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Originally Posted by megansmomma  The rescue PAID the Amish miller for the mom and took her back to the rescue where she had her puppies. The problem with purchasing at these auctions is that you are making a free spot for the millers to put another more profitable dog into her slot and at the same time putting money into their pockets for a dog they no longer considered profitable. If they know the can even get $5 for one of their cast off it is still profit to the mills. Now if they gave away the dogs and didn't make a profit they would reconsider having so many dogs within their mills. It is a matter of supply and demand. Whether it is the public making the demand at the petshops or making purchases online or a rescue paying for dogs they will continue to "supply the demand". |
I have had many discussions about this topic with other rescuers. People who pay the millers for pups say that they are saving pups that would "end up in the shelter anyway". Why would a miller take pups to the shelter when he/she could play on the sympathies of animal lovers and get them to cough up a few dollars?
And what about the poor pups who are euthanized in the shelters while people are going to auctions to purchase them?