Not exact matches
«The retail
pet industry has a system - wide problem that begins with cruel puppy
mills,
continues with the way they ship baby animals across the country in cramped quarters, and ends with consumers often being sold sick animals at an inflated price,» John Goodwin said.
The puppies who are deemed attractive enough to be successfully marketed by their breeders typically end up being advertised and sold online, through print advertisements, at certain flea markets, and in
pet stores, thus generating a profit for the puppy
mill industry and allowing it to
continue.
Petstores
continue to buy them from
pet mills and keep the cycle going.
Seeing as many cities have taken measures to ban the sale of
mill dogs — and even helped get rescued dogs from shelters into
pet shops instead — there is no reason for this industry to
continue.
As the Humane Society of the United States
continues to release details from its investigation into Petland's sales of puppy
mill dogs, more franchisees of the
pet store chain have lined up to bring suit against the company.
With all the press and documentaries warning American families about puppy
mills and
pet shops, this industry
continues to flourish.
When you foster or adopt a dog from National
Mill Dog Rescue, we
continue to support you and your new family member in a variety of ways in order to help with the transition from puppy
mill to
pet.
Many puppies sold in
pet stores come from puppy
mills, which are horrible breeding operations where dogs are kept in cramped, filthy cages their whole lives, deprived of adequate food, attention and veterinary care, and forced to give birth to litter after litter of puppies until they are too old, ill or injured to
continue.
Last week, the HSUS came this close ««to selling out the hard work of those fighting against puppy
mills by working a backroom deal that would have allowed
pet stores in the state to
continue to do business as usual.
Despite efforts to shut them down, puppy
mills continue to thrive because people keep buying puppies from
pet stores or legitimate - looking web sites.
By purchasing a
pet, you put money in the hands of the animal
miller, thus encouraging him or her to
continue breeding animals.
In a recent Harris Poll, four in five (81 %) U.S. adults say banning dog sales entirely at
pet stores will not stop puppy
mills from
continuing.
Your purchase of a
mill puppy (often billed as «farm -» or «family - raised» or purchased in
pet stores)
continues the cycle of cruelty by putting more money in the pockets of those involved, allowing the profit to be reinvested into the business so that the breeding
continues.
We as caring citizens with a heart will no longer allow evil puppy
mills to
continue making money off the suffering of any
pet... The BUCK $ $ $ $ $ Stops right here and NOW.
As we have for many years during our televised broadcast, The Westminster Kennel Club will
continue to make the following announcement: «If you are planning to add a dog to your life and have come to look over the best of the best, please note, no dog you have seen here (yesterday or today) came from a
pet shop, or was the «product», if you will, of a puppy
mill.
But the
pet stores here in the States
continue to enjoy a healthy trade over the Christmas season, with people still being conned into buying dogs before they are ready and being told that the puppies they are buying are not from the awful puppy
mills shown on Oprah.
«The City of Toronto's decision to restrict sales of dogs and cats at
pet stores eliminates a major distribution network for puppy and kitten
mills», said Alanna Devine, director of Animal Advocacy for the Montreal SPCA «However, dogs and cats
continue to be sold over the Internet and in locations that are not the breeding site, such as flea markets, allowing puppy and kitten
mills to thrive.
These puppy
mills continue to stay in business through deceptive tactics — their customers are unsuspecting consumers who shop in
pet stores, over the Internet or through classified ads.
Broward County
continued its march toward dog - and - cat reduction, pushing forward three new
pet - related laws aimed at curtailing puppy
mill operations, increasing
pet registration and getting more
pets sterilized.
People
continue to want to buy dogs, particularly puppies, but have been convinced that
pet stores sell dogs that receive substandard care from commercial breeders collectively called «puppy
mills.»
WHEREAS, although the Township Council recognizes that not all dogs and cats retailed in
pet shops are products of inhumane breeding conditions and would not classify every commercial breeder selling dogs and cats to
pet shops as a «puppy
mill» or «kitten factory», it is the Township Council's belief that puppy
mills and kitten factories
continue to exist in part because of public demand for the sale of dogs and cats in
pet shops; and
Hidden in that bill is a loophole for
pet store owners who want to
continue selling animals bred in cruel
mills.
We hope our
continued campaigns will help raise awareness about the plight of
milled dogs and cats and
continue to shut down
pet stores supplied by them.
Purchasing kittens through kitten
mill factories or
pet stores only supports and encourages these businesses to
continue producing more «animal commodities.»
Nearly 5,500 healthy and adoptable dogs are killed in shelters across the U.S. every day yet most
pet stores still in operation
continue to promote and sell dogs from large - scale breeding facilities known as puppy
mills.
They know that puppy
mills continue to thrive because of demand and that each puppy purchased from a
pet store helps contribute to a never - ending cycle of suffering, with the adult breeding dogs paying the ultimate price.
Sadly this will
continue to be a problem until people stop buying from
pet stores, puppy
mills, backyard breeders and classified internet ads.
As awareness of the connection between puppy
mills and puppies sold for profit
continues to grow,
pet stores across the country are changing the way they do business.
Even while thousands of dogs and cats are being euthanized each day for want of homes, puppy
mills, kitten
mills and backyard breeders heartlessly
continue flooding the
pet market with more.
Decades of such a strategy have proved to be an unmitigated failure — puppy
mills continue to pump out millions of
pets every year while animals
continue to suffer.
«Coalition to Ban Ohio Dog Auctions will
continue working with local, state and national animal advocacy groups to actively address - through investigations, education, media relations and legislative involvement - Ohio dog auctions and their relationship to puppy
mills and
pet homelessness.»
There are not enough homes for them all, and until puppy
mills are outlawed and all
pet owners practice responsible ownership through spay and neuter, the surplus will
continue.
Since puppy
mill dogs are often sold in
pet stores, people never get to see where their precious pups are coming from and as a result, this cruel practice
continues much to the ignorance of the buyer.
More people are becoming aware of puppy
mills, but even with this spreading knowledge the industry
continues to thrive, and it will
continue to do so until consumers stop buying dogs online and from
pet stores.
In the meantime, The Puppy Mill Project
continues to work to inform the public about the connection between puppy
mills and
pet stores and Internet
pet sales.
Tireless efforts to help consumers understand the connection between
pet stores and puppy
mills have been successful, but the
continued demand for puppies is what keeps these breeding operations in business.
Although the plight of homeless animals is beginning to gain more notoriety, puppy and kitten
mills and
pet shops still exist and private breeders
continue to thrive.