Help stop puppy mill abuses

Cranford Chronicle By Cranford Chronicle Cranford Chronicle
on March 12, 2011 at 3:06 PM

By Timmy Eustache

A Puppy Mill is a large-scale commercial dog breeding operation where profit is given priority over the well-being of the dogs. People should stop buying dogs from Puppy Mills because of the bad conditions, lack of socialization with humans and other animals, and of how these puppies are being abused.

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The Inside of a Puppy Mill is way different from the outside. A lot of puppies in the mill are in bad conditions and they easily catch diseases that can kill them such as Epilepsy, Heart disease, Kidney disease, Musculoskeletal disorders, Endocrine disorders, Deafness, Eye problems, and Respiratory disorders. Puppies often arrive in pet stores and their new homes with diseases or infirmities like Glardia, Parvovirus, Distemper, Upper respiratory infections, Kennel cough, Pnuemonia, Mange, Fleas, Ticks, intestinal parasites, Heart worm, or Chronic diarrhea. Inside Puppy Mills, puppies are usually put into cages and never let out with 3-5 other dogs, causing diseases to spread easily into other dogs.

Puppies in Puppy Mills usually never leave their cages, so they lack of socialization with humans and other animals. The only humans they will ever see throughout their lives are workers and if they are lucky they will make it to the pet shop. If dogs are put into cages together and they don’t get along, they end up fighting other dogs until death and if they are put into homes with other animals they will show aggression. Puppy Mills also scam people in many ways to get money and get rid of their dogs. Internet puppy scams; the Puppy Mill makes a website and puts pictures of cute puppies which end up being puppies with disease or injuries. Also The Loophole scam; sells puppies directly to pet stores no matter what condition they are in.

According to The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) Puppy Mills are abusive and need to be shut down. Puppies need to see the outside world and cant be stuck in their cages all day in bad conditions. Also female dogs are forced to breed nonstop with little recover from their last litter and once the female cant breed anymore they are often killed or thrown into the street. The cages are wired and they injurer their paws or get their head stuck causing them to bleed a lot and even lead to death. A lot of things inside puppy mills can hurt the puppies and cause them to die.

Other places you can buy puppies are at ASPCA shelters, Pet smart, Banfield, and other places. 4 to 5 million puppies die globally every year, that’s roughly 11,000 every day, and roughly 1 dog dies in a puppy mill every 8 seconds and you can help stop them. Join the fight now!