Sentences with phrase «puppy mill facilities»

With an estimated 10,000 puppy mill facilities in the U.S., where hundreds of thousands of dogs are bred and housed in unsanitary conditions with little or no medical care, exercise, socialization, or human interaction, The HSUS is working tirelessly to stop a business that contributes to pet overpopulation and the suffering of countless dogs.

There are so many animals that suffer unspeakable cruelty in the dark, damp corners of puppy mill facilities right here in Quebec.

This video shows a suspected puppy mill facility located in Warm Spring, Arkansas.

While it might be heartbreaking to look at the sweet faces of all the animals held in this puppy mill facility, now that they have been saved, thanks to the hard work of Livingston County Animal Control and the HSUS, more than 90 dogs can finally be given the happy and healthy life they deserve.

There are a number of other cities that are have anti-puppy mill legislation in the works, but in the meantime if you suspect there is a puppy mill facility in your town or city, check out this guide from the Humane Society of the United States on how to use local ordinances to combat puppy mills.

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ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- Pet stores in New York state would be prohibited from buying dogs or cats from puppy mills and other large commercial breeding facilities under a legislative proposal announced Thursday.

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.

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.

For those not familiar with the bill, Oklahoma is the only high volume breeder state to lack state regulations of the facilities commonly referred to as «puppy mills.»

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.

Puppy mills refer to high volume puppy producing facilities in which the dogs are generally transferred to their new owners off the producers» property, so that the facility operates out of Puppy mills refer to high volume puppy producing facilities in which the dogs are generally transferred to their new owners off the producers» property, so that the facility operates out of puppy producing facilities in which the dogs are generally transferred to their new owners off the producers» property, so that the facility operates out of view.

Puppy mills are large - scale breeding facilities where hundreds of dogs are kept in deplorable conditions for the sole purpose of churning out puppies.

Puppy mills are large commercial breeding facilities that can hold up to a thousand dogs at a time — usually in highly stressful and unhygienic conditions.

The bills would also place an upper limit on the number of intact breeding dogs that may be housed in breeding facilities, to prevent our state from becoming a haven for inhumane puppy mills.

PUPPY AND KITTEN MILLS ARE GLUTTING THE SYSTEM We will euthanize thousands of pets today at our animal shelters and city Animal Care & Control facilities.

Without easy access to these USDA reports, pet stores in Connecticut may return to their old habits and source dogs and cats from puppy mills with violations (although the standards of care for animals in puppy mills are virtually non-existent, leading to abhorrent, horrific living conditions for animals in these facilities, even when no USDA violations are noted).

Puppy mills are large scale breeding facilities where dogs are treated like breeding machines.

Not only is this untrue, but the conditions of many breeding facilities or puppy mills (which supply pet stores that sell dogs) are nothing short of horrific.

Don't support puppy mills and pet stores this Holiday Season — Beware of on line buying of animals, often these puppies are from puppy mills or «factory style» breeding facilities.

The ASPCA is on the ground assisting in the removal, transport, sheltering and medical treatment of more than 130 dogs from a large, substandard breeding facility — frequently referred to as a puppy mill — in Needham, Alabama.

In the U.S., these breeding facilities, as well as the laboratories where the experiments take place, are regulated by the United States Department of Agriculture — but as with puppy and kitten mills, regulating these facilities doesn't necessarily prevent animal suffering, or ensure their emotional well - being.

Yes, the living conditions for animals in a puppy mill as compared to the facilities of a «responsible backyard breeder» may be quite different.

Here's what my research says, «A puppy mill is a commercial facility destined for breeding dogs that sets priority of making money over the well - being of animals.»

In 2014, he supported legislation to prohibit pet stores from selling dogs who come from commercial breeders known as «puppy mills» — large facilities that mass - produce animals for sale.

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.

His guardian is the heiress Amanda Hearst, who became determined to fight against puppy mills after being shocked to learn that her new pup had come from a horrific facility that had abused over 900 dogs.

Puppy mills are commercial breeding facilities that raise dogs in factory - farm - like conditions, putting profit above the welfare of the animals.

The main reason not to buy a puppy from a pet shop is you will be helping the fight the cause to close down these inhumane dog breeding facilities, like puppy mills.

The Court of La Unión de Tres Ríos made a major ruling in favor of animal welfare in Costa Rica after convicting a person for breeding dogs in an illegal breeding facility, or puppy mill.

Puppy mills are commercial dog breeding facilities notorious for substandard care.

For those unaware of the term, a «puppy mill» or «backyard breeder» refers to a for - profit animal breeding facility that, mostly, neglects the health and well - being of the animals in their care.

The HSUS is calling on authorities to more closely monitor these and the thousands of other facilities across the country and is also urging state legislators to pass stronger laws to protect dogs in puppy mills.

Puppy mills are facilities that exist with the sole purpose of producing dogs for pet stores.

Puppy mills are mass - production facilities where the breeding dogs are often confined to small wire cages for life and deprived of the basics of humane care, solely to produce puppies for the pet trade.

Puppy mills are mass - breeding facilities that churn out puppies for the pet trade with an emphasis on profit over welfare.

The HSUS Breeders Advisory and Resource Council (BARC) is composed of responsible breeders from around the country who have a particular interest in improving the lives of dogs bred in the inhumane, commercial breeding facilities known as puppy mills.

A puppy mill is a commercial breeding facility that only cares about profit — they keep their dogs in horrible conditions, forcing them to breed again and again until they are no longer physically capable of doing so.

The parents of puppies sold in pet stores and online live their entire lives in commercial dog breeding facilities (puppy mills) producing puppies.

Because of the growth in online sales of animals, particularly dogs, many operators of inhumane commercial breeding facilities, or puppy mills, transport dogs to pet stores and to new parents via airplanes.

From dogs saved from puppy mills, to rabbits rescued from laboratory testing facilities, and exotic animals freed from their lives as domesticated animals — the individuals who are removed from these horrible circumstances serve as an example for many other animals continuing to endure similar challenges.

Puppy mills are lifelong torture chambers — large - scale commercial facilities, regulated by the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) under the guise of «wholesale» operations.

Puppy mills are mass production facilities that crank out an estimated 4 - 5 million dogs annually that are sold in pet stores, over the Internet, at swap meets and direct to the public.

Puppy mills are substandard commercial breeding facilities that operate with an emphasis on profit above animal welfare.

The ASPCA said the facility is a puppy mill — a large - scale breeding operation designed to generate profits at the cost of the animals» health and well - being.

A puppy mill is a large - scale commercial dog breeding facility where profit is given priority over the well - being of dogs, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Although Maryland state law already prohibits the sale of dogs and cats bred by illegal «puppy mills,» it does not ban the retail sale of animals bred at large - scale commercial breeding facilities which, many will argue, are merely federally inspected, legal puppy mill operations.

A: A puppy mill is a facility that breeds a large number of puppies for resale in pet stores or directly to consumers via the Internet.

Puppy and kitten mills are essentially breeding facilities for dogs and cats.

Sometimes known as puppy farms, puppy mills are inhumane, commercial dog - breeding facilities in which the health of the dogs is disregarded in order to maximize profits.

The resolution, though, does not actually ban anything, but calls on the governor, legislature and local municipalities to take immediate steps to ban the sale of dogs and cats that come from large scale commercial breeding facilities - which are often referred to as «puppy mills.»