breeder
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A longtime pet breeder, Matson moved to Newberry Springs about nine years ago to raise ostriches and other exotic animals, selling their chicks and eggs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
It’s her fourth time participating, and last year she secured second place, losing to a 2-year-old hairless Frenchie and English bulldog mix named Petunia who had been rescued from a backyard breeder in Las Vegas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Judi Elford, a breeder who runs Vanderbilt Samoyeds in Ontario, said she did not sell Swift and Kelce their puppy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
More than 100,000 contraband cockroaches were found in a raid on a commercial breeder in the town of Bathurst, west of Sydney, Australia's environment department said on Friday.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
After spending a petless year with only one child still living at home, my parents visited a breeder and returned with a Great Dane they named Melina.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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Though the Womacks come from a line of West Virginian horse breeders, there was nothing Americana about the childhoods of BG, Zeimani and Kucha.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
"Because of the increase in the population, people are now very disturbed. Damage is being done to farmers, livestock breeders and beekeepers," he said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
“I don’t think they bring something new in breeding,” said Joris de Brabander, one of Europe’s most successful breeders of show-jumping horses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
The charity said cases of large numbers of animals being kept at one address could be linked to mental health struggles, the cost of living crisis, or breeders operating with poor practices.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026
He looked at dog breeders, who created new breeds by selecting for traits they wanted.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
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