About Puppymills
Did you know that some of these beautiful dogs you have been viewing started their lives in a puppy mill or with a backyard breeder. These are the lucky ones because they are on their way to a loving family, but there are so many others out there, begging for help. You can help stop the vicious cycle so many of these poor dogs are in - DO NOT purchase a dog from a pet store, make sure you check out the breeder you are purchasing your pet from, meet the parent of your pup and make sure you ask questions of their overall health, if they have been genetically tested to prevent future health problems, such as luxating patellas, stenotic nares, etc.
DO THESE IMAGES DISTURB YOU? THERE'S MORE ....
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Over five hundred thousand puppies are born in puppy mills every single year.
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Female dogs are bred when they are just six months old and twice a year thereafter until their bodies wear out and they die at about four or five years old.
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The puppies born in mills often have diseases, genetic defects, and emotional problems.
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Many kennels do not have climate control. The dogs freeze in winter and swelter in summer, often dying from exposure. Puppies are known to have "cooked on the wires."
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Female dogs are bred so many time their internal organs grow together.
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Dogs suffer malnutrition so severe that their hair falls out.
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A combination of poor food, poor conditions and no veterinary care causes their teeth to rot at early ages. Often the dogs have such gum disease their jaws rot.
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Dogs often get their feet and legs caught in the wires of the cages and in the struggle to free themselves their feet or legs are ripped off.
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Dogs in mills are debarked by shoving a metal pipe down their throats to rupture their vocal cords.
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When dogs are used up, they are often shot, hit in the head with a rock or dumped.
The conditions in the mills are unrelentingly brutal and terrifying. Many dogs eventually lose their minds. Their eyes glaze over and they withdraw. Frequently they develop repetitive behaviors like licking, biting their fur and going round and round in circles.
The dogs never get out of the wire kennels. They never touch the ground. They never run in the grass. Dogs are often trapped in cages with aggressive dogs and have no way to escape. Their bodies are often covered with scars.
THESE DOGS HAVE COMMITTED NO CRIME. THEY ARE NO DIFFERENT THAN YOUR BELOVED PETS. THEY LONG TO BE FREE, SAFE, WARM, AND LOVED. INSTEAD THEY ARE IN MISERABLE PRISONS SUFFERING HORRORS INFLICTED BY HUMANS - ALL FOR GREED.
PLEASE HELP STOP THIS MASSIVE, HIDEOUS FORM OF BREEDING AND SELLING DOGS. HOW?
* ADOPT YOUR PET FROM A QUALITY, HUMANE BREEDER, A SHELTER OR A HUMANE
SOCIETY.
* PUT UP A BILLBOARD IN YOUR AREA ABOUT PUPPY MILLS.
* TELL EVERYONE YOU KNOW ABOUT PUPPY MILLS.
* WRITE A LETTER TO THE EDITOR OF YOUR LOCAL PAPER. CALL IN TO A TALK SHOW.
* WRITE YOUR STATE AND FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES AND ASK THEM TO PASS
STRONGER LAWS TO PROTECT DOGS.
* WRITE YOUR LOCAL OFFICIALS AND ASK FOR STRONGER ZONING ORDINANCES TO
STOP PUPPY MILL OPERATIONS.
