Sentences with phrase «retailers come from puppy mills»

Many dogs sold in pet stores or through online retailers come from puppy mills.

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With the vast majority of pet store puppies coming from puppy mills, over 200 jurisdictions across the U.S. and Canada have enacted ordinances banning the retail sale of commercially bred dogs and cats.

Last week, while Pennsylvania lawmakers were taking measures to protect pets from harsh winter weather, Las Vegas city council members voted to repeal a ban on retail pet store puppy sales, 99 % of which come from puppy mills.

Pets sold in retail pet stores often come from puppy mills where their parents endure lives of confinement and misery.

More than 90 % of puppies and kittens sold by retailers come from puppy and cat mills. This is a huge and significant step to closing down outlets that allow millers to profit from the cruel suffering they inflict on these animals.Â

You may think you're getting all of these benefits when you buy a pet through a retail store, but most of those animals come from puppy mills — mass breeding facilities with notoriously poor conditions for parent animals and their litters.

At this point, it does not matter if the pet came from a puppy mill or a reputable breeder, from a retail store or the boss's sister or the female dog allowed to have just one litter — owners must build the human - animal bond with the dog they have, not the dog they wish they had.