SD Animal Defense Team: March 2013

March 31, 2013

TV Coverage San Diego Puppy March 30

Thanks to Channel 6 for your coverage of the Animal Defense Team April Fool Protest and Educational Outreach!!! Click the link above to watch.

March 28, 2013

Puppy mill protests continue | San Diego Reader

Puppy mill protests continue | San Diego Reader

Click to read today's article in The Reader about our upcoming protest!

March 25, 2013

March 13, 2013

Attention: veterinarians, pet stores, rescues, groomers, pet sitters, dog trainers, etc. Please help to stop inhumane and cruel industry of puppy mills. Endorsements are being gathered to show the City Council and the Mayor the support for an ordinance in the City of San Diego.

STOP PUPPY MILLS!

Please endorse the following ban on the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits in San Diego pet stores. Complete the form below and return it to the San Diego Animal Defense Team address below or email the requested information. If your organization can't endorse this but you personally can, check the line.

List any resources or actions you can offer to help pass this ordinance in 2013 (money, post flyers, speak at City Council meetings, etc.)

Please contact us for a draft of the ordinance or any questions.

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We are requesting the City of San Diego and Mayor Bob Filner to ban the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits in pet stores in the City of San Diego.

(PRINT CLEARLY)

Organization__________________________________________________________________________________________________

____This organization is listed solely to identify the person below.

Contact Person:________________________________________________________________________________________________

Contact Information (email, address phone):_______________________________________________________________________

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Resources:

Thank you!

The San Diego Animal Defense Team

http://www.sdanimaldefenseteam.blogspot.com

sd_adt@yahoo.com

San Diego Animal Defense Team

864 N. Second St. #114

El Cajon, CA 92021

Stand for the Ban!

STAND FOR THE BAN!

Who: The San Diego Animal Defense Team

and everyone who wants to stop the sale of puppy mill puppies!

Show your support for a San Diego ordinance to

ban the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits in city pet stores!

When: Sat., March 16, 2 - 4 PM

and

Sat., March 30, 2 - 4 PM

Where: San Diego Puppy

5825 Mission Gorge Rd. (2 blocks off I-8)

On March 30, we will also be performing special April Fool's street theater along Mission Gorge Rd. Don't miss it!

(Hint: who's the fool? His face will line the street!!!!)

The San Diego Animal Defense Team is continuing to use a dual approach to stop puppy mills. We are putting pressure on this last puppy mill store in the city with ongoing protests to raise public awareness of the link between pet stores and puppy mills. We have been there since they opened last May. At the same time, we working in a broad-based coalition with animal welfare groups, including the SD Humane Society, APRL, Best Friends Animal Society, In Defense Of Animals, Last Chance for Animals, and many rescue groups and veterinarians in San Diego. Our priority is to lobby the entire City Council for the final passage of an ordinance. San Diego can join the ranks of the 11 other California cities (including Los Angeles, thanks to Best Friends Animal Society) only if everyone works together for the best interests of the animals. Join us!!!

Thanks to all who have endorsed the ban! The City Council wants to know how much support there is in the community. It is not too late to add your group! The endorsement form is on our website or write to sd_adt@yahoo.com and ask for one!

http://www,sdanimaldefenseteam.blogspot.com

Endorsements are being added daily. This list does not include individual endorsements or those by non-animal related businesses. List to date:

2nd Chance Dachshund Rescue
A Cut Above Pet Grooming
A Faithful Companion Professional Pet Care
Animal Protection and Rescue League
Aussie Rescue of San Diego
Baja Animal Sanctuary
Barbara Darnell, DVM
Best Friends Animal Society
Cabrillo Pet Hospital
Carmel Mountain Ranch Veterinary Hospital
Chihuahua Rescue of San Diego
Clairemont Village Pet Clinic
Colleen's Custom Pet Photography
Courtney’s Furever Friends
Cutting Edge K9 Rehab
Dexter’s Deli
Dog Days San Diego
Dog Squad Rescue
Dog Walking by Paula
Double D Rescue Ranch-Heaven Can Wait, Inc.
East County Animal Rescue
Elizabeth Grey, DVM
Ferdinand's Familia
Fido & Co
Friends of Humane Society de Tijuana
Furry Friends Dog and Cat Grooming
Gary Weitzman, DVM
Holly's Garden Rescue
Howlistic - Healthy, Happy, Dogs & Cats
In Defense of Animals
Joe Rosenberg, DVM
Kept Pets
Labrador Rescuers of San Diego
Last Chance at Life-All Breed Rescue and Adoptions
Last Chance for Animals, San Diego
League of Humane Voters-California Chapter
Lifetime Animal Care Center
Muttropolis Pet Supply
Perry Diamond, DVM
Pet Me Please
Phillip Field, DVM
Positive Pet Professionals of San Diego
Russell Rescue
San Diego Animal Advocates
San Diego Animal Defense Team
San Diego Bulldog Rescue
San Diego House Rabbit Society
San Diego Humane Society
San Diego Last Chance Ranch
Saving Pets One at a Time
Shelter Island Veterinary Hospital
Spaw Day Mobile Grooming
Synergy Animal Rescue
The Purring Parrot
Urban Whiskers Grooming
Victoria Stilwell Positively Dog Training

March 02, 2013

BAS Loaded with Puppies! Can you help?

91 puppies need homes!

THERE ARE CURRENTLY 91 PUPPIES AT THE BAJA ANIMAL SANCTUARY
Should you be interested in adopting a BAS puppy,
please contact Judy Sobel at jas4bas@yahoo.com.

There will be a special "puppies only"
adoption event at the end of this month at the
Carmel Mountain PETCO on
Saturday, March 30th, 10am until the puppies are gone........AND THEY GO FAST!

http://www.bajaanimalsanctuary.org/

https://www.facebook.com/bajaanimalsanctuary

Baja Animal Sanctuary

P.O. Box 439060, PMB 626

San Diego, CA 92143-9060

Wall of Shame: These San Diego Stores Sell Puppies

The Animal Defense Team has targeted the stores listed in red with protests.

San Diego Puppy

5825 Mission Gorge Rd.

David Salinas is selling puppy mill puppies in this storefront and online.
His Horton Plaza kiosk was cancelled the day before our big protest there. Surprise! We are continuing to monitor Horton Plaza to be sure no other puppy stores open there. We have been protesting and doing educational outreach at this store since May, 2012. Please join us at our events.

Puppy Star's CLOSED MARCH 2012!!!

6167 Balboa Ave.

Clairemont

+ Naedeen's Puppies -- owned by Puppy Star's CLOSED MARCH 2012!!!

1021 S. Coast Highway

Oceanside

+ Pet Place -- owned by Puppy Star's CLOSED 2012!!!

6512 El Cajon Blvd.

San Diego

Lemon Grove Pets

7034 Broadway

Lemon Grove, CA 91945

619-460-1965

My Puppy Closed! This store has shut down. If you hear of it reopening in a different location, please let us know. 7770 Vickers St. Ste. 101, San Diego 92111

California Pets at North County Fair, Escondido

California Pets 2525 El Camino Real, Carlsbad (Plaza Camino Real)

Pet Works CLOSED DECEMBER 2010! Grossmont Center Shopping Mall, La Mesa

Fiesta Pet Shop 1145 Highland Ave., National City

Noy's Pet Shop 2550 Imperial Ave.

Pet Market 1536 Sweetwater Rd., National City

Puparazzi -- CLOSED SEPTEMBER, 2011!!! Woo Hoo! Mission Valley Shopping Center

Pups & Pets 50 Town Center Parkway Santee, CA

Please help us keep up-to-date on current stores selling puppies on San Diego County! Thanks

From Sourcewatch.com: USDA

USDA certified puppy mills There are only about a hundred USDA inspectors to monitor 10,000 facilities across the country, ranging from research labs to zoos. Furthermore, "standards" are abysmal. Federal guidelines allow a medium sized terrier to be kept in a cage the size of a clothes drier for its entire life. The federal Animal Welfare Act is hardly the gold standard for compassion. For example, the act does not say you cannot have 300 dogs confined to cages for their entire lives; never to be taken for a walk or receive any personal attention, let alone be a part of a family. A breeder passes USDA muster as long as the dog has food, water and enough space to turn around. USDA standards are very minimal. Adhering to them does not prove that a breeder is not a puppy mill. Even more so, since even these standards are often not enforced. Many licensed breeders for large chains like Petland, have significant violations. [12]

Prisoners of Greed Compassionate Vet Pledge

We are researching which San Diego County veterinarians partner with local puppy stores and will be posting them to this website soon. We will also present provide those vets with puppy mill information, ask them to reconsider their alignment with pet stores selling puppies, and give them the opportunity to sign the Compassionate Vet Pledge.

Compassionate Vet Pledge
Most dogs in puppy mills live their entire lives in wire bottom cages, they are bred when they are six months old, bred every time they come into season, never allowed out of the cage to exercise, not provided quality food or medical care, left outside in the winter and summer without heat or air-conditioning and killed when they do not produce. Certainly veterinarians who are dedicated to the care of animals would object to these practices.

The Federal Animal Welfare Act requires that a veterinarian prepare a vet plan. Without a plan, the kennel can not obtain a license from the United States Department of Agriculture. If every vet in this country, stood for compassion and refused to be the vet of record for a commercial kennel or a pet store that sells dogs/puppies, no commercial kennels could operate.

Download the USDA Policy on Vet Requirements

We are asking all vets to sign the Pledge of Compassion. Every vet who signs the Pledge will receive a framed Certificate of Compassion to hang in their office. The vets will also be featured on this website and recommended as Compassionate Vets. Clients can then determine whether their vet is a Compassionate Vet who will stand up against the misery created in commercial kennels.

Print the pledge and take it to your vet. Have them sign it. Send us a copy and also send it to the Coalition Against Misery Box 343 Pocopson, PA 19366. They will send them the framed certificate and some Prisoners of Greed brochures to display in their office.

Will your vet stand up for the dogs?

Download the Pledge

What is a Puppy Mill?

The term is used by Humane Societies, the ASPCA and the community to indicate USDA kennels that commercially raise wholesale dogs with profit instead of the welfare of the animals as their primary objective. The dogs are farmed as a cash crop.

Animal Planet says it's now a one billion dollar industry with brokers, breeders and pet stores getting rich off of the unbelievable suffering of the dogs in the breeding mills. Under the USDA standard of care, the breeding dogs -- the mothers of the puppies -- NEVER get out of their cages, are housed in wire crates, often stacked so that the dogs on the bottom tier live in terrible stench and filth with no human contact, and receive only enough food and water to be kept alive. YES THIS IS LEGAL, BUT THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT HUMANE.

The HSUS: "The kennel conditions in which puppies are bred and raised are deliberately kept from consumers."

Missouri Puppy Mill Bust/Support Prop B!

71 Dogs Removed from Missouri Puppy Mill; Help Support Prop. B!

On September 21, the ASPCA Field Investigations and Response Team in conjunction with the Humane Society of Missouri (HSMO) removed 71 dogs from an overrun puppy mill in Camden County, MO. The dogs—who include Dachshunds, Maltese, Shih Tzus, Lhasa Apsos, Huskies and Boxers—were transferred to the Humane Society of Southwest Missouri in Springfield and HSMO in St. Louis, where they received medical treatment and will be cared for until they’re ready for adoption.
“This case was unique in that the dogs were voluntarily relinquished by the kennel owner who could no longer afford to feed them,” explains Tim Rickey, ASPCA Senior Director of Field Investigations and Response. Last week the mill owner contacted a local rescue group, Half-way Home Pet Rescue in Cedar County, for help, and Half-way Home then reached out to the ASPCA.
“When breeders are no longer able to care for their animals, the problem lands squarely on the shoulders of local shelters,” says Half-way Home’s Latisha Duffy, who works closely with breeders in Missouri to find homes for retired breeding dogs.
Known as the “Puppy Mill Capital of America,” Missouri is home to more than 3,000 commercial dog breeding facilities and supplies more than 40 percent of all dogs sold in pet stores nationwide. “We see some of the worst conditions in Missouri puppy mills,” explains Rickey. “The dogs, often very ill, are forced to live in overcrowded, filthy conditions.”
In an effort to end the many cruelties associated with puppy mills, the ASPCA, a founding member of Missourians for the Protection of Dogs/YES! on Prop. B, is supporting Proposition B, also known as the Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act. This landmark measure, which will appear on the state’s November ballot, promotes the humane treatment of dogs in Missouri’s large-scale commercial breeding kennels. If passed, Prop B would limit the number of breeding dogs to 50 per facility, and would require large-scale breeders to sufficient food, water and space for the animals under their care.
To learn how to extend your support for Proposition B, please visit our Puppy Mill section on ASPCA.org.

The Truth About Horse Racing

Last year's shameful death list of horses who died racing at Del Mar:

Mr. Napper Tandy
Pocosin's Game Boy
I Want My Money
Mi Rey
Sovine
Peanut Ridge
Maggie and Hopie
Insider
Mad for Plaid
Pauper's Prize
Zetta's Corridor
Endless Moon
Madame Kiawah

Last year (2009) 230 horses died at California race tracks, including the 13 at Del Mar. The evidence is clear: the industry is breeding speed over soundness. Horse's bones, tendons and ligaments cannot hold up to the extreme punishment of racing and horses are paying for it with their lives.

The Animal Defense Team doesn't think this qualifies as either "sport" or entertainment. Do you?

Horses are being trained and raced as two-year-olds, before they are fully mature. Drugs mask problems like pain and bleeding into the lungs, pushing them beyond their physical limits. Lasix, phenylbutazme and corticosteroids are legally used across the country. Drugs keep horses on the racetrack even when they shouldn't be racing.

Losers or injured horses are quickly discarded and sent to the slaughterhouses in Mexico and Canada. Since 1980, the Equine Protection Network states more than 4 million horses have been barbarically slaughtered. The Humane Society of the US estimates at least 11,000 a year.

Racehorses are the victims of an industry based on greed, drugging, deception and death.
Del Mar. CRUEL AS EVER.

PET STORE DOUBLESPEAK

They say: "Our puppies come from breeders, not puppy mills." The word "breeder" isn't an exclusive term. Anyone who produces puppies is technically a breeder. A responsible breeder would never sell her puppies to a pet store.
They say: "All our puppies come from USDA facilities, so we know they are not from puppy mills." Being USDA licensed doesn't mean that the business is not a puppy mill. There are hundreds of USDA-licensed puppy mills in operation that have long lists of violations and problems. A USDA license is required for anyone who is a commercial breeder producing dogs for wholesale.
They say: "We only deal with breeders we know." The store's definition of "knowing" a breeder often just means that they have been receiving shipments of puppies from the same place repeatedly, not that anyone from the store has ever visited the breeder's facility or inspected their records.
They say: "Our puppies come with a health certificate from a licensed veterinarian." A health certificate only means that the puppy has had a brief "wellness" exam by a vet. This exam doesn't include testing for genetic disorders, or testing for diseases such as Giardia and Brucellosis, both of which are contagious to humans and are frequently seen in puppy mill pups.

Congratulations! These Stores Have Signed A Puppy Friendly Pet Store Pledge

Pet Stop, 7490 La Jolla Blvd., La Jolla
Noah's Natural Pet Market,4431CassSt.,PB
San Diego Pet Supply, 1490 Island Ave., SD

SD Animal Defense Team

March 31, 2013

TV Coverage San Diego Puppy March 30

March 28, 2013

Puppy mill protests continue | San Diego Reader

March 25, 2013

PETA Puppy Mill Investigation

March 18, 2013

Stand for the BAN! March 16, 2013

Stand for the BAN! March 16, 2013

March 13, 2013

ENDORSEMENT FORM!

Stand for the Ban!

March 02, 2013

BAS Loaded with Puppies! Can you help?

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