Sentences with phrase «of kitten mills»

Persians are common victims of kitten mills.

Puppies and kittens, in the case of kitten mills, often end up with severe health problems and sometimes behavioral problems,» he said.

Responsible breeders will «retire» their females used for breeding at a young age, but farmers of kitten mills will continue to breed their cats at ages of six to ten years or older.

The eventual goal is to eliminate all consumer support of kitten mills, so that these corporations would no longer have adequate demand for motivation to continue breeding.

Another sign of a kitten mill is a lack of health records with no veterinary reference available, or kittens being sold with existing health issues which may last a lifetime, including serious respiratory ailments.

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This also helps break the supply chain, in the hopes of shutting down puppy and kitten mills entirely and stopping the cruelty cycle.

A kitten mill will avoid the expense of testing or the owner may even be unaware of the need to screen the cats used for breeding.

PUPPY AND KITTEN MILLS ARE GLUTTING THE SYSTEM We will euthanize thousands of pets today at our animal shelters and city Animal Care & Control facilities.

In the U.S., these breeding facilities, as well as the laboratories where the experiments take place, are regulated by the United States Department of Agriculture — but as with puppy and kitten mills, regulating these facilities doesn't necessarily prevent animal suffering, or ensure their emotional well - being.

The ordinance stops the local sale of animals brought in from puppy mills or kitten factories.

Many such breeders are actually running kitten and puppy mills where dozens or hundreds of animals live and suffer in horrible conditions.

The end goal of this bill and the reason for this measure is to drastically reduce the number of animals sold through both shelters and retail pet stores purchased through mass breeding operations or as the media along with the general public labelling them «puppy mills» or «kitten factories».

It is estimated that over 90 percent of pets sold in pet stores and through online sales come from commercial, mass breeding operations known as mills, including puppy, kitten, bird and rabbit mills.

Due to the high volume of puppies and kittens bred in puppy mills each year there is not much space left for them to stretch and get the exercise they need and deserve.

Crowded, squalid conditions, abuse, no veterinary care or socialization, poor food, no clean water, lack of adequate exercise space and more, this is the plight of dogs and cats in «Puppy Mills or «Kitten Mills» (Yes, there are kitten millsKitten Mills» (Yes, there are kitten millskitten mills too!)

This type of situation is mostly reserved for tabloid headlines about cat collectors and backyard breeders (aka «kitten mills»).

I'm concerned for the KITTENS and CATS and wish the references to these «mills» would be differentiated from those of the dogs, so my many CAT - LOVING friends and I could support efforts to end this abuse of FELINES.

Humane Canada believes that the sale of puppies and kittens in pet stores (other than shelter adoption centres) promotes impulse buying and is an outlet for puppy and kitten mill animals.

The Portland City Council approved an ordinance amendment Monday night prohibiting the sales of pets from puppy and kitten mills in the city.

AVENEL — A state senator has filed a bill that would crack down on the sale of pets from large - scale breeders in an effort to put so - called puppy and kitten mills out of business.

The ban of the sale of for - profit animals that we've helped pass in more than 50 communities aims to make both puppy and kitten mills obsolete by decreasing demand for mill - bred animals.

Whenever we've had a chance to improve the lives of pets in our community, we've stepped forward to help: taking in 40 extra and unplanned cats in a hoarding case, rescuing 90 dogs in a puppy mill bust, dealing with influx of kitties during kitten season and giving older cats infected with URI the medicine and TLC they need to recover.

HOLLYWOOD - «Joining the wave of cities hoping to snuff out puppy mills, city commissioners on Wednesday banned the retail sale of cats and dogs bred in so - called puppy mills and kitten factories.»

The internet and pet stores are the main points of sale for puppy and kitten mills, in which animals are mistreated, neglected and bred continuously to maximize profit.

«AVENEL, NJ — A state senator has filed a bill that would crack down on the sale of pets from large - scale breeders in an effort to put so - called puppy and kitten mills out of business.»

Up until last week, I would have guessed that they were firmly against puppy mills and the sale of commercially bred dogs and cats — puppy mill and kitten mills pets — in pet stores.

But people like you are helping jurisdictions throughout the country break this cycle, saving lives and taxpayer dollars by enacting local ordinances to fight the cruelty of puppy and kitten mills.

No, not the kind of surprise you might expect to find such as three new litters of kittens, a truckload of rescued puppy mill dogs or an animal with an injury or illness.

Less than two months after voting unanimously to ban the sale of puppy mill dogs and kitten mill cats in Cook County pet stores, three Cook County Commissioners have introduced an amendment to the Cook County pet store ban.

Commercial breeders, by definition, can also be substandard or negligent with a low or high volume of dogs, several breeds, and inadequate or horrendous conditions — known as puppy or kitten mills.

It's been less than two months since the Cook County Board passed the Companion Animal and Consumer Protection Act — the measure that banned the sale of puppy mill dogs and kitten mill cats in the county's 13 pet stores.

Puppy mills are easy to see and hear, but kitten mills are out quietly out of sight.

I don't know of an organization that rescues cats / kittens from mills.

Your donations made it possible, and we hope you feel good knowing your generosity helped make AB 485, the Pet Rescue and Adoption Act (and the beginning of the end of kitten, bunny and puppy mills) a reality.

♥ So I am using my voice to post this repeatedly, until it somehow falls into the hands of someone who has the authority and the courage to help us put an end to puppy and kittens mills, once and for all....

So why don't they see that we are euthanizing over four million pets a year, and the puppy and kitten mills are «producing» a majority of them?

We promote the adoption of animals as pets from pounds, shelters and animal rescue groups rather than supporting inhumane puppy and kitten mills, and breeders which contribute to the problem of overpopulation of domestic animals.

The ordinance makes Austin the first city in Texas to ban the sale of all dogs and cats at retail establishments and one of only a handful of cities in the nation to close off a primary channel for the sale of dogs and cats produced in cruel puppy and kitten mills.

WE MUST RID OUR WORLD OF THESE TORTURE CHAMBERS CALLED PUPPY AND KITTEN MILLS!

If elected, as mayor of Montreal, what measures would you implement to ensure that live animals sold in pet stores in Montreal do not come from puppy and kitten mills and to ensure that pet stores do not contribute to the companion animal overpopulation problem we already have in this city?

Background: The issue of puppy / kitten mills (where animals are kept and bred in shockingly poor conditions) in the province of Quebec has garnered significant attention.

But understanding that the facts do not support the notion of pet overpopulation and saying so publicly has nothing whatsoever to do with supporting breeding or being in league with puppy or kitten mills.

In the final analysis, it is HSUS, the ASPCA, and PETA which benefit puppy and kitten mills and the commercial breeding of animals, not No Kill advocates who refuse to subscribe to the lie of pet overpopulation which enables systematic killing.

Widespread No Kill success in our nation's shelters would not only save the lives of almost four million animals every year, it — combined with legislative efforts to regulate, reform, close down, and eliminate their markets — would drive a dagger to the heart of the puppy and kitten mill industries.

MONTREAL — HSI Canada and the Montreal SPCA applaud a decision by the City of Toronto to counter the cruel puppy and kitten mill industries by prohibiting the sale of commercially bred dogs and cats in pet stores, as more than 500 seriously neglected dogs recover in an emergency shelter following their historic rescue from a large scale commercial breeding operation.

«The City of Toronto's decision to restrict sales of dogs and cats at pet stores eliminates a major distribution network for puppy and kitten mills», said Alanna Devine, director of Animal Advocacy for the Montreal SPCA «However, dogs and cats continue to be sold over the Internet and in locations that are not the breeding site, such as flea markets, allowing puppy and kitten mills to thrive.

Supporters of bans like San Diego's say most dogs and cats sold at pet stores are mass - produced at profit - driven breeding facilities in the Midwestern U.S. that they call puppy mills and kitten factories.

Adopting a shelter animal means you aren't supporting the cruel practices of puppy and kitten mills.

Over in the States they've already banned the sale of puppies and kittens from pet shops in 39 cities in North America and Canada as a direct result of wanting to curb sales of puppies born onto commercial breeding establishments — called puppy mills over there — so why on earth are we lagging behind them?

In addition, they have banned the importation for sale of animals from puppy - and - kitten mills.