Articles: Puppy Mill Project
Pasco County, Florida Added to the List of Counties Banning Pet Store Sales
cats, dogs, Human Animal Bond Association, pets, Puppy Mill, Puppy Mill Project, Puppy Mills, Steve Dale, veterinary health
Retail sales of cats and dogs is now prohibited in Pasco County, FL after the Board of County Commissioners voted 5-0 to ban the practice. Pasco County, in West Central Florida, includes Dade City, Dade City North New Port Richey, North, Port Richey, Odessa, Pasco, Trinity and Wesley Chapel. Passing the ordinance, which was proposed…
Dr. Dana Varble on Pet Store Sales, Veterinary Visits and Identifying Pain in Cats on WGN Radio
cats, dogs, puppies, Puppy Mill, Puppy Mill Project, Puppy Mills, Steve Dale, veterinary health, Winn Feline Foundation
Listen HERE on my WGN radio Steve Dale’s Pet World radio show to North American Veterinary Community Chief Veterinary Officer Dr. Dana Varble as we discuss her views of pet stores sales, selling dogs, cats and rabbits. Dr. Varble agrees that no responsible breeder or source ever sells to pet stores, but puppy mills (and their…
From Pet Stores to Enjoying Downtown Chicago with Alderman Hopkins on WGN Radio
pet store, politics, Puppy Mill Project, Puppy Mills, Steve Dale, WGN Radio
Filling in for Anna Davlantes on WGN Radio you can hear listen HERE my first question out of the box for Alderman Brian Hopkins, 2nd Ward. What happened to that bill which would have closed the loophole preventing just a few stores to continue to evade the law and sell puppies in Chicago? Hopkins said (as…
New York Assembly Member and New Jersey Veterinarian Behind No Dogs, Cats or Rabbits Sold at Pet Stores
cats, dogs, pet store, puppies, Puppy Mill, Puppy Mill Project, Puppy Mills, Steve Dale, WGN Radio
Following New York Assembly Member Linda Rosenthal’s support of that state being the first to ban declaw of cats, New York is now on its way to next state-wide ban sales of dogs, cats and rabbits at pet stores. Listen HERE to Rosenthal on WGN Radio explaining on Steve Dale’s Pet World her support of the…
New York Moves to Ban Sales of Dogs, Cats, Rabbits Sold at Pet Stores
dog behavior, Featured, pet store, Puppy Mill, Puppy Mill Project, Steve Dale, veterinary health
California, Maryland and Maine have banned the sales of dogs, cats, rabbits at pet stores and New York State appears set to follow. On July 21, the New York State Senate voted 48 to 12 to stop the selling dogs, cats and rabbits at retail brick and mortar pet stores. In New York they are…
Finally Chicago Closing a Loophole so No Dogs, Cats or Rabbits are Sold at Pet Stores; Also Enriching Cat Lives
cat behavior, cat training, cats, Decoding Your Cat, Decoding Your Dog, pet store, Puppy Mill, Puppy Mill Project, Steve Dale, veterinary health, veterinary technician, WGN Radio
Because of puppy mills, over 355 cities and many counties have now banned the sales of dogs and cats (and also rabbits in some cities) at pet stores. Cari Meyers, founder of the Puppy Mill Project and Illinois Director of the Humane Society of the United States Marc Ayers join me HERE on my Steve…
Help Support Banning Sales of Dogs, Cats, Rabbits at Chicago Pet Stores
cats, dogs, pet store, puppies, Puppy Mill Project, Puppy Mills, Steve Dale, veterinary health
IF YOU ARE A CHICAGO RESIDENT, PLEASE CONTRACT YOUR ALDERMAN HERE And offer your support of the Ordinance 2020-2087 which will close the loophole to once and for all prevent dogs, cats, rabbits to be sold at pet stores. You can simply foreword this post with this letter signed by so many humane organizations to…
Chicago Shelter Scene Now; Decoding Your Cat and Veterinary Professionals Against Puppy Mills
American College of Veterinary Behaviorists, American Veterinary Medical Assocation, animal news, cat behavior, cat training, cats, Decoding Your Cat, Decoding Your Dog, dog behavior, dogs, pet adoption, pets, Puppy Mill Project, Steve Dale, veterinary health, veterinary technician, WGN Radio
Listen HERE to this week’s Steve Dale’s Pet World on WGN Radio show with Emily Klehm, CEO of South Suburban Humane Society describes not only what’s going on at her shelter but also talking about the overall Chicago shelter scene – and so far, so great. Adoptions and fosters remain way up. Klehm comments on…
Chicago Moves to Prevent Sales of Dogs, Cats and Rabbits at Pet Stores Once and For All
dog behavior, dogs, Human Animal Bond Association, pet store, puppies, Puppy Mill, Puppy Mill Project, Puppy Mills, Steve Dale, veterinary health
No wonder Chicago’s self-proclaimed “animal alderman” Raymond Lopez (15th ward) may have jumped to the defense of pet stores allegedly skirting the law to sell dogs in Chicago. One of the three pet stores still selling puppies is called Pocket Puppies, located at 2479 N. Clark Street in Chicago’s 43rd Ward. According to Reform for…
Hundreds of French Bulldogs Imported from Puppy Mill; Dozens Die
animal cruelty, animal hoarding, dogs, puppies, Puppy Mill, Puppy Mill Project, veterinary health
Puppy mills are found world wide. In the U.S. the outlet for the mills are dogs sold at pet stores and dogs (and sometimes, though rarely, even cats) sold online. Dogs are sometimes shipped en masse from Asia or Europe to the U.S. and Canada. Crammed together that’s how disease is so easily transmitted. There’s…
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