HELP !! our dogs and puppies need you
 

Since Congress is talking about puppy mills at the present time; I would urge
you to write your congressman via the attached and tell them how you feel
and if you feel you have a way that you think could be fair to all, pls tell them. If you are not in it for the solution it would be good to tell them some-
thing has to be done and I know it will help. :thumbup:

http://www.house.gov/writerep

Thanks for the link!!!! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

there are only a couple people on now. I won't be home tonight so if someone could
bump it up when more people are on, I would appreciate it. thanks.

bump. and thanks for the link.

you're welcome!!

I'm THERE Joan - I did it earlier in the year also and will be HAPPY to do it again - whatever it takes -

Remember everyone - 10 minutes of our time to help this tragic problem is always worth it !!!

Durn!!

I was SO there - and then they asked for my 4 digit zip????? I'll try again later! Thanks for the link. You've become quite the Internet wiz! :thumbup:

they don't need the 4-digit zip - just your regular one - hit continue and it will talk you to the letter page

Here is mine to the Texas Rep...

Dear Al Green:

When is our country going to HELP all the animals living tortured and abused and neglected in Puppy Mills by people who profit off the mass sales of live dogs ?

IF the Sale of live Animals is stopped in Pet Stores.... then Puppy Mills will slow down on the awful mass breeding that goes on to supply these stores with puppies. You are letting dogs suffer daily and doing nothing to stop it ?

Hunte Corp is the biggest Broker in the country.... yet they let thousands of dogs suffer and die each year in transport....

Can someone speak for those who can't ? Is our country so heartless that we let dogs live in cages without medical attention for PROFIT ? What is wrong with this country ?

This needs to be stopped. IF ONE person in the government would take a tour of a REAL Puppy Mill they would be so sick they would act on it - Can you PLEASE find the time to address this issue ? We are letting millions of dogs live a life of hell when we still have Puppy Mills operating in every state.

Sincerely...
Villette in Houston (and no I am NOT a Peta fanatic)

Great letter Villette!! Sherry Lynn, it's on any piece of mail, mailed to you. I know I
had to go look too but like V said you may not need it. Hope lots of the people
that viewed sent their letter also!! I'm sure you did.

Thanks for the link.

:thumbup: Great letter Villette!

I know people probably think that this is a waste of time as they don't read our letters but I know from past experience it does help! From a grass roots effort it was passed to no longer slaughter the American Mustang for export for food. It is hard for me to believe that we were allowing these beautiful horses to be captured and slaughtered for food for countries that ate horses but we were.

Please everyone we have the power to change what is going on in these puppymills but we have to let them know. You don't have to be an excellent letter writer if that is what is keeping you from making your feelings know but you do need to be respectful. Please just ask them kindly to have compassion for these animals.

Please take the time to let your senator and congressmen know how you feel about this national disgrace.

Cindy & The Gang :aimeeyork

I KNOW for a FACT that letters help ...one day... I can post about how much it DOES help with a personal experience to share with you.... but I can't talk about it right now due to the legal issues.....

When I CAN post about it - it's GREAT news. :)

WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE !!! I promise - we really can.

I don't know how many of you are familiar with the Best Friends organization in Utah, www.bestfriends.com but they are an animal rescue with over 1500 animals on any given day and have done great work with educating the public about animal welfare. They were one of the few organizations allowed into New Orleans (and are still there) who were very instrumental in saving many animals following Hurricane Katrina.

This weeks forum is on specific breed rescue but I thought people should know how these puppy millers think :thumbdown
Comment from Sue about taking rescues from breeders:
We take dogs into rescue from a miller (someone who runs a puppy mill) that dumps dogs a couple times a year. Some of the young ones do show genetic issues from luxating patellas to malformed hip joints. When this was brought up to the miller, in hopes they would at least stop breeding the dogs that carry the bad genes, we were simply told to destroy any of the dogs we took that had a problem. At least we are altering the dogs before placement so they can't reproduce, but the miller had no interest stopping the problems from happening on their end, and if they had, their solution would have been to simply kill the dogs.

So, this is a comment in reference to the discussion of breeders checking the puppies hips, etc at an early age and they could be easily treated at that point. Some breeders (as in the mass producers - the one I'm referring to has at least 250 dogs) just don't care what genetic flaws they are pumping out but as a rescue, I am still thankful that they release the unwanted dogs instead of selling to another miller or killing them.

Cindy & The Gang :aimeeyork

Best friends does WONDERFUL work - I've read alot about them and have actually donated a small amount to their cause...

What I love about Best Friends is their up attitude and how positive they are! They are also a wonderful resource for "No More Homeless Pets".

Cindy & The Gang :aimeeyork

I agree...and wanted to add....EVERYONE CAN TAKE 5 Minutes to write a letter - that's all mine took -

FIVE MINUTES of your time and the more letters they get the better !!


:yeahthat: :yeahthat: :yeahthat:

I write mine all the time, so this was nothing to do... :thumbup:

To Livingdustmops
 

Thanks so much for your input. I also was going to say that it doesn't have
to be a very involved letter unless you want it to be. A few words letting
him/her know , you feel changes need to be made is what's important. I
too feel PETA is usually off the wall and goes too far but that is just me!!

Also...GO HERE And read this if you are wondering how EVIL of a business this is - I just posted this today to help Joans Thread asking for letters -
http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22373

PLEASE Take the time to read that article I just linked you too - you will want to seriously hurt these evil people

Thank You Villette, I know we both along with so many others cry when we see what
is being done to so many of the animals we love. We can't just sit back and do
nothing.

Joan,

While I think (but could be wrong) the original intent of PETA was good, I too think they are off the wall and have done alot of damage for people who are concerned with animals. When people see their (PETA's) name attached to something they run the other way. That is why I so love Best Friends! They help educate the public and take an active role in animal welfare.

If people want to learn and combat some of the mis-information on the new laws for puppy mills I think the following weblink will help.

http://news.bestfriends.org/index.cf...specialreports

Cindy & The Gang :aimeeyork

Great!!!!

thanks for all the links, i really want to help sotp this but didn't really know how. great job guys!

Done!!

I would like to thank everyone who took the time to send a letter or note to their
Congressman. They like all the input they can get when it is a subject like this and
lets hope are pleas will not go un-noticed. Keep em coming and remember the link
takes you to your own representative by putting in your zip code.

TY for the link.

well guys, im working on writing a letter, but i dont know what to say exactly. and im afraid i wont be taken seriously because i'm only 15. hmmmmmm

Well guys, there's my letter. I hope it actually makes a difference.


Kevin Brady,

I would like to ask you to help spread the awareness of puppy mills, and do something about this huge problem. Not everyone has the power to make a change this large, so we need yours and other representatives help.
Puppy mills are sites of mass puppy production, where the dogs are treated extremely inhumane; and where their only purpose in life is to produce puppies for profit. These dogs are housed in huge warehouses, given little to no vet care, kept in cages barely big enough for them to stand up, with only enough food to get them from day to day alive, and tortured to no end. Do you think this is fair? I honestly hope not. Something has to be done, this is NOT right. We live in America; there is no reason for animals to be living like this.
People who are uneducated on this subject visit pet stores daily and buy puppies for exorbitant amounts of money. Never knowing where the adorable puppies parents came from, or that half their litter died on the transport truck to the store. Also, they buy these dogs not knowing that it is most likely so sick that its life may never be a normal, happy, and healthy one.
Please help to spread the awareness that this horrifying thing is really happening. If millions of homeless animals are euthanized each year because we do not have enough room for them, why should dog broker operations like Hunt Corp. (the largest dog broker in the U.S.) be allowed to mill out thousands of them with no consequences serious enough to stop them?
The quality of life for these innocent animals is not fair in any way imaginable. For most of them, the peace of death is the best thing that ever happens to them. There are so many horror stories associated with these puppy mills. I haven’t visited one myself, but I have seen the pictures. I urge you to research this more, and realize that something HAS to be done. I may only be 15 years old, but I have made myself aware of puppy mills. I can only hope that this letter will help in the progress of stopping these puppy mills forever. Thank you for your time.

Sincerely,
Megan Johnson

You age could be an asset in this case - thank you sweetie :)

Megan, you did a wonderful job and this will definitely help us in our fight to close
down puppy mills. You have a Tucker too, like Megan S