The ACC is committed to fighting AKC supported puppy mills, pet
store dog sales, backyard breeders and online brokers.
Not exact matches
Last year's surprising acquisition of Country Style Food Services Holdings, Ontario's second - largest coffee chain, boosted MTY's
store count by nearly 50 %, and the most recent addition — Quebec hot -
dogs - and - fries specialist Groupe Valentine, a deal that closed earlier this month — has brought the total to more than 1,700 restaurants that ring in about US$ 400 million in annual
sales.
Orland Park began considering the issue after the Chicago City Council and the Cook County Board of Commissioners banned the
sale of
dogs, cats and rabbits from large - scale breeders earlier this year in an attempt to keep pet
stores from selling animals raised in puppy mills.
Previously pet
stores and so - called «puppy mills,» where
dogs are bred for commercial
sale, were regulated by the State Department of Agriculture and Markets.
Dog populations are threatened by breed - specific bans, pet
store sales bans, and excessive local and state breeder regulations.
Dog toys enhance pets» quality of life, offering opportunities to play and bond with their owners, while making retailers a destination point and keeping
store sales strong.
Conversely, SB 1204 would have encouraged localities to pass pet
sale bans even while creating a regulatory structure that all but eliminated a pet
store's ability to source
dogs from shelters.
Retail Pet
Sale Bans California had the highest rate of introductions, with seven localities passing legislation banning the sale of dogs and cats in pet sto
Sale Bans California had the highest rate of introductions, with seven localities passing legislation banning the
sale of dogs and cats in pet sto
sale of
dogs and cats in pet
stores.
For example, New York City requires any
dog or cat sold in a pet
store to be implanted with a microchip prior to
sale.
Even if a
store just sells
dog and cat products, which is the most common type of pet supply
store in the U.S., more than 40 percent of its customers feed wild birds — that's a lot of potential add - on
sales.
So, we ban the
sale of
dog — let's not even go to the effect of a total pet
sale ban — in pet
stores.
, makers of raw, natural diets for
dogs and cats, has added an interactive training program for
sales representatives, retail
store associates and product demonstration teams.
A positive - reinforcement trainer teaches in the
store three nights a week, and if a
dog owner forgets to bring treats to class, the trainer can offer the person a bag of treats right off the
sales floor and take down their information for the
sale.
When you go to a pet
store and see puppies for
sale, you see the precious face of an excited
dog looking back at you.
With 2.7 million healthy and adoptable
dogs and cats put down every year in U.S. shelters, Phoenix's ban on cat and
dog sales in pet
stores is a welcomed change.
In the end, I came up with the idea for «Up For Pups,» an organization that delivers humane education presentations to schools and other organizations with a message for people to know where their new «best friends» are coming from and help support legislation to strengthen
dog breeding regulations and restrict the
sale of companion animals in pet
stores nationwide.
After lobbying by RAPS, Richmond became the first municipality to introduce a Spay and Neuter Bylaw for cats, and to ban the
sale of puppies and
dogs in pet
stores.
When you enter a local pet
store anticipating to meet a new friend who will live, from now on, a happy life with his new family, you should know that there is a 90 % chance that the
dog was bred mainly for
sale — to you directly or indirectly through a pet
store.
Barkworks also closed four of the
stores, and its remaining two
stores will likely close by January 1, 2019, when California's law banning the
sale of
dogs from commercial breeders comes into effect.
With the rise of pet adoptions and rescue options, today there are fewer
dogs for
sale in major U.S. pet
stores.
The ordinances prohibited the
sale of commercially bred
dogs, cats, and rabbits to make way for rescue animals in pet
stores.
Barkworks has closed four of the
stores, and its remaining two
stores will likely close by January 1, 2019, when California's law banning the
sale of
dogs from commercial breeders comes into effect.
On April 24, Governor Hogan signed a new law that will protect pets and consumers by banning the
sale of
dogs and cats in Maryland's pet
stores.
In 2014, he supported legislation to prohibit pet
stores from selling
dogs who come from commercial breeders known as «puppy mills» — large facilities that mass - produce animals for
sale.
Camden County in New Jersey adopted a resolution on Thursday September 17 to ban
sales of
dogs and cats at pet
stores, unless those animals are from hobby breeders or...
Several
dog food companies now offer gluten free
dog food (Nutro Ultra, several formulas from Honest Kitchen, several varieties of Hill's Ideal Balance, and a few others) so you will probably be seeing these foods for
sale in pet
stores and online.
In August, a federal court in Phoenix rejected a pet
store's challenge to that city's ordinance banning the
sale of commercially - bred
dogs.
With the vast majority of pet
store puppies coming from puppy mills, over 200 jurisdictions across the U.S. and Canada have enacted ordinances banning the retail
sale of commercially bred
dogs and cats.
There's a proposal to prevent communities in Illinois from limiting pet
store sales of
dogs and cats in the future...
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.
Puppy mills are funded by the
sale of
dogs in pet
stores, so once the funds run out, they not longer have a reason to exist.
Dogs and cats sold by New York City pet
stores must be microchipped and spayed / neutered prior to
sale and can be sourced only from breeders holding a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) «class A» license.
Because of the growth in online
sales of animals, particularly
dogs, many operators of inhumane commercial breeding facilities, or puppy mills, transport
dogs to pet
stores and to new parents via airplanes.
You may easily find the varieties of
dog runs for
sale with the famous pet
stores.
«Ottawa citizens showed tremendous support for this by - law, and we welcome the decision by the Ottawa City Council to restrict the
sale of commercially bred
dogs and cats in pet
stores.
The planned ordinance states that «no pet
store may display, sell, trade, deliver, barter, lease, rent, auction, give away, transfer, offer for
sale or transfer, or otherwise dispose of
dogs or cats in Lake Worth».
The Ottawa City Council adopted a by - law that restricts the
sale of commercially bred cats and
dogs in pet
stores, requiring new pet
stores to offer only cats and
dogs from legitimate shelters, humane societies or rescues organizations; all
stores will also have to include a 48 hours return policy, as well as provide a certificate that indicates the source of the pet that is being sold.
Blasko says Hunte continued to send sick
dogs to for
sale in Blasko's
store.
As the Humane Society of the United States continues to release details from its investigation into Petland's
sales of puppy mill
dogs, more franchisees of the pet
store chain have lined up to bring suit against the company.
Just last week, the governor of Illinois, Pat Quinn, helped introduce a bill to prohibit the
sale of puppy mill
dogs in pet
stores.
Pet
stores, even though they may not legally exist, would also be required to post and maintain, in a conspicuous place, on or within three feet of each animal's kennel, cage or enclosure, a certificate of source of each
dog or cat offered for
sale or transfer.
When Illinois voted to ban the
sale of puppy mill
dogs in retail
stores, Lucas fought the ban.
These animals are trapped in inhumane conditions; it doesn't take five years for established pet
stores to stop the
sale of commercially bred
dogs and cats.
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The Los Angeles City Council has asked the city attorney to study the issue of banning the
sale of
dogs, cats and rabbits in pet
stores.
In 2011, Fountain City Council members passed a ban on the
sale of cats and
dogs at pet
stores and public places.
The
sale of
dogs, cats and rabbits will soon be banned at retail
stores in San Diego, making it the 32nd city in North America to enact legislation in response to criticism of how animals are treated in commercial breeding facilities.
Jupiter, North Palm Beach, Lake Worth, Wellington and Greenacres have banned the
sale of cats and
dogs by
stores, but the bans are preemptive, meant to block
stores from opening a business there.
Humane Canada condemns puppy mills (see definition) and opposes the
sale of cats and
dogs in markets or pet
stores other than satellite adoption centres and also disapproves of large - scale commercial breeders and «backyard breeders».
«We have several freezers in our
store with many neatly displayed brands of frozen raw food, but the best way we promote raw
dog food is by utilizing our
sales associates and making sure they are well educated on the products we sell,» said Carol A. Lundquist, DVM, co-owner of Hungry Like the Woof in Warrenton, Va..