Dogs are
stacked in wire cages.
Not exact matches
Battery farms consist of huge, windowless sheds housing thousands of hens who are crammed four or five at a time into small
wire cages stacked on top of each other
in rows.
U.S. federal law under the Animal Welfare Act allows breeders to keep animals
in cages with
wire flooring that are
stacked on top of each other.
The animals kept by these businesses generally live
in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions — sometimes
in wire - floored
cages stacked in tall columns — without adequate veterinary care, food, water or socialization.
In a puppy mill, dogs are often kept in cages with wire flooring that injures their paws and legs — and it is not unusual for cages to be stacked in column
In a puppy mill, dogs are often kept
in cages with wire flooring that injures their paws and legs — and it is not unusual for cages to be stacked in column
in cages with
wire flooring that injures their paws and legs — and it is not unusual for
cages to be
stacked in column
in columns.
For example, a dog can be kept for his entire life
in a tiny,
wire - floored
cage that's
stacked upon other
cages and only six inches longer than he is
in each direction.
The legislation was a response to appalling conditions
in many large commercial breeding kennels, where dogs spent most of their working lives inside cramped
wire cages,
stacked one atop the other, and got little grooming, veterinary care or exercise.
The dogs housed
in the state's commercial breeding operations typically spend their lives
in tiny, cramped,
wire - floored
cages that are
stacked on top of each other, often outdoors, with no protection from the elements.
It's unfortunate but true that large - scale commercial breeders and brokers typically confine dogs for their entire lives
in tiny,
stacked,
wire - floored
cages, waste falling on them from above, their paws injured by the
wire threads, and the female dogs bred continuously to exhaustion.»
Under the federal Animal Welfare Act, it is completely legal to keep a dog
in a
cage only six inches longer than the dog
in each direction, with a
wire floor,
stacked on top of another
cage, for the dog's entire life.
To minimize waste cleanup, dogs are often kept
in cages with
wire flooring that injures their paws and legs — and it is not unusual for
cages to be
stacked up
in columns.
All dogs deserve better than a life a life
in a small,
stacked,
wire cage,» said Greg Willey, executive director of the Elyria - based Friendship Animal Protective League.
«Missourians are tremendous dog lovers and they want to see dogs protected from the abuses on puppy mills, such as lifetime confinement
in small,
wire cages,
stacked one on top of another that do not even allow animals to stretch their legs or even touch solid ground.»
Breeding dogs are treated like production machines, and can spend their entire lives
in small,
stacked,
wire cages, often without veterinary care, exercise, socialization, or meaningful human interaction.
Under current AWA regulations, breeding dogs can spend their entire lives
in cramped,
stacked wire cages.
As the ASPCA notes, it's still entirely legal «to keep a dog
in a
cage only 6 inches longer than the dog
in each direction, with a
wire floor,
stacked on top of another
cage, for the dog's entire life.»
Six volunteers helped rescue the animals, which were
in wire cages lined up
in rows and
stacked inside the unventilated truck, said Kay Jordan, executive director of the county Humane Society.
Some mills were massive operations with hundreds of animals living
in stacked wire cages; they reminded him of factory farms.
Most of these breeding dogs receive absolutely no vet care, live
in wire cages stacked high and never ever get to touch the ground.
In Louisiana, the A.K.C. opposed a bill that would have prevented the
stacking of
wire - floored
cages.
At the Missouri auction site, they found more than 600 dogs, most of them
in wire cages the size of rabbit hutches,
stacked three
cages high.
Jessie L. Smith, special deputy secretary, Dog Law Enforcement, said, «Under current law, a kennel owner can choose to confine dogs
in small,
stacked,
wire - floored
cages with no heat, no opportunity for exercise, and no routine medical care.
The outdated law governing commercial dog breeding facilities
in Kansas does not require regular veterinary exams for dogs and allows unlimited numbers of dogs to be warehoused
in stacked,
wire - floored
cages, which lead to unsanitary conditions, overcrowding and disease.
It is a very different law from the original bill, however.Â
In the end the dogs will have bigger
cages that can't be
stacked, twice a year veterinary exams, if enforced; maybe some form of exercise, and flooring that is not all
wire though not solid either.
The dogs can be confined for years at a time, reduced to lives of constant breeding
in dirty,
stacked,
wire - bottomed
cages that are required to be only six inches larger than the dog on all sides, and with few, if any, opportunities to play, be walked, or receive basic grooming or veterinary care.