In this topic, I will try to post some information about pet trade industry in USA. Hopefully, this information will help to buy responsible, or even better will help to save a life.
This booklet is prepared specially for Anti Pets Store CAMPAIGN.
PS: Seems like there are some problems to post original pics, but will try my best. If someone wants to receive the original copy, please contact privately, and I will resend it to you. You are welcome to copy and share with others...
DO YOU KNOW WHERE PET STORES' PUPPIES COME FROM?
THE TRUTH COMES OUT!
Puppies sold in pet stores come from
PUPPY MILLS or back yard breeders
There is NO doubt about it.
NO ONE reputable breeder will never ever sell puppies to any pet store. Period.
What are Puppy Mills?
By the formal definition, a puppy mill is a large-scale breeding operation that produces large numbers of puppies for profit. What the formal definition overlooks is that most puppy mills are inhumane in their treatment of breeding dogs and puppies. Many are filthy, and are run by people who have no idea about or concern for the genetic implications of breeding or about what dogs require in terms of basic health care and socialization. Many are simply hellholes in which the breeding dogs are kept in the most deplorable conditions—dogs confined to small wire cages for their entire lives, fed inadequately, kept in unheated buildings, denied basic veterinary care. The breeding dogs are sick, wounded, and malnourished. And their lives are miserable. Females produce puppies as much as they can, twice in a year until they cannot do it any longer. When their breeding usefulness is over, they may be killed or dumped. Large-scale mills do not take their older dogs to shelters, as a rule, because they don’t want to draw attention to themselves. Puppy millers and back yard breeders sell puppies to pet stores (sometimes directly, sometimes through the broker) and
online.