Not a happy place.
Misery and disgrace.
Causing pain,
all in vain,
stop these mills,
there are no thrills,
only chills........
Causing pain,
all in vain,
stop these mills,
there are no thrills,
only chills........
Puppymills - A National Disgrace
Hundreds of thousands of puppies are raised each year in commercial kennels.
Puppy mills are noted by their inhumane conditions and the constant breeding of unhealthy and genetically defective dogs solely for profit.
Very often the dogs in puppymills are covered with matted, filthy hair, their teeth are rotting and their eyes have ulcers. They are covered in feces, urine, and sometimes their pads burn off from so much filth eating away at their flesh. They have nails that curve into the pads, and are almost always cramped in cages too small for any dog.
The dogs are kept in small wire cages for their entire lives. They are almost never allowed out. They never touch solid ground or grass to run and play.
Many of the dogs are injured in fights that occur in the cramped cages from which there is no escape.
Many dogs lose feet and legs when they are caught in the wire floors of the cages and are cut off as the dog struggles to free themselves. Sometimes in their desperation, they will chew their own legs off to free themselves. Many dogs not only loose teeth from poor health and diet, but from trying to escape they hell they were born and brought into.
Very often there is no heat or air-conditioning in a puppymill. The dogs freeze in the winter and die of heat stroke in the summer. Puppies "cook" on the wires of the cages in the summer. They develope hot spots also called lick grandula. They are literally fried in the hot months.
Female dogs are usually bred the first time they come into heat and are bred every heat cycle. They are bred until their poor worn out bodies can't reproduce any longer and then they are killed. Often they are killed by being bashed in the head with a rock or shot. Sometimes they are sold to laboratories or dumped. This is often by the time they reach five years old. Many breeding females have enlarged teats that do not decrease in size when they are through nursing puppies. Females develope the risk of breast cancer and mammary tumors, and also ovarian, uterine, and cervical cancers.
Puppy mills maximize their profits by not spending adequate money on proper food, housing or veterinary care. They feed dogs poor food in bulk and are often only fed a small amount a day. Dogs have to fight for food and end up injuring themselves and each other. Water is scarce in their bowls, and they are often only filled up at feeding time and never refilled throughout the day.
The food that is fed in puppy mills is often purchased from dog food companies by the truck load. It is sometimes made of the sweepings from the floor. It is so devoid of nutritional value that the dogs' teeth rot at early ages.
Dogs in puppymills are debarked often by ramming a steel rod down their throats to reputure their vocal cords.
Puppies are often taken from their mother when they are 5 to 8 weeks old and sold to brokers who pack them in crates for resale to pet stores all over the country.
The puppies are shipped by truck or plane and often without adequate food, water, ventilation or shelter.
Innocent families buy the puppies only to find that the puppy is very ill or has genetic or emotional problems. Often the puppies die of disease. Many others have medical problems that cost thousands of dollars. And many have emotional problems because they have not been properly socialized in the mills. Don't bring this misery into your home.
There are over 4000 federally licensed breeding kennels.
Approximately 3,500 pet stores in the United States sell puppies. They sell approximately 500,000 thousand puppies a year. It is estimated that the puppy industry in Missouri is valued at 40 million dollars a year. The puppy industry in one county in Pennsylvania - Lancaster - is valued at 4 million dollars a year.
There are seven states that are known as puppy mill states because they have the majority of the puppy mills in the country. They are: Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania. All though ALL states can have puppy mills. Never think you can't run into one. It just might happen...
There is federal law, the Animal Welfare Act, and many states have laws that purport to regulate puppymills, but the fact is that those laws are rarely enforced.
. Pet stores often tell customers that their puppies come from local breeders or quality breeders. Don't believe them, ask to see the paperwork and find out where the puppies really come from.
If the people of the United States refused to buy a puppy in a pet store, the misery of puppy mills would end. Please tell everyone you know about the puppymill and petstore connection.
Buying a puppy in a pet store has significant risks for the purchaser and their family.
A state funded survey in California found that nearly half of the puppies sold in pet stores were sick or incubating diseases. This doesn't count the ones suffering from genetic diseases. Imagine bringing a puppy home from a pet store only to have it die from parvo and cost thousands of dollars in vet expenses because of genetic problems like hip dysplasia.
Some dogs are so psychologically scarred from the mind numbing boredom of being imprisoned in a small cage for year and years that they have developed repetitive habits like going round and round in circles for hours and hours or barking at the wall for hours. Also, corophagia is another gross and disturbing behavior.
Puppy Mills are 'Sin'Mills.
STOP PUPPY MILLS!
So think next time before buying a puppy. They are over 100,000 unwanted dogs put to death each year because no one wanted them. Make a difference. Save a life. Fight for the rights of your animals. Do not breed or buy while shelter animals die!
Hundreds of thousands of puppies are raised each year in commercial kennels.
Puppy mills are noted by their inhumane conditions and the constant breeding of unhealthy and genetically defective dogs solely for profit.
Very often the dogs in puppymills are covered with matted, filthy hair, their teeth are rotting and their eyes have ulcers. They are covered in feces, urine, and sometimes their pads burn off from so much filth eating away at their flesh. They have nails that curve into the pads, and are almost always cramped in cages too small for any dog.
The dogs are kept in small wire cages for their entire lives. They are almost never allowed out. They never touch solid ground or grass to run and play.
Many of the dogs are injured in fights that occur in the cramped cages from which there is no escape.
Many dogs lose feet and legs when they are caught in the wire floors of the cages and are cut off as the dog struggles to free themselves. Sometimes in their desperation, they will chew their own legs off to free themselves. Many dogs not only loose teeth from poor health and diet, but from trying to escape they hell they were born and brought into.
Very often there is no heat or air-conditioning in a puppymill. The dogs freeze in the winter and die of heat stroke in the summer. Puppies "cook" on the wires of the cages in the summer. They develope hot spots also called lick grandula. They are literally fried in the hot months.
Female dogs are usually bred the first time they come into heat and are bred every heat cycle. They are bred until their poor worn out bodies can't reproduce any longer and then they are killed. Often they are killed by being bashed in the head with a rock or shot. Sometimes they are sold to laboratories or dumped. This is often by the time they reach five years old. Many breeding females have enlarged teats that do not decrease in size when they are through nursing puppies. Females develope the risk of breast cancer and mammary tumors, and also ovarian, uterine, and cervical cancers.
Puppy mills maximize their profits by not spending adequate money on proper food, housing or veterinary care. They feed dogs poor food in bulk and are often only fed a small amount a day. Dogs have to fight for food and end up injuring themselves and each other. Water is scarce in their bowls, and they are often only filled up at feeding time and never refilled throughout the day.
The food that is fed in puppy mills is often purchased from dog food companies by the truck load. It is sometimes made of the sweepings from the floor. It is so devoid of nutritional value that the dogs' teeth rot at early ages.
Dogs in puppymills are debarked often by ramming a steel rod down their throats to reputure their vocal cords.
Puppies are often taken from their mother when they are 5 to 8 weeks old and sold to brokers who pack them in crates for resale to pet stores all over the country.
The puppies are shipped by truck or plane and often without adequate food, water, ventilation or shelter.
Innocent families buy the puppies only to find that the puppy is very ill or has genetic or emotional problems. Often the puppies die of disease. Many others have medical problems that cost thousands of dollars. And many have emotional problems because they have not been properly socialized in the mills. Don't bring this misery into your home.
There are over 4000 federally licensed breeding kennels.
Approximately 3,500 pet stores in the United States sell puppies. They sell approximately 500,000 thousand puppies a year. It is estimated that the puppy industry in Missouri is valued at 40 million dollars a year. The puppy industry in one county in Pennsylvania - Lancaster - is valued at 4 million dollars a year.
There are seven states that are known as puppy mill states because they have the majority of the puppy mills in the country. They are: Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania. All though ALL states can have puppy mills. Never think you can't run into one. It just might happen...
There is federal law, the Animal Welfare Act, and many states have laws that purport to regulate puppymills, but the fact is that those laws are rarely enforced.
. Pet stores often tell customers that their puppies come from local breeders or quality breeders. Don't believe them, ask to see the paperwork and find out where the puppies really come from.
If the people of the United States refused to buy a puppy in a pet store, the misery of puppy mills would end. Please tell everyone you know about the puppymill and petstore connection.
Buying a puppy in a pet store has significant risks for the purchaser and their family.
A state funded survey in California found that nearly half of the puppies sold in pet stores were sick or incubating diseases. This doesn't count the ones suffering from genetic diseases. Imagine bringing a puppy home from a pet store only to have it die from parvo and cost thousands of dollars in vet expenses because of genetic problems like hip dysplasia.
Some dogs are so psychologically scarred from the mind numbing boredom of being imprisoned in a small cage for year and years that they have developed repetitive habits like going round and round in circles for hours and hours or barking at the wall for hours. Also, corophagia is another gross and disturbing behavior.
Puppy Mills are 'Sin'Mills.
STOP PUPPY MILLS!
So think next time before buying a puppy. They are over 100,000 unwanted dogs put to death each year because no one wanted them. Make a difference. Save a life. Fight for the rights of your animals. Do not breed or buy while shelter animals die!
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