California Governor Gavin Newsom signed two animal welfare bills into law this month. Both are designed to protect the welfare of the state’s dogs, cats, and other companion animals. The laws were signed on September 19th, in recognition of Puppy Mill Awareness Day. AB 2152, sponsored...
The Humane Society of the United States recently published the 2020 edition of its annual “Horrible Hundred” puppy mill report. This report documents problematic puppy breeding and/or puppy brokerage operations in the US. You can download and read a pdf copy of the full report HERE. ...
Animal advocates have been warning potential dog owners to avoid getting puppies from retail pet stores because they come from large scale, for profit breeding operations known as puppy mills. Now there’s another reason to say no to pet store puppies. A report on the American Veterinarian...
A recent blog post by the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) highlights the leading role that cities and counties across the U.S. are taking to ban puppy mills—despite opposition at the state and federal levels. While many local jurisdictions are banning the sale of pet store...
An impulse purchase of a puppy as a Christmas present helps keep puppy mills in business, warns a recent editorial in USA Today. Buying a puppy from a brick and mortar pet store or via an online ad provides support for an industry that inhumanely breeds,...