and what do you do about them ???


should i be calling city hall in that area ? animal control ? the police ??

help me out here...

justkelley said:

Puppy Mills are a place thats breeds sick animals where they are abused and drugged and sold to low level pet stores i suggest calling the aspca as well as animal control.i worked for a pet store, and they were getting puppies from Mills un benounced to me, when i saw 3 puppies dead on delivery. with no proper care and no food and dehydrated from the drugs induced in thier food i quit on the spot.
[This message was edited Sat Sep 13 13:44:20 PDT 2003 by Finess]

The documented problems of puppy mills include overbreeding, inbreeding, minimal veterinary care, poor quality of food and shelter, lack of socialization with humans, overcrowded cages, and the killing of unwanted animals. To the unwitting consumer, this situation frequently means buying a puppy facing an array of immediate veterinary problems or harboring genetically borne diseases that do not appear until years later. In 1994, Time magazine estimated that as many as 25% of purebred dogs were afflicted with serious genetic problems.

Sadly, some dogs are forced to live in puppy mills for their entire lives. They are kept there for one reason only: to produce more puppies. Repeatedly bred, many of these "brood bitches" are killed once their reproductive capacity wanes.

Thousands of these breeding operations currently exist in the United States, many of them despite repeated violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA). The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is charged with enforcing the AWA; however, with 96 inspectors nationwide who oversee not only the thousands of puppy mills, but also zoos, circuses, laboratories, and animals transported via commercial airlines, they are an agency stretched thin.

The HSUS, along with other animal-protection groups, has successfully lobbied for increased funding for AWA enforcement. Although all 50 states have anti-cruelty laws that should prevent neglect and mistreatment of dogs in puppy mills, such laws are seldom enforced.

The Pet Store Link

The HSUS strongly opposes the sale, through pet shops and similar outlets, of puppies and dogs from mass-breeding establishments. Puppy-mill dogs are the "inventory" of these retail operations. Statistics from the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC) indicate that approximately 3,500 to 3,700 of the 11,500 to 12,000 U.S. pet stores sell cats and dogs. PIJAC also estimates that pet stores sell 300,000 to 400,000 puppies every year. The HSUS estimates the number to be 500,000.

Purebreed registration papers only state the recorded lineage of a dog. Accuracy of the reported lineage cannot be guaranteed. The American Kennel Club (AKC), the most widely recognized purebred dog registry, readily notes that it "is not itself involved in the sale of dogs and cannot therefore guarantee the health and quality of dogs in its registry." Clearly, it is "buyer beware."

The "Retail Pet Store" Exemption Problem

The USDA has never required dealers who sell their animals directly to the public to apply for licenses, regardless of the size of the operation. The Animal Welfare Act (AWA) excludes "retail pet stores" from its minimum humane care and handling requirements, and it is the USDA's position that these dealers are retail pet stores. However, many think that a person breeding animals on his own premises and selling them directly to consumers is not a "retail pet store."

Each year American consumers purchase dogs from unregulated dealers who sell animals from their premises. Many of the animals are sold through newspaper advertisements and via the Internet, which means the purchaser can't see the conditions in which the dogs live. A number of investigative reports, however, have revealed that these facilities can be horrific. Thirty-five years ago, Congress passed the AWA to, in part, ensure that breeders provide humane treatment to animals in their care. AWA requirements include adequate housing, ample food and water, reasonable handling, basic disease prevention, decent sanitation, and sufficient ventilation.

So, what is a puppy mill? Plain and simple it is no different than a steel mill, sawmill, grain mill or paper mill. A puppy mill is the starting point of a product that is mass-produced and destined for the retail industry…via wholesale channels. Puppy mills don't have to be dirty, they don't have to be illegal, they don't have to have sick and dying dogs…they just have to produce dogs for the wholesale dog industry.

DO NOT READ THIS...IF YOU ARE SENSITIVE TO HORRIBLE SIGHTS AND/OR DISCRIPTIONS. !!!



















































This photo is from B & J in Missouri. The dogs are out in the heat of the summer and the cold of the winter. The owner acknowledged that there were many litters of puppies born in the summer that died out on the wires of the cages - they cooked. Those little boxes were sweat boxes out in the Midwest sun. The dogs walked on uncoated wires. Many of the female dogs who were rescued from this mill had so many c sections that their internal organs were grown together.





THESE PICTURES BEST DESCRIBE THE CONDITIONS I SAW...AND THE CAGES THEY WERE KEPT IN ...


I KNEW I WAS RIGHT ABOUT THIS

he will be out of business very soon...and those puppies and dogs will be free from there ...

i promise

[This message was edited Sat Sep 13 16:39:07 PDT 2003 by justkelley]

thanks honey..now i have the unfortunate job of trying to figure out how to close this crazy freak...and save the dogs ...

puppy mills are a baine on the true dog breeders of the world. Even if you doin high volume there is no reason for the treatment of animals to be so shitty.

00769BAD said:

i totally agree with you