Posted in Cats, adoption, animal rescue, dogs, tagged adoptable, adoption, animal rescue, animal shelters, animals, Berks, Berks County, Cats, Cumru Township, dogs, gerbils, goats, homeless, homeless pets, horses, kittens, Mohnton, Pennsylvania, pet adoption, pets, puppies, puppy, rabbits, Reading on September 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
More lovable adoptables in Pennsylvania! These beautiful creatures are currently awaiting their forever homes at the Animal Rescue League of Berks County in Mohnton, PA. The shelter is located just off Route 724 near Route 176 in Cumru Township. Staff can be reached at 610-373-8830.
Shelter hours:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.
Wednesday
5 p. m. to [...]
Posted in Animal abuse, News and current events, dogs, tagged Animal abuse, animal cruelty, animal rescue, animal shelters, animals, bill 2525, commercial breeder, commercial breeding, commercial kennel, dogs, Folmer, Harrisburg, house bill 2525, humane, Pennsylvania, pets, puppies, puppy, puppy mill, puppymill, Senator Folmer on September 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Puppy mill bill to be voted next week
Thank you for your advocacy and efforts to change Pennsylvania law to improve the treatment and living conditions of dogs in our state’s large-scale breeding kennels.
After hearing from you and many others, House Democrats spent the majority of the summer attempting to bring more lawmakers and [...]
Posted in Animal abuse, News and current events, adoption, dogs, tagged Animal abuse, animal cruelty, animal shelters, animals, Berks County, Bowers Rd, breeder, breeding, Burkholder Farm Kennel, commercial breeder, commercial breeding, commercial kennel, dog, dog breeder, dog breeding, dog warden, dogs | Tagged Aaron Burkholder, factory-style breeding, HSBC, Humane Society, Humane Society of Berks County, kennel license, maxatawny township, neuter, News and current events, pet overpopulation, pet store, pets, puppies, puppy, puppy mills, puppymills, reputable breeder, reputable breeding, responsible breeder, responsible breeding, spay on September 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Aaron Burkholder’s kennel license, the permit that allows him to commercially breed dogs at Burkholder Farm Kennel, has been revoked. This action was taken by the state after Burkholder was charged with 9 counts of animal cruelty for failure to properly care for dogs and puppies in his operation. (View the full story in yesterday’s [...]
Posted in Animal abuse, News and current events, dogs, tagged pets, breeding, animals, animal cruelty, commercial breeder, Berks County, maxatawny township, puppies, puppy, puppymills, commercial breeding, factory-style breeding, puppy mills, dog, Animal abuse, Burkholder Farm Kennel, commercial kennel, breeder, pet store, Humane Society of Berks County, Humane Society, HSBC, Aaron Burkholder, Bowers Rd, dog warden on September 4, 2008 | 5 Comments »
View the WFMZ 69 News video here.
View the Reading Eagle article here.
In just one more case to show that animal cruelty is endemic in the commercial breeding industry, the Humane Society of Berks County has seized 9 dogs out of 111 from another Maxatawny Township commercial breeder. Kennel owner Aaron Burkholder was breeding dogs legally with [...]
