Sentences with phrase «pet mills»

Write or call your legislator and urge them to support an end to puppy mills and other pet mills.
This is why the term pet mills has come about.
We're closer than we've ever been to ending pet mills, but we still have a very long way to go.
The fight against commercial pet breeding operations, better known as pet mills, has been an interesting ride.
known lawsuits are currently being brought against puppy stores and national chains selling puppies, kittens and other animals sourced from pet mills.
Activists and elected officials argue that most animals found in stores are produced by the same pet mill animal suffering paradigm as puppy 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.
Meanwhile, pet mills continue to churn out countless animals for the pet trade.
These ordinances are intended to limit the market for dogs (and cats) being bred in inhumane, substandard pet mills throughout the country and imported into communities where they often end up being surrendered to shelters.
Also frequently cited are issues of fraud as animals sold as pure - bred are sometimes not and animals born from sickly animals in pet mills can cost consumers in veterinarian and training bills.
I will not sell my puppies to pet shops or commercial pet mill establishments, nor will I donate puppies for raffles or auctions.
Take an ad out in the local paper or circulate online messages educating the public about the cruelty of puppy mills or other pet mills and urge everyone to adopt instead of buying pets.
Petstores continue to buy them from pet mills and keep the cycle going.
Pet stores supplied by puppy mills are becoming a thing of the past — and hopefully along with them, pet mills themselves will one day also be out of business.
This is effective because inspections mean pet mill owners are held accountable to these standards, and pet mills are less profitable when more money is invested in the care of the animals.
 Write a letter to the editor of your local paper or contact local radio stations about puppy mills and other pet mills and call on people to adopt instead of buying dogs and other pets.Â
Fact - breeding mills (pet mills) very often produce unhealthy and abused animals - Fact - many animals are obtained by individuals from newspaper ads and sold to experimental labs or as bait for dog fighters - thousands of animals are killed annually in shelters.
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