Being with inner theatre park keeper and pet restricted says housing, or veterinary care, the breeders, brokers, and pet shops ensure maximum profits. breeding occurs on a smaller scale, but under similar conditions. The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that 25 percent of the 3 federally licensed breeding kennels have substandard conditions. The USDA is supposed to monitor and inspect the kennels to make sure they are not violating the housing standards of the Animal Welfare Act, but kennel inspections take low priority at the USDA and the kennels are not regularly inspected. Even when violations are found, kennel operators are rarely fined, much less shut down. Persistent offenders often refuse the Animal and Plant Inspection Service personnel access to their facilities to conduct inspections. its 1993 Animal Welfare Report to Congress, APHIS reported that inspectors were denied entry on 2 inspections, yet these kennels remained licensed by APHIS. one case APHIS inspectors left blank inspection forms to be filled out by the dealer himself a self inspection. Puppy mills are rarely monitored by state governments. Due to adverse publicity about puppy mills Kansas, which number about 2, the Kansas legislature enacted a law on July 1, that requires registration and semi-annual inspections of all commercial breeders and kennels to ensure that dogs used for breeding have proper shelter, food, and veterinary care. However, this law, like those of other states, has proved woefully inadequate. Dogs from puppy mills are bred for quantity, not quality, causing unmonitored genetic defects and personality disorders to be passed on from generation to generation. The result is high veterinary bills for the people who buy such dogs, and the possibility that unsociable or maladjusted dogs be disposed of when their owners can't deal with their problems. Most private breeders not sell dogs to pet shops because the care the animals receive is often little better than the conditions puppy mills. Dogs kept small cages without exercise, or human contact develop undesirable behaviors and become destructive or unsociable or bark excessively. Also, unlike humane societies and shelters, most pet shops do not inspect the future homes of the dogs they sell. They also dispose of unsold animals whatever manner they fit, and allegations of cruel killing methods abound. Poor enforcement of humane laws allows badly run pet shops to continue selling sick, unfit animals, although humane societies and police departments sometimes succeed closing down pet shops where severe abuse is uncovered. today's society, where unwanted dogs and cats are killed by the millions every year animal shelters, there is simply no reason for animals to be bred and sold for the pet shop trade. Without pet shops, the financial incentive for puppy mills would disappear. People looking for companion animals should go to animal shelters or breed rescue clubs. Although animals sold by local breeders escape of the early miseries that dogs suffer at puppy mills, they are subject to the same physical problems caused by inbreeding--such as hip dysplasia--that animals from pet stores often exhibit, and they also contribute to the overpopulation of companion animals with its attendant suffering. Only when people refuse to support pet shops, puppy mills, and breeders this chain of misery be broken. Some 5 million family pets are reported missing annually. Based on pet theft reports filed with Action 81, Inc., Defense of Animals, and others, it is conservatively estimated that approximately 1 to 2 million of these missing family pets are taken forcibly, or by deception, through -called Free to Good Home ads. Dogs and cats are sold to different clients for uses, including dog-fighting rings as fighters or as bait, to puppy mills for breeding, as meat for human consumption, as prey for exotic animals, as fur for clothing or accessories, as protective guard dogs, or for cult rituals. However, the most consistent and highest-paying client is often the research industry. Hundreds of thousands of cats and dogs are used as laboratory subjects universities and testing and research institutions every year. Research institutions prefer to experiment on animals that are accustomed to humans, as they tend to be docile and much easier to handle. Some pounds, shelters and humane societies sell surplus dogs and cats to Class B dealers and or research facilities--a practice commonly called pound seizure. To date, only 13 states have outlawed pound seizure. They are: Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and West those states where pound seizure has not been banned, it is up to each city or county to decide whether or not to allow or mandate Pound Seizure. Whether or not