Sentences with phrase «of pet mills»

Not only are stores no longer supporting the cruelty of pet mills or adding to shelter crowding by importing poorly bred animals into the community, they're actually helping to relieve the burden on the shelters by getting animals into pet stores, where they can be seen by more potential adopters.

Not exact matches

The principal activities of the group are the manufacture and distribution of biscuits, formula dietary foods, snack products, cakes, pet foods, confectionery, bread, jam, nuts, packaging materials, containers, flour milling and engineering.

The pet - friendly accommodations feature built - in mill woodwork and furniture designed by Mapos and custom - made in Italy for super-efficient use of spaces.

Orland Park began considering the issue after the Chicago City Council and the Cook County Board of Commissioners banned the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits from large - scale breeders earlier this year in an attempt to keep pet stores from selling animals raised in puppy mills.

While a majority spoke in support of stricter regulations for pet shops, Debbie Boronda, a customer of the only Orland Park business that would be affected by any new rules said the shop, Happiness is Pets, is «a victim of a broken system that allows puppy mills,» arguing a ban on sales wouldn't address the root of the problem, the mills themselves.

Orland Park trustees are considering banning the sale of pets raised by commercial breeders, which critics call «puppy mills,» in village pet stores.

A few minutes on this puppy mill page, and impressionable dope - addled American youth will be off in a jiffy to some left - wing animal - rights re-education camp in the middle of Oregon, next to be seen launching lightning commando strikes on science labs and pet stores across the country.

Thanks to the hundreds of thousands of animal advocates, the Governor has signed into law legislation (A. 740A / S3753A) to enable local governments to stop puppy mills and pet dealers like the one in Sprakers that are operating in immoral and unethical ways.

«With thousands of good animals in need of homes, there is no need for notorious puppy mills to supply pet stores,» Gianaris said in a statement.

Previously pet stores and so - called «puppy mills,» where dogs are bred for commercial sale, were regulated by the State Department of Agriculture and Markets.

Suffolk County Executive Steven Bellone signed into law Tuesday the «puppy mill bill,» safeguarding the animals themselves, as well as consumers who have been burdened by unexpected medical costs of caring for their newly purchased pets.

Much like a law passed by the village of Mamaroneck in 2016, the bill, introduced to state lawmakers by Sen. Michael Gianaris, a Democrat, on Feb. 15, would ban retail pet stores from buying their pets at for - profit breeders with the hope of curtailing the operation of «puppy mills,» mass breeders with a reputation of over-breeding and treating pets inhumanely.

That's because the majority of pet stores that sell puppies carry dogs from cruel and inhumane puppy mills.

Dr. Peter Osborne: It — it was a horrible environment for these people, and then the surgeons would come in on — on one day a week and they would do these surgical consults and it was kind of like a mill.

As the parents, Vera Farmiga and Peter Sarsgaard prove they're not sacrificing their growing credibility for run - of - the - mill horror movie paychecks.

Film Editors Craig Alpert — «Pitch Perfect 2,» «Pineapple Express» Mick Audsley — «The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus,» «Dirty Pretty Things» Pablo Barbieri — «Wild Tales,» «La Antena (The Aerial)» Nadia Ben Rachid — «Timbuktu,» «Bamako» Kristina Boden — «The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby,» «Cake» Mathilde Bonnefoy * — «CitizenFour,» «Run Lola Run» Julian Clarke — «Chappie,» «District 9» Douglas Crise — «Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance),» «Babel» Tom Cross — «Whiplash,» «Any Day Now» Jinx Godfrey — «The Theory of Everything,» «Man on Wire» Robert Grahamjones — «Brave,» «Ratatouille» Masahiro Hirakubo — «Virunga,» «The Duchess» Jarosław Kamiński — «Ida,» «Aftermath (Pokłosie)» William Kerr — «Bridesmaids,» «I Love You, Man» Nico Leunen — «Lost River,» «The Broken Circle Breakdown» Mike McCusker — «Get On Up,» «3:10 to Yuma» Tim Mertens — «Big Hero 6,» «Wreck - It Ralph» Barney Pilling — «The Grand Budapest Hotel,» «An Education» David Rennie — «22 Jump Street,» «Office Space» Gary D. Roach — «American Sniper,» «Prisoners» Michael L. Sale — «We're the Millers,» «Bridesmaids» Stephen Schaffer — «Cars 2,» «WALL - E» Job ter Burg — «Borgman,» «Winter in Wartime» Peter Teschner — «St. Vincent,» «Horrible Bosses» Tara Timpone — «Friends with Kids,» «Bad Teacher»

Paul Logan's script reads like a build your own melancholy indie drama instruction manual, equipping our protagonist with your run of the mill disappointed offspring (Chris Messina), a quirky age - inappropriate romantic interest (Holly Hunter) and of course, a sickly pet; a cat named Fanny.

; the characters are engaging and well - written, especially Henrietta the pot - bellied pet pig; and the prose is much more literary than the run - of - the - mill crime novel — although, as is often my complaint when reading contemporary fiction, I don't see the need for the vulgar language.

The 2010 passage of the «puppy mill bill» placed the commercial pet breeder regulations under title 59 of the Oklahoma State Code in a section called Professions and Occupations, and the licensing compels breeders to collect and remit sales taxes to the state in a manner consistent with other retail businesses.

Animal rights activist groups keep selling the idea that the way to get rid of sub-standard breeders — I refuse to use the pejorative term puppy mills — is to simply ban the sale of puppies, which in many cases, for simplicity, just morphs into banning the sale of all pets.

The paper reviews the findings of multiple studies involving dogs born in high - volume commercial breeding establishments — commonly known as puppy mills — and sold to the consumer directly via the Internet, or indirectly through retail pet stores.

So, tell me, how are pet bans getting rid of puppy mills?

Meanwhile, the bills also addressed other areas of the pet sales industry, including legislation designed to keep «puppy mill» dogs out of New York retail kennels.

Yet an increasing number of jurisdictions (more than 80 at last count) have banned the sale of puppies by pet stores, ostensibly to quell the market for «puppy mill» animals and to encourage adoption.

As the solution to eliminating «puppy mills,» they have undertaken a national program to ban the sale of pets in pet stores.

The remedy to the puppy mill problem must be clear standards and tough enforcement — not curtailing consumers» right to buy the pet of their choice.

Still, dog mills exist because there is demand for puppy trade — some disreputable pet stores get their supplies of young puppies directly from them.

The session started out with two strong measures to address the worst animal welfare issues facing companion animals in Oklahoma, puppy mills and routine abandonment of unwanted pets.

Because of how dogs sold through pet stores and / or born in puppy mills are bred, housed, handled, shipped, homed, and raised, there are many possible reasons underlying the problems they show as adults.

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.

But despite the appearance of being humane, most pet stores hide the fact that their dogs come from puppy mills, an industry that is anything but adorable.

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.

Without easy access to these USDA reports, pet stores in Connecticut may return to their old habits and source dogs and cats from puppy mills with violations (although the standards of care for animals in puppy mills are virtually non-existent, leading to abhorrent, horrific living conditions for animals in these facilities, even when no USDA violations are noted).

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.

From the «friendly» neighbour who mistreats his pets behind closed doors, to the «respected» community member who operates a puppy mill or substandard zoo - there is no one identifying feature that marks a person as capable of committing such unfathomable crimes.

«Puppies Aren't Products: New York»: Best Friends» peaceful demonstration at Manhattan pet store part of national campaign to expose truth about puppy mills

Puppy Mill Awareness of SE Michigan is a grassroots organization dedicated to ending commercial breeding «puppy mills» and protecting families from puppy peddlers, pet stores and bad breeders by lobbying for stronger laws, setting up information booths, completing research studies and launching pet store campaigns.

Don't support puppy mills and pet stores this Holiday Season — Beware of on line buying of animals, often these puppies are from puppy mills or «factory style» breeding facilities.

I also learned that many of the maladjusted bassets we were seeing came from pet stores that purchased from puppy mills and unreliable breeders.

I respectfully request that you do not allow this «fast - tracked» bill initiated by special interest groups to circumvent the will of voters who overwhelmingly support pet stores like Mutts & Co. and Pet Valu who make an enduring commitment to end the «puppy mill to pet store» supply chain in their business operations.»

Research indicates that 90 percent of puppies found in pet stores come from a puppy mill rather than from a shelter.

Okay, if a pet store gets caught buying from a puppy mill THREE times, shouldn't they be forced out of business?

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.

Regardless of what the pet store owner tells you, and regardless of the fact that the dog they're selling has AKC (American Kennel Club) papers... dogs sold from pet stores ARE from puppy mills and NOT from quality breeders.

Nearly nine out of every 10 puppies sold in pet stores come from puppy mills, breeding kennels that raise dogs in cramped, crude, filthy conditions.

Smaller pet stores are starting to jump on board, too, selling pet products and hosting adoptable shelter animals, instead of selling animals from mills or other dubious sources.

Many pet stores acquire their pups from puppy mills, where to ensure that profits are high, the emotional and physical needs of the dogs are neglected.

I've written previously on puppy mills and if you don't know what these operations entail, I strongly suggest you do a bit of research before considering «purchasing» a new pet.

In the canine world, these bad apples come in the shape of puppy mills, auctions and pet shops.

Steer clear of puppy mills, auction websites and pet shops that treat their puppies like merchandise instead of living, breathing creatures that require love and care.