breeding
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“Consumers who believed they were giving rescued dogs a home instead became unwitting financial supporters of the very breeding industry they sought to avoid,” the lawsuit said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
The council said once fully established, the Fairstead Recreation Ground meadow would provide food, shelter and breeding opportunities for numerous species.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
Meanwhile on the Calf of Man, controlling rats - referred to locally as "longtails" to avoid bad luck - has helped the Manx shearwater recover to about 1,500 breeding pairs.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
Their efforts have included selectively breeding corals that can withstand higher temperatures, raising young corals in nurseries to rebuild damaged reefs, and transferring communities of microorganisms between corals to improve their resilience.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
In conversation with a Daily Prophet reporter last month, he admitted breeding creatures he has dubbed “Blast-Ended Skrewts,” highly dangerous crosses between manti- cores and fire-crabs.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
Louise Leatherdale, owner and co-founder of Leatherdale Farms in Long Lake, Minn., which is considered among the best breeders of dressage horses, said she might charge as little as $2,000 for two breedings.
From New York Times ● May 4, 2018
From there, he landed a job selling stallion breedings for the famed Walmac Farm.
From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2015
In his new home, Yankee Gentleman quickly jumped from about 30 breedings to 94, at $5,000 per time.
From Time ● Apr. 28, 2010
If her breedings, her bitterness of spirit manifested themselves, it was in a fixed undertone of pessimism and in an occasional outburst of recklessness that bewildered her brother.
From Flowing Gold by Rex Ellingwood Beach
Why, then, these foreign thoughts of state-employments, Abhorrent to your function and your breedings?
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 by Sir Walter Scott
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