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28 years old
CINCINNATI, Ohio
United States
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The Laws Aren't Enough
Because a puppy mill is a business, the facility is designed purely for profit, not comfort. Laws are on the books to provide minimum-care standards for puppy-mill animals, but enforcement has historically been spotty at best. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) licenses and inspects puppy mills for violations of the Animal Welfare Act; likewise, some state laws are designed to protect the charges in the average puppy mill. But puppy mills can successfully navigate around these laws, whether by selling directly to consumers (thereby avoiding USDA licensing requirements) or simply by avoiding the reach of law enforcement (with so few USDA inspectors and minor fines, it's easy to stay in business).
We Need Your Help
The Humane Society of the United States has been investigating puppy mills for decades, exposing the cruel realities of the commercial dog-breeding industry. We've lobbied for the current laws as well as for additional money to enforce those laws. We've also educated millions of consumers on the many reasons they should avoid pet-store puppies.
But our work is far from over. There are still thousands of puppy mills that need to be shut down for good. We need your help to do exactly that: Stop puppy mills.
go to http://www.stoppuppymills.org/ to find out more about stopping Puppy Mills... animal cruelty is a sick thing and needs to be stopped immidiatly... if you ingore this you are very sick and i'd rather not even be your friend... but it's your choice... your opinion... make it a good one!
Puppy mills are nothing new. These mass dog-breeding operations have been around for decades, but they continue to be a problem because unsuspecting consumers keep buying those adorable puppies in the pet store window. Or on some slick Internet site. Or even through an ad in the trusted local newspaper.
But behind the friendly façade of these pet shops, web sites, and newspaper ads, there often lies a puppy mill. These canine breeding facilities frequently house dogs in shockingly poor conditions, particularly for "breeding stock" animals who are caged and continually bred for years, without human companionship and with little hope of ever becoming part of a family. After their fertility wanes, breeding animals are commonly killed, abandoned or sold to another mill. The annual result of all this breeding is hundreds of thousands of puppies, many with behavior and/or health problems.
The puppies will be shipped cross country by truck to be sold in pet shops, but many are also sold via newspaper classifieds or Internet sites — and are often accompanied by false claims such as, "We'd never sell puppies from a puppy mill."
I only got ONE more vote since last night! That's so sad! If I don't win then I can't donate to these charities! Pls help!
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I really need your help right now! I have entered a contest to win two tickets for my fave band, Fleetwood Mac, and I also just saw that I will also win $1500! Says right here: First Prize $1500, $200 DBH store credit, 2 concert tickets and $150 in iTunes downloads.
If I was to win with my design - not only will I get my dream of having close tickets that I cannot afford at a concert but I will be getting money and since I am not getting my hours at work, I cannot donate money to my animal rights organizations like PETA, HSUS, IDA, etc.
So with some of that money, a portion would go to EACH of those organizations!
WHAT A DAY!! THE TEENAGERS WERE BEING ROWDY THE NEW MAID IS USELESS MY HUBBY WANTED HIS DINNER AND THE BABY WAS TEETHING HOPE YOU HAD A GOOD DAY!!...HUGS
