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Posts tagged "puppy mills"

Real Pet Lovers Don't Purchase Pets at the Pet Store

Real Pet Lovers Don't Purchase Pets at the Pet Store
I am a pet advocate – therefore I generally support pet stores. Of course, they’re great places to purchase toys, treats, food – even winter garments and stylish holiday sweaters. However, pet stores are not such a great place to purchase puppies or kittens.. . arguably the last place you want to get a puppy... Read more »
By Steve Dale,
November 21, 2011 at 10:09 am
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Join in Protest of Puppy Mills

Join in Protest of Puppy Mills
Saturday September 17 is National Puppy Mill Awareness Day. Despite the fact that we have laws (in Illinois and most states) which could shut down puppy mills, and heightened public awareness – commercial breeding facilities remain ubiquitous. And in some cases pet store owners themselves or people they know recklessly breed dogs. I don’t suspect... Read more »
By Steve Dale,
September 15, 2011 at 6:08 am
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Why Are Puppy Mills Allowed to Operate?

If puppy mills dogs are living in horrific conditions, conditions which are not anywhere nearly United States Department of Agriculture legal standards – how can these places operate? Federal investigators have uncovered grisly conditions at puppy mills where dogs were infested with ticks, living with gaping wounds and in pools of feces, according to a... Read more »
By Steve Dale,
May 26, 2010 at 10:55 am
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Chicago Tribune Story, Animal Activists Target Big Breeders, Puppy Mills

Kudos to Tribune reporters Lisa Black and Jeff Long for their coverage of the movement to do away with corporate breeders and puppy mills. Of course, doing away with puppy mills would be a very good thing. It boggles my mind as to how some puppy mills are now allowed to operate – it seems... Read more »
By Steve Dale,
March 6, 2010 at 11:42 am
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Cat Stuck in Wall, announcements from the Chicago Veterinary Medical Association and Miss Meowsky on Steve Dale's Pet World

I work a double shift tomorrow (Saturday, November 28) on WLS – Steve Dale’s Pet World, www.wlsam.com or 890 AM. At 6 am (cst) – listener Ann Bodman tells the amazing story of how she extricated her cat from between walls in her home (check out the gallery here). And Dr. Yuval Nir, president of... Read more »
By Steve Dale,
November 27, 2009 at 8:04 pm
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