What You Can Do to Stop Puppymills!!

[Woogie Man]

I, too, would love to see puppy mills put out of business. Education and public awareness is the only solution. The OP's link offers some great tips. My one fear is that going after puppy mills could turn into a 'witch hunt' mentality that could backfire and leave us worse off than we are now. Operating a puppy mill is against the law only when animal cruelty or neglect, under the law, can be proven. It could easily happen that, in going after a marginal offender, they would stand up to defend themselves and wipe away many gains made in efforts to stop them. I feel that going after the worst of the worst and public education is the only way to put an end to this practice. The USDA, pet registries, veterinarians, Humane Society, ASPCA and the general public all must do their part to help in this fight. No one thing is going to fix this problem. We should also remember that the pet industry, as a whole, is a dirty business and that cats, birds and reptiles are also subject to many cruelties. I hope that, in efforts to stop puppy mills, that other animals benefit from increased awareness of the animal cruelty problem.