Sentences with phrase «often squalid»

Living conditions are often squalid.

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These dogs suffer horrible abuse at the hands of their masters, who often beat them, tie them up, breed them over and over again and let them live in squalid misery.

Stories of squalid living conditions in some puppy mill operations have heightened public awareness of the problem, Baker said, but too often a few cans of paint substitute for substantive changes in animal care.

Puppy mills are mass dog producing facilities that keep animals in cages or kennels, often in squalid conditions with little or no exercise, socialization or human interaction for years on end.

Furthermore, it can be an act of protest against the livestock industry which subjects animals to a life lived in confinements, often kept in cramped, squalid conditions until they reach the proper size to be slaughtered and turned into food for humans.