Sentences with phrase «problem is puppy mills»

«The problem is puppy mills, and this law is specifically targeting shutting down and not supporting puppies being manufactured in unsafe, unsociable, and horrific conditions,» Bicker said.

«The problem is puppy mills, and this law is specifically targeting shutting down and not supporting puppies being manufactured in unsafe, unsociable, and horrific conditions,» Elena Bicker, executive director at Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation, told ABC News.

Not exact matches

While a majority spoke in support of stricter regulations for pet shops, Debbie Boronda, a customer of the only Orland Park business that would be affected by any new rules said the shop, Happiness is Pets, is «a victim of a broken system that allows puppy mills,» arguing a ban on sales wouldn't address the root of the problem, the mills themselves.

No longer a stray, he is born a purebred Golden Retriever in a puppy mill with a whole new set of problems.

That puts us right up there with our puppy mill problem, where we are second in the nation.

Street vendors, backyard breeders and puppy mills are only part of the problem — but they are a major part.

According to Dr. Jones, one of the major problems in legislating breeding is how to differentiate between legitimate breeders and puppy mill breeders.

The remedy to the puppy mill problem must be clear standards and tough enforcement — not curtailing consumers» right to buy the pet of their choice.

Because of how dogs sold through pet stores and / or born in puppy mills are bred, housed, handled, shipped, homed, and raised, there are many possible reasons underlying the problems they show as adults.

«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.

Though Franki thought she'd adopted the puppy from a sweet couple who bred dogs and sold them for extra money, she quickly found out that Vivica's health problems were signs the cute pooch was bred in a puppy mill.

PATTI DONEGAN»S letter focused on the problem of puppy mills, backyard breeders and dog brokers.Florida Statute 585.195 states each dog offered for sale shall be inoculated against canine disease prior to sale.Florida Statute 823.15 requires sterilization of dogs and cats released from an animal shelter or humane society.The problem in Orange County is the lack of enforcement of these laws, and the need to extend sterilization requirements to back - yard breeders.The public can become involved by encouraging the county commission and city councils to enforce the rules and regulations presently on the books, until a countywide ordinance can be made law that protects the needs of the consumer and the lives of the animals.

Puppies and dogs who are rescued from puppy mills, abuse or neglect situations typically display behavioral and social problems.

A large breeding facility or a puppy mill will often have problems with parvo and other diseases because so many dogs are kept in cages next to each other.

The Humane Pet Acquisition Proposal is a collection of templates, including an example ordinance, that cities or counties can use to combat puppy mills and address other problems related to the retail sale of animals.

He endured horrendous conditions in a puppy mill and suffered a number of serious health problems caused by neglect before being saved by Dan and Rudi Taylor.

Many former puppy mill dogs are left with a host of health issues ranging from dental problems, severely matted fur, eye, ear, and throat infections, and severe genetic deformities.

That front is a large problem, too, but taking stores out of the equation will put a big chip into the problem of puppy - proliferating in mills.

But puppy mills are also found in Texas, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and New York, showing that this problem isn't exclusive to agricultural states of the Midwest.

If we can do that, we hope to be able to save animals, to increase awareness of shelters and adoptions to help fight the puppy mill problem, and to build a closer relationship between people and their shelters.

It is so important for the general public to understand how broken the shelter system is and how things like puppy mills, BSL, dog fighting, etc. contribute to the problems.

We all need to do more to engage the animal - loving American public at a new and deeper level, and the new administration and Congress must become allies in the fight against America's puppy mill problems if we're going to see a resolution soon.

Goodwin's team has long relied on the USDA records to identify ongoing problems of cruelty and neglect in puppy mills and to see if government officials are properly enforcing the Animal Welfare Act's modest standards.

There are also many puppy mill type breeders who do contribute to the problem and I will still adamantly take a stand against them.

I feel that in a sense puppies in pet stores are being rescued but at the same time the goal is to end this horrendous form of commerce It is necessary to go to the root of the problem - the puppy mills instead of the symptom.

Some are puppy mill cast - offs, some are the result of the known, backyard breeder problem in the county and some the sad emblems of a disposable culture.

While puppy mills are a problem throughout the country, there are areas of the country and certain communities where puppy mills are particularly prolific.

We believe that addressing puppy mill cruelty is essential to alleviating many of the other problems in the animal welfare community, including shelter euthanasia rates, animal abandonment, and owner relinquishment.

To the unwitting consumer, this situation frequently means buying a puppy facing an array of immediate veterinary problems or harboring genetically borne diseases that do not appear until years later.Sadly, some dogs are forced to live in puppy mills their entire lives.

The puppies are sold either directly to the public via the Internet, newspaper ads, at the mill itself, or are sold to brokers and pet shops across the country.The documented problems of puppy mills include over breeding, inbreeding, minimal veterinary care, poor quality of food and shelter, lack of socialization with humans, overcrowded cages, and the killing of unwanted animals.

They are not the problem with our overcrowded world... puppy mills are.

Drs. Rovner and Lohmar are leading the charge to take on the problem puppy mills.

Puppy mills are a huge problem in this country, but there is something we can do to get them shut down.

She said she's heard too many horror stories about the health problems associated with dogs raised in puppy mills.

Councilmen Steven Ross and Ricki Barlow echoed her comments, saying the bill was too «broad stroke» and it didn't address the bigger problems of overbreeding and puppy mills.

Animals entering shelters after being rescued from life in a puppy mill or hoarding environment may be afflicted with numerous physical and psychological health problems at varying levels of severity.

At - large Councilwoman Angela Lawson, a member of the committee, said she is an animal lover, which is why she supported the measure going forward, but is not yet convinced there is a puppy mill problem in Aurora needing legislation.

You won't be supporting the puppy mill industry, and at the same time, you'll be fighting the tragic pet overpopulation problem.

PuppyFind.com has repeatedly been linked to problem puppy mills listed in the Horrible Hundred reports.

«New Jersey pet store consumers should not be duped into unwittingly supporting the cruel puppy mill industry, or into buying puppies exposed to this unique set of physical and behavioral problems created by this substandard upbringing,» said Kathleen Schatzman, New Jersey director for the Humane Society of the United States.

If you have purchased a puppy who was / is sick or has experienced health problems and you suspect that he / she came from a puppy mill, please call and report this as a possible puppy mill sale.

«Doogie's» time with us was good while it lasted, even tho his health problems, typical of a puppy mill, plagued him most of his life.

Pet stores are not the problem; puppy mills are.

The guess is that the problems that pet store dogs have to do with the fact that the majority of them come from puppy mills and therefore simply do not have adequate early socialization.

Puppy mills are everyone's problem.

While your stats are right off the ASAP site, it still does not address the puppy mill problem, or the auctions, or the brokers, or the pups who are culled if they aren't cute enough or young enough any longer.

Using your brain over your heart, you decide; do you still want to see puppies bred like rats, without health care or socialization, to be bought in pet shops while knowing this makes you part of the problem, or do you want to stand up to for the dogs and help wipe puppy mills of the face of the earth?

Bailing Out Benji is a small non-profit organization that is dedicated to educating the U.S. about the puppy mill problem and how to combat it.

The mom and dad of the puppy in the pet store window are unlikely to make it out of the mill alive — and neither will the many puppies born with overt physical problems that make them unsalable.

But problems like hip dysplasia and progressive retinal atrophy rarely show symptoms until the dog is into adulthood, so those raising designer dogs in puppy mills may not be checking the long - term health of the offspring, which means the recessive genes aren't necessarily getting weeded out.