Puppy mills are breeding facilities that put maximizing profit ahead of animal welfare and mass-produce puppies for sale on the Internet, through ads, by brokers or at pet shops. Unsuspecting buyers contribute to the problem.
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About Puppy Mills in Canada
Animal protection groups believe that the vast majority of puppies sold in pet stores in Canada come from puppy mills.
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News
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February 11, 2013
HSI/Canada Applauds PJ’s Pets & Pets Unlimited for Signing the Puppy Friendly Pet Store Pledge
Canadian pet store chain PJ's Pets and Pets Unlimited signed the Puppy-Friendly Pet Store Pledge vowing to never sell puppies in the future.
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September 30, 2012
One Year Later: Puppy Mill Dogs
HSI/Canada, in partnership with the Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation du Québec and local law enforcement, rescued more than 500 dogs and puppies from a large-scale commercial breeding facility in Outaouais, Québec in September 2011. We checked in with the survivors one year later.
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September 19, 2012
HSI/Canada Celebrates New Signatories to the Puppy-Friendly Pet Store Pledge
Four new Canadian stores signed the Puppy-Friendly Pet Store Pledge.
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August 8, 2012
Les chiens secourus au Québec en chemin vers une vie meilleure
Après plus d’un mois de réadaptation, les 64 chiens secourus d'un commerce d’élevage au Québec étaient dans le processus d’être adoptés par des familles aimantes et permanentes.