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http://www.hua.org inspectors to enforce the law and therefore
for good people to do nothing. He has stated that they do not have enough
All it takes for evil to prevail is on encouragement rather than enforcement.
with enforcement has stated that they rely
Tell everyone you know about puppymills. The head of the USDA division charged
Put up a billboard about mills in your area. to minimize the requirements on the kennels.
The inspectors revise the regulations internally
for Animals public about puppymills. at the condition of the dogs.
papers. Call in to talk radio. Educate the The state and federal inspectors do not look
Write a letter to the editor of your local
pursue kennels operating without license.
Hearts United
Adopt a dog from a shelter or rescue. They rarely issue citations. They do not
puppymills. Boycott the AKC and all their events. Agriculture almost never shut down a kennel.
HOPE to millions of dogs suffering in inspectors from the US Department of
where they are buying the puppies. licensed kennels in this country. The federal
Hope has been saved. She asks you to give Investigate a petstore and determine There are approximately 4000 federally
fallen out. It was time for her to be killed.
had spread through her body. Her long hair had protect the dogs. kennels than any county in the country.
malnourished. Her teeth were rotten. Infection and ask them to pass stronger laws to Lancaster County where there are more
Write your state and federal representatives intend to enforce the regulations in
She weighed 2 pounds. She was extremely Pennsylvania has stated that he does not
She is a 6 year old Maltese from a puppymill. in the country. to enforce the kennel regulations in
Her Name is Hope. home of more puppymills than any county The head of the department that is supposed
Boycott Lancaster County Pennsylvania -
up. The dogs were very ill.
stronger zoning ordinances to stop mills. stone barn. The windows had been boarded
states, write your local officials and ask for no ventilation, and no light inside the old
If you live in one of the seven puppymill effort to shut it down. There was no heat,
inspected twice and the inspectors made no
Join an organization fighting puppymills. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It was
Organize a protest at a petstore. The kennel in the photo was licensed by the
store what you think about selling puppies.
Boycott stores that sell puppies and tell the
Never buy a dog in a petstore.
them. What you can do . . .
for the dogs is you. You, the people, can help
only person who is going to make a difference
have huge well-funded lobbying efforts. The
Puppymills Breed Misery not protect the dogs. The breeders and brokers
protect the dogs. Local enforcement officers do
the laws to protect the dogs. The AKC does not
Prisoners of Greed The state and federal governments do not enforce Accessories to Abuse
What You Can Do Federal and State Regulators
The Facts About When the dogs are used up, they are often shot,
The Petstore and AKC
hit in the head with a rock or dumped. Mill Connection
Puppymills Puppies born with genetic conditions or Our research establishes that 98% of the
A puppymill is a breeding factory that seeks deformaties are kept and used as breeding puppies sold in petstores were raised in mills.
to maximize profits by reducing costs. stock because they cannot be sold. Many puppies purchased in petstores die
from diseases shortly after purchase or suffer
The majority of puppymills are located in seven The conditions in the mills are unrelentingly serious genetic problems causing heartbreak
states - Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, brutal and terrifying for the dogs. Many and expense.
Arkansas, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania. eventually lose their minds. Their eyes glaze
Puppies born in puppymills are often sold
Over five hundred thousand puppies are born over and they withdraw. They frequently
to brokers who pack them in crates and
in puppymills every single year. develop repetitive behaviors like licking,
ship them long distances. Many puppies
biting their fur and going round and round in
die in shipment.
Female dogs are bred when they are just six circles inside the cages.
No reputable breeder would ever sell their
months old and twice a year thereafter until puppies to a pet store. Reputable breeders
The dogs become so depressed by the mind-
their bodies wear out and they die at about care about getting the proper home for each
numbing boredom of being locked in a small
four or five years old. cage day after week after month after year that of their puppies.
The puppies born in mills often have diseases, they lose their minds. The AKC knows the conditions in the mills
genetic defects, and emotional problems. and they still register litters from these
The dogs never get out of the wire kennels. places. If the AKC stopped registering the
Many kennels do not have climate control. They never touch ground. They never run puppies, the public would question the huge
The dogs freeze in the winter and swelter in the grass. price tag in pet stores.
in the summer often dying from exposure.
Puppies are known to have “cooked on the The AKC benefits financially every time a
wires.” litter from a puppymill is registered.
The female dogs are bred so many times that The AKC invalidates any registration for
their internal organs grow together. a dog who is turned over to a shelter
The dogs suffer malnutrition so severe that because they don’t trust a shelter with the
their hair falls out. paperwork, but they trust puppymills
selling thousands of puppies and pet
A combination of poor food, poor conditions stores manned by teenagers.
and no veterinary care causes their teeth to rot
at early ages. Often the dogs have such The AKC has registered dead dogs, female
extensive gum disease that their jaws rot. dogs as males and dogs that are clearly not the
Dogs are often trapped in cages with breed stated on the paperwork. They have
Dogs often get their feet and legs caught in the aggressive dogs and have no way to escape. stated that they rely on the honesty of the
wires of the cages and in the struggle to free person submitting the paperwork. The
Their bodies are often multilated.
themselves their feet or legs are ripped off. accuracy of their records is certainly suspect.
Dogs in mills are debarked by shoving a These dogs have committed no crime. They
are no different than your beloved pets. They The AKC says it is devoted to dogs but it
metal pipe down their throats to rupture
their vocal cords. long to be free, safe, warm, and loved. does nothing to help the dogs who are
Instead they are in miserable prisons suffering suffering in mills. Instead they make money
Medical conditions like hernias and
horrors inflicted by man all for greed. from the suffering.
infections are ignored.
Nebraska Prison
Ace is blind because of a
genetic defenct. He was
breeder dog in a mill in Bari’s head is always cocked
Texas. from neurological damage.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
The chain had grown into
Justice’s neck. It took 4 hours
of surgery and 72 stitches to
Lancaster, Pennsylvania remove the chain.
Missouri
Storey’s
teeth had
rotted away,
and an
abcess
formed
under his
eye. His foot
was cut off
The parents of the puppies in the by the wires.
petstores look like Hartley.
The hernia in
the pug was as
Hope large as a
Missy had good reason grapefruit.
to be sad. All but one of
her puppies were
drowned in a Missouri
puppymill flood. She
had a broken tooth that
was impacted and a
uterine infection that
would have killed her in
addition to parasites
and heartworms.
Nebraska
This dead puppy was
going to be dumped in
the trash.
Nebraska hell
The dog is lying down because he’s dead.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
This bulldog was blind from an
Derry’s jaw was broken when a metal pipe was Lancaster, Pennsylvania untreated eye condition.
shoved down her throat to rupture her vocal cords.