I have for several years financially supported an org that raises tremendous amts of money to first go to auctions for mostly millers and buy those poor dogs. It gets them out of the cycle of the most horrible of animal abuses. They then vet every single dog and foster it then place it. They unfortunately, can only rescue their chosen breed which is Bichons. SmallPawsRescue is one of the most above-board rescue orgs I have been able to find in my research. I wish that I could say their job is getting smaller, but unfortunately that is not the case. For every miller who loses out on a preg. female at the auctions, another 5 step in and fill in the void and supply these wonderful companion animals to some of the worst of the worst.
Babies are piled into un airconditioned vans crate on top of crate and side to side. There is NO space for the driver to even give fresh water. If a dog dies toss it in a garbage can. Don't know it is dying, no prob. wait til it dies and THEN trash it. Now comes the problem of records. Oh, got 3 sets of papers on a crate and only 1 puppy still alive-no prob. Grab a paper, grab a puppy and hand them over to a pre-arranged shop. The broker is the middle man who buys all of the puppies and re-sells to pet shops. One broker peddles as many as 85,000 puppies a year!!!!! Now, if there were no market would they continue to rpoduce them at this rate? Not on your life. There has to be breen stuff-MONEY! These statements are my opinions but are based on over 3 years of researching. You do not have to agree with me BUT you o owe it to your beloved companion animals to take a look for yourselves.
Mercy Me! I did it again. I am sorry about getting on the soapbox BUT I am NOT sorry for stating my opinions as each member can do.. |