OUR MISSION STATEMENT:
Our primary goal is to ban the retail sale of cats, dogs and rabbits in pet stores, while also encouraging people to Adopt: "Don't Breed or Buy - While Shelter Pets DIE!"
Most animals sold in pet stores are obtained from large-scale commercial breeding facilities, AKA Puppy Mills, where animals live in deplorable conditions. Often these animals spend their entire lives inside metal cages where they are bred over and over again until they are no longer cable of reproducing. Profit is given the priority over the welfare of the animals. Unfortunately, these facilities are legal. Puppy mills are regulated and are licensed by the United States Dept. of Agriculture (USDA).
Every year, 6 – 8 million animals are killed in our shelters, simply because there are not enough homes for them. Puppy mills are directly contributing to this pet overpopulation problem, causing the death of many of these innocent animals. There are more than 10,000 puppy mills in the US. This does NOT even take into account the Back Yard Breeders that are under the USDA Radar and NOT even counted. They often times sell to Retail Pet Stores and the animals are NOT kept as Pets and Companion Animals are are rarely given love and treated as dogs. They like Commercial Breeders are in it strictly for the money, these Back Yard Breeder WE consider to be Puppy Mills also. The key ingredient to defining what a Puppy Mill is? Lack of Love, Companion Animals Bred solely for profit and Greed, regardless of size.
SO CAL COMPANION ANIMAL DEFENDERS is a volunteer-based, self-funded, organization committed to making changes to our companion animal laws. Companion animals are not livestock and should not be treated as such. It should be illegal for pet shops to sell dogs, cats and rabbits unless those animals are obtained from an animal shelter, humane society or a 501(c)(3) rescue organization.
(Added 08/3016): It should also be Illegal to sell Companion Animals On-Line "Sight Unseen" - meaning without the buyer visually seeing the animal first and interacting with it in person. Buyers should be required to meet the new addition to their family first and at the very least the animals mother. They should see how the animal was raised for the first few months of it life.
Most animals sold in pet stores are obtained from large-scale commercial breeding facilities, AKA Puppy Mills, where animals live in deplorable conditions. Often these animals spend their entire lives inside metal cages where they are bred over and over again until they are no longer cable of reproducing. Profit is given the priority over the welfare of the animals. Unfortunately, these facilities are legal. Puppy mills are regulated and are licensed by the United States Dept. of Agriculture (USDA).
Every year, 6 – 8 million animals are killed in our shelters, simply because there are not enough homes for them. Puppy mills are directly contributing to this pet overpopulation problem, causing the death of many of these innocent animals. There are more than 10,000 puppy mills in the US. This does NOT even take into account the Back Yard Breeders that are under the USDA Radar and NOT even counted. They often times sell to Retail Pet Stores and the animals are NOT kept as Pets and Companion Animals are are rarely given love and treated as dogs. They like Commercial Breeders are in it strictly for the money, these Back Yard Breeder WE consider to be Puppy Mills also. The key ingredient to defining what a Puppy Mill is? Lack of Love, Companion Animals Bred solely for profit and Greed, regardless of size.
SO CAL COMPANION ANIMAL DEFENDERS is a volunteer-based, self-funded, organization committed to making changes to our companion animal laws. Companion animals are not livestock and should not be treated as such. It should be illegal for pet shops to sell dogs, cats and rabbits unless those animals are obtained from an animal shelter, humane society or a 501(c)(3) rescue organization.
(Added 08/3016): It should also be Illegal to sell Companion Animals On-Line "Sight Unseen" - meaning without the buyer visually seeing the animal first and interacting with it in person. Buyers should be required to meet the new addition to their family first and at the very least the animals mother. They should see how the animal was raised for the first few months of it life.