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PUPPY MILLSWritten
by Dolores Paddock
MAY 6-12 is ...
PuppyMill
Action Week
Puppy mills are a breeding factory, mills are a more politically polite word to use. It is a factory where
dogs are kept in cramped, locked cages with the soul purpose of pumping out puppies. Female dogs
are usually bred 2 times a year. At that rate, they usually burn out by age 5 and at that time they are
put to death. These breeder dogs never feel the tender touch of a hand, the love of a person, or have
any human contact. Their soul existence is to breed and breed again. They have never been walked,
never even treated like a dog, rather a piece of flesh that makes a ton of money for the owner of the
mill/factory. Puppy millers can make more than $300,000 each year by GROWING puppies. Note
the word growing!
About 1 million breeder dogs are confined in puppy mills throughout the country. These puppies
are sold to pet stores all over the country. Did you know that 99% of all puppies sold in pet stores
come from puppy mills and that 100% of these puppies have parasites when bought. 500,000
puppies are born in puppy mills and sold in pet stores every year in the United States. In America
alone there are over 35,000 pet stores .
Puppy mills have been around since the 1960’s, It’s time to close them all. It’s time to breed dogs
properly, or better still ADOPT don’t shop.
Puppy mills should be outlawed everywhere. They are cruel, inhumane and a disgusting way to make
a ton of money off of a dog. We the public need to realize where the cute puppies that you see in the
pet stores are coming from. We, the public, need to stop buying from pet stores and make everyone
aware of the evil things that occur at a puppy mill.
ADoPT! CloSE DoWn ThE PuPPY MIllS!
10 AmericanPetMagazine.com