Sentences with phrase «sickly animals»

Backyard breeders trading in sickly animals appear reputable to the unsuspecting eye.

«There are a lot of sickly animals.»

Nearly a quarter of the roughly 70 pet shops in southeast Michigan have been cited in the past four years for housing sickly animals, confining dogs and cats to dirty, cramped cages and selling pets that are unhealthy or below the legal age.

Some of these stories are haunting: families who expected a healthy, happy new canine member and instead got a terrified and sickly animal who cost thousands in vet bills — and in some cases soon died.

At present, your veterinarian may try a variety of treatments to support sickly animals, and any cataracts can be surgically removed.

Also frequently cited are issues of fraud as animals sold as pure - bred are sometimes not and animals born from sickly animals in pet mills can cost consumers in veterinarian and training bills.

Because they were willing to speak up based on what they knew and saw, Animal Folks was able to create affidavits and gather veterinarian records and photos of the hurt or sickly animals surrendered and / or sold from this kennel.

ALDF's lawsuit alleges that customers are led to believe that paying a higher price means they are getting a «certified» health puppy, even though a number of consumers have reported receiving sickly animals that, in some cases, have died or ended up with extensive medical bills.

NOTE: Whether a store is profitable by selling dogs and cats may be directly related to how a store chooses to handle sickly animals.

Or do they ship sickly animals back to the breeder to be killed?

• protect consumers from economic and emotional harm when a sickly animals is purchased or when they unknowingly support a cruel industry;

• protect consumers from economic and emotional harm when a sickly animal is purchased or when they unknowingly support a cruel industry;

While it may be tempting to take home a sickly animal to «save» it from one of these horrendous mills, don't — you're just supporting an unethical business.

It started with a group of friends that would routinely take «unadoptable», older, or sickly animals to a sanctuary in order to avoid being euthanized and to allow sick animals to heal and rehabilitate.

This is a tremendous financial and staffing burden for these entities; unwanted dogs, too, may be euthanized if homes are not found or if medical needs are too severe and costly, whch inflicts emotional harm on shelter staff (veterinarian) who have the duty of euthanizing the unwanted or sickly animals.