Sentences with phrase «shelters and rescue groups increasingly»

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For those of you unfamiliar with Companions for Heroes (C4H), they are a wonderful and increasingly essential group that helps match veterans, first responders, law enforcement officers and even next of kin affected with the stress of active duty / PTSD with shelter / rescue dogs who would otherwise be euthanized.

The study seems to assume that shelters are the only source of homeless dogs, when in fact rescue groups, formal and informal, have become an increasingly popular option and are finding homes for more and more dogs.

Thinking they are saving these dogs, the public is increasingly backing laws banning sales of pure - bred commercially sourced dogs, and permitting only sales from animal shelters and rescue groups.

If animal rights groups are successful in driving responsible dog breeders out of business, Strand fears that nonprofit shelters will turn increasingly to sources in China, India, Egypt, Iraq and Puerto Rico, all locales that have exported rabid rescue dogs into the U.S. To address these issues, the NAIA is seeking changes in federal and state laws to: