He still holds
a state kennel license.
Some states (such as Missouri and Pennsylvania) also require
a state kennel license and state inspections.
Blank's
state kennel license has been revoked.
Not exact matches
In order to halt the abuses that occurred in unregulated high volume
kennels, many
states began
licensing breeders that sell to the public.
I am a
licensed kennel with the
State of Nevada, County of Washoe.
Ervin Zimmerman, owner of the Ephrata
kennel, had fought to keep his dog breeding operation in business since the
state revoked his
kennel license in 2007.
Zimmerman was apparently confounded when he was ordered to have 39 of his dogs seen by a veterinarian due to flea and fly bites that, rest assured, went above and beyond that of minor skin irritations. Indeed, since dog wardens are now outfitted with digital cameras it would be of tremendous interest to know if photographs of the doomed dogs exist. Nevertheless, Zimmerman contacted a large animal veterinarian for advice despite the fact that the
state's Dog Law requires all
licensed canine
kennels to have documentation providing the name and contact information for the veterinarian of record who cares for the dogs. Could it be that Richard Martrich and Orlando Aguirre, the two dog wardens who had inspected the
kennel over the previous six years, had overlooked this detail and is it possible that the dogs in Zimmerman's care had never been seen by a veterinarian?
The HSUS has never acknowledged that Pet Breeder Organizations in the 10
States where over 80 % of all USDA
Licensed Breeders are located have «Publicly Condemned Substandard
Kennels.»
The measure, sponsored by
state Sen. Raymond Lesniak (D - Union), looked to require any new pet store
licensed on or after Jan. 12 of next year to only sell dogs or cats that hailed from
kennels, shelters or animal rescue organizations.
The HSUS named Laymon's breeding facility, Shadow Mountain
Kennel, as one of the worst
licensed puppy mills in the
state in its 2010 and 2011 «Missouri's Dirty Dozen» reports.
At one point last year when she was still a
licensed kennel operator and housing dogs in her filthy Marcus Hook law office,
state authorities had her address listed as Suburban Station.
[4] Commercial
kennels may be
licensed by the United
States Department of Agriculture and
state and local jurisdictions which may inspect the
kennels routinely.
Some
states have
kennel licensing laws that parallel or exceed the standards set in the federal law, and some
states have puppy lemon laws designed to give buyers some recourse if the puppy they acquire is sick.
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Puppy mills are facilities (
kennels, farms, breeders),
licensed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, that produce pet store puppies for distribution in the United
States and other foreign markets.
State veterinarian Dr. Clifford McGinnis said Mills» house was not a
licensed kennel.
«We do not know at this point all of the
kennels featured and whether or not they are
state licensed.»
Licensing complies with
state requirements Board and officers are appointed This program uses foster homes and boarding
kennels if fosters are full.
The United
States Department of Agriculture, which
licenses and regulates most commercial breeding
kennels, and establishes the laws concerning canines, does not allocate any of its millions of dollars of research money to any grants in the field of canine genetic research.
As you may recall, I am the individual who wrote to you in 2009, and told you that responsible breeders in
State Commercial Breeder Associations in the
States where over 80 % of all Federally
Licensed and inspected Breeders were located had «publicly condemned substandard
kennels.»
Non-USDA
licensed kennels are also found throughout the
State, often in rural areas where animals (and barking) can be «hidden» from neighbors.
The Humane Society of the United
States commends the Pennsylvania Dog Law Enforcement Office for investigating and revoking the
license of Golden Acres
Kennel, a puppy mill owned by Nancy Zimmerman of Lancaster, Pa..
Few
states have
kennel licensing and inspections programs because few
states are home to large numbers of commercial
kennels that produce a high volume of animals for sale as pets.
Find out whether your
state or province requires boarding
kennels to have any sort of
license or certification.
Organizational information: Formed in 1986 and incorporated in 1987, this program is a 501 (c) 3
Licensing complies with
state requirements Board and officers are appointed This program uses foster homes and boarding
kennels.
According to the March 2011 report from the Humane Society of the United
States, «Update Report: Missouri's Dirty Dozen Most of the worst puppy mills in Missouri are still
licensed», Smith
Kennels of Salem, Missouri is one of the worst.
Pet Store: According to the ASPCA: Breeders who sell puppies to pet stores must hold a USDA dealer
license, and many
states also require breeders to obtain a
license to have a dog - breeding
kennel.
Commercial breeders that sell directly to the public fall through the regulatory cracks unless they do business in a
state that
licenses commercial
kennels.
Missouri, known as a «puppy mill
state,» has more
licensed USDA
kennels and brokers than any other
state.
Operators of clean commercial
kennels,
licensed by the US Department of Agriculture or by
state law, will strongly disagree, for the very mention of «puppy mill» damages their business and that of the pet stores they deal with.
No
kennel licenses could be issued to anyone convicted in the past 10 years of animal cruelty under 18 Pa.C.S Â § 5511 or another
state's laws. Â
Good is not yet
licensed by the
state as a
kennel operator.
While
licensed by the
state, the
kennel operators are only required to submit to twice - yearly inspections, not random welfare checks by humane agencies or even those originating with complaints.
Minnesota was one of the last
states in the nation to pass a
state law to
license and regulate commercial dog and cat breeders (for those
states with breeding
kennels).
The
licensing by government (at federal,
state and local levels) for large - scale breeding
kennels has created a systemic problem where other officials assume a
kennel is in compliance or treating animals properly because the business was given a «stamp of approval» from a designated
state or federal authority.
The tax on each male dog and each spayed female dog, of which the certificate of a veterinarian or the affidavit of the owner is produced, in this
state shall be one dollar per year, and the tax on all other dogs in this
state shall be three dollars per year, payable to the county clerk of the county in which the owner resides; provided, that any person or persons operating a
licensed kennel of more than ten dogs in which all dogs kept by him or them are confined and not allowed to roam, shall pay a tax of ten dollars, which amount shall be the full amount of tax on all dogs kept by said person or persons as described above.
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