Many dogs, like the ones you see in a pet
shop come from puppy mills, large - scale breeding facilities where dogs are treated like machines, expecting to produce hundreds of puppies in horrific conditions.
Not exact matches
Ninety percent, or every 9 out of 10, of the
puppies sold in pet
shops come from mills.
Sadly, many dogs who are bought in pet
shops or
from «reputable» breeders actually
come from puppy mills.
People need to know that there isn't one
puppy in a pet
shop that hasn't
come from a
puppy mill.
That means that 67 Chicago businesses — 12 of them pet stores — are participating in the
puppy mill trade — and you may not even know it: «Again and again, salespeople denied that their
puppies came from puppy mills, and most did not comply with a law passed in 2010 by the State requiring pet
shops to post in a conspicuous place in writing on or near the cage of any dog or cat available for sale the information required by subsection (a) of this section.
DO NOT buy a dog
from a pet
shop — these adorable
puppies usually
come from puppy mills, which keep breeding animals in deplorable conditions.
The store clerk may not even know it, but it is a well - known fact that pet
shop puppies — 99.9 % of the time —
come from puppy mills.
Virtually all pet
shop puppies come from commercial breeders and
puppy mills.
More than 90 percent of pet
shop puppies come from puppy mills.
Trying a local pet
shop is not a great option because 9 out of 10 pups sold there
come from puppy mills.
They think of moments like the one Carol Everett, a certified humane education specialist who volunteers at the Kauai Humane Society, recalls: A middle school student
came up to her after a presentation on
puppy mills, a spay / neuter activity, and a tour of an animal shelter and said, «We got a
puppy from the pet
shop last year and I am so sorry we didn't get one
from the humane society.»
As we have for many years during our televised broadcast, The Westminster Kennel Club will continue to make the following announcement: «If you are planning to add a dog to your life and have
come to look over the best of the best, please note, no dog you have seen here (yesterday or today)
came from a pet
shop, or was the «product», if you will, of a
puppy mill.
Across America, people
shopping in pet stores are often told the
puppies for sale don't
come from puppy mills, but instead
come from USDA - licensed breeders.
It matters not if they
came from a
puppy mill, pet
shop,
puppy mill auction or
puppy broker.
Puppies that
come from puppy mills and pet
shops tend to be inundated with this parasite.
They are the key link to
puppy mills: Humane Society officials say 90 percent of pet
shop dogs
come from brokers who have bought them
from puppy mills (though pet
shops deny this).
You've probably heard it before: Don't buy animals
from pet
shops; they
come from puppy mills.
The worst places to get a pup are pet
shops and kennels that get their pups
from off - premises sources, since these animals actually
come from commercial breeding operations, nicknamed
puppy mills.
Regardless of staff claims that they buy
from from reputable breeders, nearly every
puppy in pet
shops comes from a large - scale commercial breeding operation, also known as a
puppy mill.
Puppies acquired
from commercial pet
shops or so - called «
puppy mills», and those
coming from shelters, are also more likely to develop kennel cough.
Without legal measures in place, there is no guarantee that animals sold in pet
shops do not
come from puppy mills, and we hope Maryland passes this bill into law, thus decreasing demand for animals
from puppy mills.