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«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.
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