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Rescues that focus on puppy mills may also have golden retrievers available due to the popularity of the breed.
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«BREAKING: the USDA is planning to scrutinize pet rescue groups and require many of them to become licensed — even as it fails to crack down on puppy mills and covers up their inspection reports,» the Humane Society posted on the Facebook page of its Puppy Mills Campaign.
However, the tide is turning on puppy mills as states and even cities like Chicago are contemplating whether to pass legislation to ban puppy mills.
«We're hoping that Florida courts will follow their lead,» said Michele Lazarow, an animal advocate and Hallandale Beach city commissioner who has championed the crackdown on puppy mills.
In the video below, Best Friends Animal Society gives a crash course on puppy mills and how the puppies they produce end up in pet stores around the country.
Supply drives demand, but that's the point of putting the squeeze on puppy mills through the smart marketing of shelter pets and ordinances that ban the sale of mill - bred animals in pet stores — to make animals supplied by puppy mills more expensive and less accessible.
This is significant for the crackdown on puppy mills since most pet store puppies come from puppy mills.
Many pet stores rely on both puppy mills and «backyard» breeders.
That means the agency's existence, the director job it will create, inspectors and office staff, will depend on puppy mills.
And for any other information on puppy mills or to adopt a dog who has been rescued from these horrible conditions, check out the work of National Mill Dog Rescue!
Click here for more information on puppy mills and learn what you can do to lend your voice to the dogs suffering in mills across the U.S.
Citizens from across Oklahoma participating in The HSUS» Humane Lobby Day 2011 met with lawmakers Monday at the Capitol to urge them to oppose SB773 which would significantly weaken the Commercial Pet Breeders Act which was passed in 2010 to crack down on puppy mills in Oklahoma.
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About 50 people, including state and county officials, attended an informational meeting Wednesday at Angels for Animals in Beaver Township, where O'Connor Shaver shared insights on puppy mills and dog auctions.
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More and more cities across the country — and especially in California — have begun tackling the issue in response to pressure from groups such as the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and increased media attention on puppy mills.
Not only has the agriculture department failed to meaningfully execute existing law on puppy mills, the legislature recently has sent valentines to the industry.
02/7/12 - City Beat - Breeding Ground, Lack of dog auction regulation draws out - of - state dealers 02/3/12 - Columbus Dispatch, Editorial - Dogged effort 01/31/12 - The Oxford Press - Auctions, puppy mills to blame for increase in unwanted dogs 01/28/12 - Columbus Dispatch - Ohio lawmakers to consider dog auction ban 01/28/12 - 13 ABC (Toledo)- Ohio group clears step in dog auction ban effort 01/24/12 - Westlake / Bay Village Observer - Petition shows support for dog auction ban 01/24/12 - Ohio Akron Beacon Journal, Letter to the Editor - Push for animal rights 01/23/12 - Toledo Blade - Ohio group seeks to ban dog auctions 01/21/12 - Examiner - Coalition to Ban Ohio Dog Auctions Exceeds Signature Goal for Ballot Initiative 01/19/12 - Columbus Dispatch - Signatures collected to prompt action on dog auctions 01/13/12 - WOUB News - Group Wants Ohio to Ban Dog Auctions 01/12/12 - DogHeirs - Proposed Ohio Dog Auctions Act Stops Distribution for Puppy Mill Breeders 01/11/12 - WOSU All Sides with Ann Fisher - Efforts to Ban Puppy Mills and Dog Auctions in Ohio / Open Forum 01/11/12 - The Athens News, Letter to the Editor - Please sign petitions to end quarterly dog auctions in Ohio 01/10/12 - Cincinnati Animal News Examiner - Group works to ban dog auctions in Ohio 01/8/12 - Tanglewood Hairdressers - Dog auction petition signatures being certified 01/7/12 - Pack Mentality - Pack Line Headlines: Dog auctions, dog lawsuit and puppy mill legislation 01/6/12 - Cleveland Scene - Puppy Sales on Hold at Ohio Dog Auction 01/5/12 - Cleveland Plain Dealer - Ohio dog breeders association owns shuttered Farmerstown dog auction 01/3/12 - Life with Dogs - Ohio Dog Auctions: Going... Going... Gone 12/31/11 - Columbus Dispatch, Letters to the Editor - Ohioans deserve a say on puppy mills 12/30/11 - Orvis - Ohio One Step Closer to Banning Dog Auctions 12/28/11 - Statehouse News Bureau - Group files petition to put before voters a law banning dog auctions 12/27/11 - Columbus Dispatch - Dog - auction ban a step closer
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There are no laws,» says Jana Kohl, author of a new book on puppy mills titled A Rare Breed of Love.
Manager Sue Anderson denied relying on puppy mills and said her dogs come from seven north - central Wisconsin breeders.
The Zimmermans did that at least partly in reaction to the increasing pressure on puppy mills in Pennsylvania.
Baby was rescued just as a puppy mill was about to kill her, says Jana Kohl, the dog's owner and author of A Rare Breed of Love, a 2008 book on puppy mills.
Cracking down on puppy mills protects both puppies and people.
Contact your local politicians to crack down on puppy mills in your area.
Have you checked out all of OGP's posts on puppy mills?
Since her encounter with the pet store and the education she's given herself on puppy mills, she's vowed to only adopt.
Chris Christie has made his stance on puppy mills clear.
Good news, bad news about puppy mills: Several states have recently enacted tough laws to crack down on puppy mills (commercial breeders who supply pet stores and internet sellers; and lest we think this is only a dog problem, there are also plenty of «kitten mills»).
There, producer Kirsten Akens joined workshops from within various educational tracks, including one specifically on puppy mills, as part of the research she's doing to bolster the film.
A Voice for Lil Olive will be viewed for years to come as the definitive documentary on puppy mills and those who are fighting to put an end to them.
They discussed a proposal to crack down on puppy mills selling dogs over the Internet.
A bill to help crack down on puppy mills and the sale of puppies from commercial breeders in pet stores unanimously passed both the State Senate and House of Representatives.
Initiatives underway include cracking down on puppy mills; providing humane education for more than 400,000 public school students; offering training programs for shelter staff, rescuers, law enforcement, FBI agents and animal control officers, and strengthening and enforcing existing animal cruelty laws.
The HSUS is now working with state officials to create new legislation in North Carolina to crack down on puppy mills like Thornton's Kennels.
Please contact your members of Congress today and ask them to support and cosponsor the Puppy Protection Act and the WOOF Act to help crack down on puppy mills.
The focus on puppy mills distracts from the greater issue....
«Missourians are tremendous dog lovers and they want to see dogs protected from the abuses on puppy mills, such as lifetime confinement in small, wire cages, stacked one on top of another that do not even allow animals to stretch their legs or even touch solid ground.»
Michele Lazarow, a Hallandale Beach commissioner who has pushed for a crackdown on puppy mills, explained why some cities are targeting an industry that treats dogs as nothing more than breeding machines.
Dozens of dog lovers, some with their pets in tow, descended on Town Hall Tuesday for a contentious debate on puppy mills and the stores that buy from them.
Also, if a Vet ever «lectured» me on puppy mills I would welcome the discussion.
Oprah got the idea for a show on puppy mills from a billboard just off the Kennedy Expressway in Chicago that said «Oprah: Do a show on puppy mills;  the dogs need you.»
They think of moments like the one Carol Everett, a certified humane education specialist who volunteers at the Kauai Humane Society, recalls: A middle school student came up to her after a presentation on puppy mills, a spay / neuter activity, and a tour of an animal shelter and said, «We got a puppy from the pet shop last year and I am so sorry we didn't get one from the humane society.»
We also put a ban on puppy mills in the city of Los Angeles that require all pet stores to use shelter animals.»
Please put a ban on all puppy mills in LA.
No matter what your major is, we can help you to find a focus on puppy mills to fit in with your required class work.
She says she would make sure animal breeders, zoos, and research institutions create plans to protect the animals in their care; that she would strengthen regulations on puppy mills, and that she would support the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act.»
Ohio residents backed by the Humane Society of the United States have proposed an amendment to the Ohio Constitution focused on puppy mills and the treatment of animals in commercial breeding.
Working with the government of Puerto Rico, The HSUS is launching a broad initiative to crack down on puppy mills, support enforcement of animal cruelty laws, promote a culture of loving pet ownership and bring humane education to schools.
Their 2008 billboard in Chicago led to Oprah Winfrey's award winning expose on puppy mills and featured their undercover investigation with acclaimed journalist Lisa Ling.