Sentences with phrase «unlicensed breeders»

This holiday season, and every day after, the citizens of our country need to end the demand for puppy stores by stopping purchases from unlicensed breeders by choosing to adopt, not shop.

In a continued effort, in 2009, Missouri once again took the lead in cracking down on unlicensed breeders with the launch of Operation Bark Alert.

These numbers only account for licensed breeders — there are many unlicensed breeders operating in Illinois

It finds that 88 % of puppies are produced by unlicensed breeders and recommends lowering the licensing threshold to two litters.

Missouri, which has come under fire for being the «puppy mill» capital of America, recently initiated Operation Bark Alert, allowing people to report unlicensed breeders directly to Hagler by e-mail.

The internet then changed our shopping habits; small time unlicensed breeders now sold puppies across state lines in increasing numbers.

Pinkleton, defending her group's decision not to seek a veto, said the new law does contain something else that may help save animals in the long run: a committee to study the breeding of pets by licensed and unlicensed breeders in Arizona and elsewhere.

Unlicensed breeders represent a financial challenge to Oklahoma as well.

If the breeder is licensed to sell online or to pet stores the USDA's Animal Welfare Act dictates that the cages must only be 6 inches taller than the animal's head, but unlicensed breeders typically do not even abide to this meager standard.

Litters of pups have to be advertised; it is easy to find and control unlicensed breeders.

To name one current example, the USDA has cited an Ohio broker licensed to sell to pet stores, who bought dozens of puppies from three different unlicensed breeders.

House Bill 144 is being presented as a consumer protection bill but it would make it possible for retail pet stores to continue to obtain their dogs and cats from out - of - state unlicensed breeders and puppy mills.

22 - Feb - 2010 Procurement: This broker using certificates of exemption when acquiring puppies from unlicensed breeders.

Unfortunately, this is the case with many unlicensed breeders, who are eager to sell pedigree puppies to unwitting owners.

Under this, individuals can report unlicensed breeders to the state.

Purebred animals make up 25 % of shelter animals, so why adopt from an unlicensed breeder or puppy mill?

It also spells out that cities and counties can go after pet stores who sells a dog or cat that they knowingly or should have known came from an unlicensed breeder or a breeder with multiple violations of USDA regulations.

UNLICENSED BREEDERS: When asked about the stores breeders, Donna Corbett the owner, stated everyone that she buys from is USDA licensed.

But because of the ease of selling puppies online they dropped their USDA license and are now considered an unlicensed breeder.

She added that she hopes the move will help with the homeless pet population, but said she doesn't think it will do anything to stop puppy mills or unlicensed breeders from selling animals.

Puppy mills are illegal, unlicensed breeders — not the regulated, scrutinized breeders that sell to most pet stores.

The state claims that since January, it has transferred more than 1,300 abused and neglected dogs from unlicensed breeders to shelters such as the Humane Society of Missouri in St. Louis.

Children will learn about the dangers of puppy mills, and purchasing animals from unlicensed breeders.

Those numbers do not include the unlicensed breeders, which are suspected to be in the thousands and on the rise.

These unlicensed breeders are the ones responsible for inhumane conditions we're fighting against and they are the ones that need to be stopped.

A fall of 2007, investigation by the Tulsa World revealed that unlicensed breeders sell often sick puppies over the internet, newspapers and streets.