Sentences with phrase «puppy mill animals»

Proposed pet store ban on puppy mill animals headed for SD City Council.

«As a result of this ruling alone, more cities nationwide will be inspired to pass laws aimed at stemming the flow of puppy mill animals produced through forced, high - volume breeding practices under inhumane conditions.»

There was standing - room - only at San Diego's City Hall Wednesday for a hearing on new pet store regulations aimed keeping puppy mill animals off the retail market.

I'm more fired up than ever to make this a year of difference for our homeless and puppy mill animals and I hope you will read Ruth Steinberger's article on this year's pet legislation.

There are scores of rescues and shelters who could at least attempt to rehome puppy mill animals but it won't happen unless we act to shut these operations down and stop this disgusting business from taking place.

We want to make it more difficult to sell puppy mill animals and easier to adopt our wonderful animals out of the shelters,» said Los Angeles City Council man Paul Koretx

The marketing of approximately 1 million puppy mill animals each year prevents many people from adopting animals from pounds and shelters.

Repeatedly, the argument coming from those against communities limiting sales at pet stores (where puppy mill animals are sold) is either, «There are no puppy mills,» or, «There is no proper...

[18] The vast majority of puppy mill animals are sold to pet stores by «dealers» or «brokers».

The Chicago area has seen a lot of positive developments in the past six month when it comes to curbing the flow of puppy mill animals...

The ASPCA wants people to boycott puppy sales in pet stores and on the Internet, the places where most puppy mill animals are sold.

83) Britney Spears» Yorkie puppy (Hannah) is allegedly from a pet store that sold puppy milled animals.

KANEOHE (HawaiiNewsNow)- Today was sentencing day in the Waimanalo puppy mill animal cruelty case and many animal advocates are disappointed, saying the defendants got away with the crime.

Not exact matches

Matt explained that animal cruelty and homelessness are two major focus areas and some of the key issues include dog - fighting and puppy mills.

Responsible for saving and rehabilitating thousands of animals each year, The HSUS and its global arm Humane Society International travel across the country and the globe to help animals in need from puppy mills, dogfighting, neglect and natural disasters.

Orland Park began considering the issue after the Chicago City Council and the Cook County Board of Commissioners banned the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits from large - scale breeders earlier this year in an attempt to keep pet stores from selling animals raised in puppy mills.

Volunteers will be trained as animal advocates and learn more about issues such as animal homelessness and puppy mills.

A few minutes on this puppy mill page, and impressionable dope - addled American youth will be off in a jiffy to some left - wing animal - rights re-education camp in the middle of Oregon, next to be seen launching lightning commando strikes on science labs and pet stores across the country.

Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville) and Senator Greg Ball (R,C,I - Patterson) today called for tough new legislation to protect our companion animals from being left outside in the freezing cold all day and night like what was occurring in the puppy mill in the town of Sprakers in Montgomery County.

Thanks to the hundreds of thousands of animal advocates, the Governor has signed into law legislation (A. 740A / S3753A) to enable local governments to stop puppy mills and pet dealers like the one in Sprakers that are operating in immoral and unethical ways.

Legislators who co-sponsor annual NYS Animal Advocacy Day announce strong new legislation to prevent puppy mills like the one in Montgomery County from leaving dogs out in extreme cold where they could face death; Tedisco and Ball also announce that 4th Annual NYS Animal Advocacy Day will be held in Albany on May 28, 2014

«With thousands of good animals in need of homes, there is no need for notorious puppy mills to supply pet stores,» Gianaris said in a statement.

ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo on Tuesday plans to sign legislation cracking down on puppy mills and unscrupulous pet dealers who masquerade as not - for - profit animal shelters, the Daily News has learned.

ALBANY — Legislation intended to crack down on puppy mills and unscrupulous pet dealers masquerading as not - for - profit animal shelters is headed to Gov. Cuomo's desk.

Assembly Member Linda B. Rosenthal said, «Today represents a watershed moment for animal protection in New York State now that my bill A.740 - A, also known as the «puppy mill bill,» has become law.

With this new authority in hand, municipalities from Buffalo to New York City, the North Country to Long Island will be able to pass tough new laws to crack down on puppy mills and bad breeders who place profit above the health and safety of animals.

She is aiming to crackdown on commercial dog breeding facilities known as puppy mills and ensure that pet dealers are selling healthy animals from safe sources.

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo today plans to sign legislation cracking down on puppy mills and unscrupulous pet dealers who masquerade as not - for - profit animal shelters.

Suffolk County Executive Steven Bellone signed into law Tuesday the «puppy mill bill,» safeguarding the animals themselves, as well as consumers who have been burdened by unexpected medical costs of caring for their newly purchased pets.

Among the data still unavailable are the vast majority of reports from regular inspections of animal - holding facilities that are monitored under AWA, including puppy mills and zoos.

Articulating clear animal - breeding standards that protect breeded pets and help society to crack down on «puppy mills» and the bad actors that have given that term rise.

The 2011 Oklahoma legislative session started with a bang as animal advocates closely watched four pieces of senate legislation intended to repeal or seriously amend the Commercial Pet Breeders Act, or SB 1712, a law which passed last year in order to regulate Oklahoma's vast unlicensed puppy mill industry.

Animal rights activist groups keep selling the idea that the way to get rid of sub-standard breeders — I refuse to use the pejorative term puppy mills — is to simply ban the sale of puppies, which in many cases, for simplicity, just morphs into banning the sale of all pets.

Horrific animal cruelty complaints involving high volume puppy producers called «puppy mills» along with fraudulent rescue organizations and animal hoarders have grown throughout Oklahoma.

Puppy mill operators will be able to classify themselves as farmers and their animals as livestock.

She's the «go to» authority on Oklahoma's growing spay and neuter services network, efforts to pass animal welfare legislation, and the sad state of animal cruelty and neglect, puppy mills, animal hoarders.

They work to drive transformational change in the U.S. and around the world by combating large - scale cruelties such as puppy mills, animal fighting, factory farming, seal slaughter, horse cruelty, captive hunts and the wildlife trade.

My foster dogs are a pair of 4 - yearold Dalmatians that were rescued from a puppy mill in Missouri and have no concept of life as a companion animal.

Puppy mills are massive breeding operations where the bottom line, not animal welfare, is the priority.

Saving puppy mills will not create economic development in southern Oklahoma, and defending animal cruelty is not protecting the constitution.

Yet an increasing number of jurisdictions (more than 80 at last count) have banned the sale of puppies by pet stores, ostensibly to quell the market for «puppy mill» animals and to encourage adoption.

The Humane Society of Tulsa on Wednesday pulled more than 100 animals from a puppy mill.

The Pet Quality Assurance Act, or the «puppy mill bill,» House Bill 1332, and House Bill 1045, a bill which would have allowed low - population counties to operate a shelter and pass animal control ordinances, would have combined to help the most voiceless of all companion animals in our state; dogs in unlicensed dog dealing facilities and unwanted animals facing abandonment due to the absence of shelters.

-RRB- is the governing body of the Animal Welfare Act, and is charged with licensing and inspecting breeders, including puppy mills.

Dr. Weitzman is also adamant that the organization continue to go the extra mile to advocate for animal welfare beyond the region and fight against cruelty in many other forms, including cockfighting and dogfighting, puppy mills, and other inhumane treatment of animals.

The session started out with two strong measures to address the worst animal welfare issues facing companion animals in Oklahoma, puppy mills and routine abandonment of unwanted pets.

We have all called for enforcement of the existing anti-cruelty and neglect laws, most of us support regulations to address puppy mills and fraudulent rescue organizations and we all wonder out loud why animal abandonment is so prevalent.

Oklahoma is one of the highest in the number of Class B dealers licensees in the nation (34 out of 969 active Class B licensees are located in OK) and this trade in dogs and other animals, which go to research, product testing, resale for pets and animals used in exhibits, may be even more hidden than in the puppy mill world.

«By shrinking the supply of puppy mill dogs flowing into our market, the ordinance is expected to boost adoptions for homeless animals and increase sales for small, responsible dog breeders,» said Humane Society of the United States» Arizona State Director, Kari Nienstedt.