Showing posts with label puppy mills. Show all posts
Showing posts with label puppy mills. Show all posts

Thursday, July 3, 2008

Puppy mill update


Action is being taken in the U.S at the moment and finally a break through. I received an email today containing a video to show the hundreds of dogs that have been saved from just ONE puppy mill in Tennessee.

"Just one week ago, nearly 700 dogs lived in squalor there. Thanks to our dedicated team of responders, these dogs are now on their way to the loving homes they deserve. Dozens of staff from The Humane Society of the United States, along with other groups and a slew of volunteers, worked around the clock to remove the dogs from their miserable cages and provide them with tender care and medical attention for the first time in their lives.

These dogs are lucky because they will be adopted into loving homes. But thousands more still suffer at the hands of puppy mill operators and animal fighters, or from the unpredictable forces of nature. These are the animals our rescue teams are trained to save. In fact, our responders traveled to the puppy mill directly from Iowa, where they helped to rescue and shelter more than 1,000 animals victimized by the floods."

Click HERE to watch a video of the hundreds of dogs that have been rescued. You can also donate but it is an American organisation and this is also going on in Australia.

It is just a good feeling to know that there is being something done and there are people that care. I admire people like this who dedicate their time to save these animals and I hope one day I can do work like this. I plan to dedicate my life to help animals and getting this email really made me feel good to know there are a lot of other people out there in the world who feel the same as me. Keep up the good work guys, every person who cares make such a difference.

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Puppy mills

As I was sitting having my afternoon tea and toast and watching Oprah, I almost threw up when I saw their exposure of the "Puppy Mill" problem in America. Apparently most people don't even know these puppy mills exist. Puppy Mills or puppy farms are large scale breeding facilities and also exist for cats and birds as well.
Puppy mills are used to pump out the puppies as quickly as they can and are often sold through pet stores. The puppies that make it to the pet store are lucky and usually get bought, however its the older dogs that live in the puppy mills that suffer. Female dogs spend their WHOLE lives in cages and constantly breed. Some are kept indoors with never seeing the sunlight, some are kept outdoors with no protection from the weather conditions, some don't even know how to walk as they are crammed in with other females and males and most never receive human affection which lead to temperament disorders. Basically these animals are bred for profit and the animals suffer. No words can really describe the conditions these animals are kept in until you see for yourself.

Male and female dogs are killed after they are deemed useless and many die in their cages from infections, pneumonia, hip displacia. Responsible breeders produce healthy animals with good temperament and are proud to produce a good product. These "puppy mills" however, are kept in such a state that animals are left in their own waste and never receive veterinary care nor proper diet needs.

90% of pet stores allegedly buy their products from puppy mills. Of course, this is debated a lot by "hobby breeders" saying that not all places are this way and other excuses.

Basically, to avoid giving money to these businesses, please, adopt from a shelter!! I cannot stress this enough. If you are wanting a pure bred animal, do your research. Make sure you find out exactly where the animal comes from and do not buy if you think the conditions are unsatisfactory. Something NEEDS to be done. THOUSANDS and thousands of unwanted animals are kept in shelters and killed if they are not homed, so please, open your hearts and adopt from a shelter.

You can help by visiting these websites and signing petitions online.
http://www.thepuppymill.com.au is the website of a documentary that was made and is not just a typical animals rights video. Please check out this website
http://www.stoppuppymills.org
http://www.awarenessday.org
http://www.nopuppymills.com
http://www.prisonersofgreed.com