We need all breeders to be licensed through the State to help control populaiton and sloppy breeding.

This will stop slopping breeding and pupy mills. It will also monitor how many breeders we have in the State. It is important to also control how many they can breed at one time. Most professional breeders are selective when they breed. This will also bring the cost up making it a true profession. People with LOW income won't go out and buy dogs they can't afford. Puppy Mills pop up all over the State and we need to clear them out. These puppies and dogs are Poorly cared for. PLEASE CHANGE THE LAW. MAKE BREEDERS GO THROUGH THE STATE AND BE APPROVED FOR BREEDING.  THEY WOULD ALSO THEN BE FORCED TO REPORT THE TAXES..WHICH MOST DO NOT.

Animals in puppy mills are treated like cash crops

• They are confined to squalid, overcrowded cages with minimal shelter from extreme weather and no choice but to sit and sleep in their own excrement.
• Animals suffer from malnutrition or starvation due to inadequate or unsanitary food and water.
• Sick or dying animals receive little or no veterinary care.
• Adult animals are continuously bred until they can no longer produce, then destroyed or discarded.
• Kittens and puppies are taken from their mothers at such an early age; many suffer from serious behavior problems.

FACTS:

1. 5 to 7 million companion animals enter animal shelters nationwide every year.
    
2. 3 to 4 million dogs and cats are killed every year because shelters are too full and there aren’t enough adoptive homes.
    
3. Homeless animals outnumber homeless people 5 to 1.
    
4. Only 1 out of every 10 dogs born will find a permanent home.
    
5. The main reasons animals are in shelters: owners give them up, or animal control finds them on the street.
    
6. According to the National Council on Pet Population Study and Policy (NCPPSP), less than 2 percent of cats and only 15 to 20 percent of dogs are returned to their owners.
    
7. 25 percent of dogs that enter local shelters are purebred.
    
8. Over 20 percent of people who leave dogs in shelters adopted them from a shelter.
    
9. It’s impossible to determine how many stray dogs and cats live in the U.S. Estimates for cats alone range up to 70 million.
    
10. Only 10 percent of the animals received by shelters have been spayed or neutered. Overpopulation, due to owners letting their pets accidentally or intentionally reproduce, sees millions of these “excess” animals killed annually.
     
11. Many strays are lost pets that were not kept properly indoors or provided with identification.
12. UNITED STATES FACTS & FIGURES • Number of cats and dogs born every day in the U.S.: 70,000 (nearly 3,000 born every hour or 50 born every minute) 
    
    • Number of stray cats and dogs living in the U.S.: 70 million
    
    • Number of animals in the U.S. that die each year from cruelty, neglect, and exploitation: 30 million
    
    • Number of animal shelters in the U.S.: 4,000 – 6,000
    
    • Number of cats and dogs entering U.S. shelters each year: 6 – 8 million
    
    • Number of cats and dogs euthanized by U.S. shelters each year: 3 – 4 million (nearly 10,000 animals killed every day)
    
    • Number of cats and dogs adopted by U.S. shelters each year: 3 – 4 million
    
    • Number of cats and dogs reclaimed by owners from U. S. shelters each year: 600,000-750,000 (10% of total entering shelters – 15–30% of dogs and 2–5% of cats)
    
    • Yearly cost to U.S. taxpayers to impound, shelter, euthanize, and dispose of homeless animals: $2 billion
    
    • Percentage of dogs in U.S. shelters which are purebred: 25 – 30 %
    
    • Average age of animals entering U.S. shelters: under 18 months old 
    
    • Percentage of animals entering U.S. shelters that are healthy and adoptable: 90% 
    
    • Percentage of owned dogs that were adopted from an animal shelter: 18%
    
    • Percentage of owned cats that were adopted from an animal shelter: 16% 
    
    • Percentage of animals entering animal shelters by animal control authorities: 42.5%
    
    • Percentage of animals entering animal shelters that were surrendered by their owners: 30% 
    
    • Percentage of people who acquire animals that end up giving them away, abandoning them, or taking them to shelters: 70%
    
    • Percentage of animals surrendered to an animal shelter that were originally adopted from an animal shelter: 20% 
    
    • Percentage of animals received by animal shelters that have been spayed or neutered: 10%
14. http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/01/11/gov-cuomo-signs-law-authorizing-tighter-regulations-on-local-pet-dealers/