Sentences with phrase «pet breeders»

Please explain where in the act is a commercial pet breeder representative required.

There are about 20 state pet breeders associations who are (not too surprisingly) located in the major puppy mill states.

Let us just state that we have no problem with responsible breeders as the pets which ends up in shelters, streets, and animal rescues usually do not come from responsible pet breeders.

In addition, we will promote adopting animals from the local shelter and rescue groups to reduce pet overpopulation and we will educate the community about unethical pet breeders and «puppy mills».

Without a physical field audit, there is no way to tell specifically what is in pet breeder sales.

The laws regulating commercial pet breeders were written more than 40 years ago for commercial breeders selling their dogs through pet stores.

With live animal purchases decreasing, it is more important than ever that we continue to support each other; including responsible pet breeders, responsible manufacturers and responsible pet stores and service providers.

HB2921 places the oversight of pet breeders under the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture.

In 2001, outrage over a WTMJ - TV investigation into Wisconsin puppy mills helped persuade legislators to pass a law regulating many pet breeders for the first time.

The new law instructs the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation to inspect and license large - scale commercial pet breeders with 11 or more breeding female dogs or cats and who sell 20 or more puppies or kittens each year.

Under the outdated regulations, this change in selling practices meant that many commercial breeders no longer were required to be licensed by USDA as pet dealers, even if they were large scale pet breeders selling their puppies to consumers through remote methods.

If local governments truly want to put substandard pet breeders out of business, they should work with local pet retailers and the broader pet industry to implement responsible regulations that ensure high standards of puppy care while protecting the ability of consumers to buy healthy pets from the local pet stores they know and trust.

Referred to by the USDA as «dog dealers,» the federal government licenses pet breeders that produce puppies and kittens to sell through brokers and auctions.

When bans come up for a vote, city leaders get lobbied to reject new regulations by groups like the American Kennel Club, which advocates for breeders, and the Missouri - based Hunte Corporation, the world's largest pet breeder.

The bill required the licensing of Wisconsin pet breeders who sell 25 or more dogs a year and created seven new state inspectors to enforce the standards.

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.

The USDA has been overseeing pet breeders for a great number of years.

Please explain why Angel Soriano, the Chair of said board, to my knowledge, has never been USDA licensed nor has raised a litter in over three years, yet is supposed to be the «Commercial pet breeder representative» of this board?

Research the best type of pet that would fit your family's needs and then buy from an American pet breeder.

In Part 3 of this continuing series, many shelters proudly brag they are utterly empty while lobbying to outlaw pet stores and America's pet breeders in the name of «over-population.»

Animal Dealer The USDA sometimes uses this word as a catch - all, categorizing pet breeders, pet wholesalers, animal brokers, auction operators, hobby breeders, public pounds, private shelters, boarding kennels and others as dealers — dealing with animals.

This new law repeals the provisions of both the Agriculture and Markets Law and General Business Law, which prevented local governments from exercising their home rule powers to regulate pet dealers, such as retail pet breeders and pet stores throughout the state.

So basically greatly reduces the wholesaler pet breeders from having a market to sell directly too.

The brief also points out that similar challenges based on constitutional rights have been brought in other states by pet breeders disgruntled over new laws protecting animals and consumers, and those challenges have failed.

It's a move intended to help bring an end to the «puppy mill» industry, into which an estimated 10,000 large - scale commercial pet breeders produce some 2,000,000 puppies per year, often in unthinkably cruel conditions.

Petland is proud to be working closely with breeders and industry leaders to strengthen the future of professional pet breeders.

all the way up to the state and national level by calling on our elected officials to hold irresponsible pet guardians and pet breeders accountable and to put measures into place that would phase in the choice of shelter and rescue adoption over pet purchase, like Pheonix, Ariz. recently did by banning the sale of dogs and cats in pet stores.

If there are other pets the breeder should ask further questions about your experience on supervising and managing so that there can be a safe and peaceful coexistence.

The bill would still require commercial pet breeders with 11 or more dogs or cats used for breeding to obtain an annual license which would be non-transferable.

Due to tightening regulations elsewhere, substandard pet breeders have moved here, creating serious animal welfare issues.

On May 10, 2012 the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a proposal for broad new rules to regulate pet breeders who sell directly to the public.

At the end of the day, I have to be skeptical of HSUS's blanket condemnation of pet breeders.

Under the new proposed Act, H.B. 2921, commercial pet breeders with more than 11 breeding dogs and cats would be regulated by the Board of Agriculture instead of the Pet Breeders Board made up of representatives from animal welfare, the breeders, and the state Veterinary Medical Association.

For the pet breeders among us, pet reproductive services are vital for the safe, responsible breeding of cats and dogs.

83 million dogs in the United States - for the sake of supplying the demand and genetic diversity, we need those pet breeders.

The cost of adopting or resucing a pet from a pet shelter is typically significantly lower than the cost of purchasing from a pet breeder or pet store.

We offer fast and affordable services for pet owners and pet breeders.

Sayres was named president of PIJAC, the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council, the national lobby group for pet stores, pet product makers, pet dealers and pet breeders..

Federal law requires certain businesses that use animals — like zoos, research institutions and commercial pet breeders — to meet minimal animal care standards found in the Animal Welfare Act (AWA).

Compares animal shelters, rescue groups, performance breeders, show breeders, pet breeders, pet shops, and owners giving their dogs away

This includes annual visits to pet breeder's facilities in the US and Canada, and supervising the health care of the tropical fish in 5 distribution facilities, each containing over 4000 fish tanks with state - of - the - art recirculating filtration systems.

Almost all pet breeder associations link to the NAIA and AKC websites.

Almost all pet breeder associations link to the National Animal Interest Alliance (NAIA) and AKC websites.

I review animal shelters and humane societies, rescue groups, show breeders, performance breeders, pet breeders, pet shops, and private owners giving their dogs away.

Update May 31, 2012: Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has now signed into law H.B. 2921, the Commercial Pet Breeders Act of 2012 which puts the Board of Agriculture in charge of licensing commercial pet breeders and otherwise weakens the 2010 law.