dealers licensees in the nation (34 out of 969 active Class B licensees are located in OK) and this trade in dogs and other animals, which go to research, product testing, resale for pets and animals used in exhibits, may be even more hidden than in the puppy mill world.

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.

If you're in the presence of a puppy dealer trying to dupe you, they may well have wised up on the «where's mum» question and may ensure an adult dog is around to satisfy you.

On Tuesday afternoon I received a copy of the Inspector General's audit of the APHIS Animal Care Program — Inspections of Problematic Dealers. This report was not based on a handful of breeders, either. In fact, the report looks at 4,250 violators. The inspection was spurred by significant media coverage concerning large - scale dog dealers (i.e., breeders and brokers), animal rights groups, Congress and the public.

10-25-10 Records: Dealers & Exhibitors Several acquisitions and dispositions of dogs did not contain all the required information in the record.

I am thinking of such a dog, a pit bull, abused by a drug dealer and his girlfriend.

Will not sell any dog to commercial dog wholesalers, retail pet dealers or to countries where there are no animal welfare laws comparable to those in the UK, directly or indirectly allow dogs to be given as a prize or donation in a competition of any kind.

PETA, the so - called People for Ethical Treatment of Animals, supports the ban: They claim they have rescued many pit bulls from abusive homes where they were badly hurt, kicked, and beaten to the point of aggression for dog fights, or they chain them up on a short chain to make aggressive guard dogs, or drug dealers use them as weapons.

This was something graphically exposed in the recent BBC Panorama programme: that dealers have been way ahead of the #wheresmum advice for a long time, using stooge dogs to dupe buyers.

I used to walk a pack of about thirty of these dogs, without leashes, through the rough streets of South Central L.A. Apparently, because of the reputations of these breeds, I wound up scaring drug dealers out of that neighborhood.

4-23-07 Identification All live dogs and cats held on the premises, purchased, or otherwise acquired, sold or otherwise disposed of, or removed from the premises for delivery to a research facility or exhibitor or to another dealer, or for sale, through an auction sale or to any person for use as a pet, shall be identified by an official tag of the type described in Sec. 2.51 affixed to the animal's neck by means of a collar made of material generally considered acceptable to pet owners as a means of identifying their pet dogs or cats \ 2 \, or shall be identified by a distinctive and legible tattoo marking acceptable to and approved by the Administrator.

Unfortunately many of the pit bulls and pit bull mixes you would come across in city shelters or similar locations, have been bred, kept and trained as fighting dogs, or were kept as guard dogs by drug dealers to be aggressive to any humans other than their owners.

You need a license & have to pay a yearly fee just to own a blue tongue lizard but any bogen / drug dealer wan na be loser can buy a beautiful dog like a staffy or pitty out of the paper & become a so called «pet owner» I've had staffys & pittys all my life @ they are a Beautiful loving friendly dog when trained prop

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.

Avoid: pet shop or dealer puppies, who are poorly bred and raised and treated as merchandise; «backyard breeders», who own a dog but often are not knowledgeable and typically think it will be «fun» or «profitable» to have puppies; a breeder who lets you handle a very young puppy, as there is a real risk of transmitting disease before they are vaccinated; signs of neglect such as lack of water, pans of uneaten food and dirty conditions; a breeder who will sell a puppy under seven weeks of age, as early separation from the dam and littermates can be very detrimental both psychologically and physically.

It's a reasonable expectation that when it's against their own Code of Ethics for breeders to sell puppies to «commercial dog wholesalers, retail pet dealers» the KC would act without delay, what's the point of a Code of Ethics if not?

The proposed ordinance, which Richardson said is meant to prohibit the sale of dogs and cats from large scale breeders or «puppy mills» in pet shops in Aurora, would limit where pet shops or dealers could purchase a cat or dog to sell in Aurora.

Dog Dealers are selling thousands of puppies to Illinois pet stores, many being imported from neighboring states.

The «Big Four» Dog Dealers are responsible for over 11,000 of the dogs sold by Illinois - licensed facilities

Examples cited: Use «breeding animals» instead of «breeding stock;» use «sire and dam» instead of «stud and bitch;» use «pet animal distributor» instead of «broker or B dealer;» and use «kennels» vs. «hutches» (rabbits live in hutches; dogs live in kennels).

The league also joined with the Humane Society of the United States to identify dog dealers and private kennels that continued animal abuse practices.

Because of the large number of laboratory animal dealers in the state, the league also lead the way in encouraging a stronger Pennsylvania Dog Law.

This report highlights the worrying increase in commercial dog breeding in the last few decades, many of which are sold to third parties (dealers and pet shops) rather than directly to members of the public.

Caroline Kisko, Kennel Club Secretary, said: «We need to raise awareness amongst puppy buyers about the importance of not buying from rogue dealers, who are making money at the expense of their dogs» welfare.

We base our understanding of what's required to get this business under control on years of first - hand dealings with puppy farmers, breeders, dealers, people of all sorts making easy money from the suffering of breeding dogs and their puppies.

A list of dogs and cats purchased by U.S. research institutions and universities from Class B dealers, according to recently available records.

The decision was announced Tuesday by Seongnam City Government and the vendors» association of Moran Market, which represents the market's 22 dog meat dealers, as well as those who sell vegetables and other products.

I will not sell / trade any of my dogs or puppies to any commercial animal wholesaler or retail pet dealers / traders.

But some pets aren't as fortunate and wind up in the terrifying world of «Class B» dealers, people who buy dogs and cats and keep them in holding facilities before selling them to laboratories where they are used in harmful experiments.