Sentences with phrase «puppy mill legislation»

02/7/12 - City Beat - Breeding Ground, Lack of dog auction regulation draws out - of - state dealers 02/3/12 - Columbus Dispatch, Editorial - Dogged effort 01/31/12 - The Oxford Press - Auctions, puppy mills to blame for increase in unwanted dogs 01/28/12 - Columbus Dispatch - Ohio lawmakers to consider dog auction ban 01/28/12 - 13 ABC (Toledo)- Ohio group clears step in dog auction ban effort 01/24/12 - Westlake / Bay Village Observer - Petition shows support for dog auction ban 01/24/12 - Ohio Akron Beacon Journal, Letter to the Editor - Push for animal rights 01/23/12 - Toledo Blade - Ohio group seeks to ban dog auctions 01/21/12 - Examiner - Coalition to Ban Ohio Dog Auctions Exceeds Signature Goal for Ballot Initiative 01/19/12 - Columbus Dispatch - Signatures collected to prompt action on dog auctions 01/13/12 - WOUB News - Group Wants Ohio to Ban Dog Auctions 01/12/12 - DogHeirs - Proposed Ohio Dog Auctions Act Stops Distribution for Puppy Mill Breeders 01/11/12 - WOSU All Sides with Ann Fisher - Efforts to Ban Puppy Mills and Dog Auctions in Ohio / Open Forum 01/11/12 - The Athens News, Letter to the Editor - Please sign petitions to end quarterly dog auctions in Ohio 01/10/12 - Cincinnati Animal News Examiner - Group works to ban dog auctions in Ohio 01/8/12 - Tanglewood Hairdressers - Dog auction petition signatures being certified 01/7/12 - Pack Mentality - Pack Line Headlines: Dog auctions, dog lawsuit and puppy mill legislation 01/6/12 - Cleveland Scene - Puppy Sales on Hold at Ohio Dog Auction 01/5/12 - Cleveland Plain Dealer - Ohio dog breeders association owns shuttered Farmerstown dog auction 01/3/12 - Life with Dogs - Ohio Dog Auctions: Going... Going... Gone 12/31/11 - Columbus Dispatch, Letters to the Editor - Ohioans deserve a say on puppy mills 12/30/11 - Orvis - Ohio One Step Closer to Banning Dog Auctions 12/28/11 - Statehouse News Bureau - Group files petition to put before voters a law banning dog auctions 12/27/11 - Columbus Dispatch - Dog - auction ban a step closer

They have led the grassroots charge with testifying and lobbying for all puppy mill legislation over the past 6 years.

It's been seven years since we passed key puppy mill legislation to address «large - scale breeders,» otherwise known as our puppy mill law.

San Diego City Councilwoman Lorie Zapf said last week that it was disappointing to have Oceanside and Carlsbad reject puppy mill legislation after the county's two largest cities — San Diego and Chula Vista — adopted it.

And, doing that was good for us and animals across our state, because having breeders at the table supporting our puppy mill legislation was the key factor that got the bill passed into law here.

And this year, 34 states will have anti — puppy mill legislation introduced, which is an unheard of expansion and legislative act on this issue.

One very pleasant surprise is that state officials, who are instrumental in passing important legislation (our panel included discussions of shark finning bans, puppy mill legislation, outlawing pigeon shoots, protections for companion animals, and the intensive confinement of pigs), were extremely happy about being invited to animal events.

Not exact matches

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

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.

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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.

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.

By working with several city councils in our region, San Diego Humane Society recently helped pass legislation banning local pet stores and other commercial businesses from selling dogs, puppies, cats, kittens, and rabbits that are obtained from puppy mill farms, commercial catteries, and other large breeding establishments.

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.

Meanwhile, the bills also addressed other areas of the pet sales industry, including legislation designed to keep «puppy mill» dogs out of New York retail kennels.

Fortunately, legislation (S.B. 1712) has been introduced in Oklahoma to crack down on puppy mills.

To address your questions: I realize our policy does not refer directly to puppy mills, but I think the intent is clear that we would support or bring forward legislation which would make cruelty to animals an office under the criminal code (not a property offence), therefore making it a whole lot riskier for puppy mills to operate.

Also, MHS is actively working to pass legislation that would protect dogs, cats, puppies and kittens in Minnesota puppy and kitten mills.

Another famous strategy targeting the anti-breeding legislation is the so - called «Oscar's Law,» which is actually a non-profit volunteer organization lobbying for the complete eradication of puppy mills.

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.

Many rescues are inundated because of legislation making puppy mills no longer a lucrative endeavor.

In 2014, he supported legislation to prohibit pet stores from selling dogs who come from commercial breeders «puppy mills.»

An Illinois lawmaker has proposed legislation aimed at cracking down on puppy mills by regulating large - scale dog breeders and pet stores.

Was this really the best that puppy mill reform legislation could provide - nothing more than the bare basics to sustain a modicum of physical comfort for puppy mill «livestock»?

There also will be 11 much larger portraits to raise awareness in other animal - welfare areas including dog fighting, puppy mills, animal abuse and breed - specific legislation, to name a few.

This would be a great store for responsible breeders to support since it is a way to fight the puppy mills without legislation.

The obvious remedy to shutting down puppy mills is to push our respective state lawmakers to pass legislation making it illegal to sell dogs or cats through retailers.

Support legislation to eradicate puppy mills.

The only way to stop euthanasia is to stop puppy mills, breeders, and irresponsible guardians from bringing more dogs and cats into a world that does not offer them the chance for a home — and the only way to do that is by passing mandatory spay - and - neuter legislation and implementing a full - scale ban on breeding.

First, bad canine legislation puts good breeders in the same category with puppy mills or pet shops that sell puppies commercially.

We have initiatives to put an end to some of the root causes of pet homelessness, including puppy mills, breed - discriminatory legislation and a shortage of trap - neuter - return programs for community (feral) cats.

Through Best Friends» puppy mill initiatives, we are working to convince pet stores to offer pets for adoption instead of selling mill - bred pets, educate consumers about puppy mills, and create and lobby for humane legislation.

His efforts led to the successful passage of legislation in forty - two states, through direct lobbying activity as well as grassroots lobbying efforts, including the passage of stricter animal abuse laws for horse racing, dog racing, dog fighting, cockfighting, puppy mills, and pet stores.

«If PIJAC is truly sincere in their efforts to support common sense rules and regulations for the welfare of animals,» said Baker, who as director of the Missouri Alliance for Animal Legislation battled with PIJAC over new puppy mill regulations in his state.

Recently with the ASPCA, he played a key role in efforts to combat the cruelties of puppy mills and to effect the passage of precedent setting legislation in Pennsylvania regulating large - scale commercial dog breeding operations.

Educate yourself on any pending animal welfare legislation, and let your representatives know that animal welfare legislation and puppy mills are an extremely important issue to you and tell them why.

We soon realized, however, that despite the deplorable conditions in puppy mills and periodic exposés (even Oprah did one), legislators at the state and federal level were reluctant to pass meaningful legislation to improve the conditions of commercial breeding operations because puppy mills fall under the jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture and their state equivalents, and dogs in puppy mills are considered to be livestock, and animal welfare of any stripe is a much harder sell in those circles than it should be, sadly.

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.

Animal welfare advocates including Texas Humane Legislation Network, the ASPCA ® and The Humane Society of the United States applaud the Texas state Senate for passing a bill to provide state oversight of large - scale commercial breeding facilities, known as puppy mills.

The HSUS applauds the Maryland Senate for unanimously passing legislation to take a first step towards addressing the issue of puppy mills in Maryland.

The fine folks a PMIJAC fight legislation aimed at curbing the sales of puppy mill dogs in pet store by running campaigns filled with lies and smokescreens.

«When you water down the legislation to allow for some USDA puppy millers, you're still allowing puppy mill sales and it has to stop,» says Meyers.

Senate Agricultural Committee for unanimously passing legislation to prohibit some of the most painful and unsafe procedures commonly performed on dogs at large - scale puppy mills.

The HSUS applauds the Maryland House of Delegates for passing legislation to take a first step towards addressing the issue of puppy mills in Maryland.

The Humane Society of the United States, on behalf of its more than 800,000 supporters in New York, applauds state Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Darrel Aubertine, D - Watertown, and Committee members for passing legislation to strengthen animal fighting laws and stop the proliferation of large - scale puppy mills in New York.

The Missouri Senate gave its preliminary approval to sweeping legislation that repeals every core provision of Proposition B. Missourians for the Protection of Dogs released a new report demonstrating major continuing problems in licensed puppy mills.

West Virginia legislation aims to crack down on puppy mill abuses by improving conditions in mills.