Puppy mill kennels generally consist of small, outdoor wood and wire cages or crates. The animals are crammed into filthy cages. Puppy mills are a large establishment that over breeds puppies. Puppy mills must be banned. Puppies that come from mills are not healthy. Supports illegal breeding projects.…
Rachel Lindholm is making a big difference in the fight against puppy mills. Rachel got her dog from a puppy mill. Her dog ended up having many difficult health problems. After finding this out she did some research on puppy mills and she was not happy with what she found out. She immediately wanted to help stop them. With some help from ther teacher she got a puppy mill ban put on the city of Chicago and now wants to go statewide. “Animal shelters are crawling with thousands of lovable animals. People shouldn't be buying from places that hurt the animals” Rachel states. Rachel Lindholm, who is only a teenager, has helped more than some people will in there whole…
I have been thinking lately about how I wanted my own dog for over 3 years now. I have also been thinking about my future and where the dog would end up in 5 years when I go off to university. I've come to a conclusion and found that fostering dogs would be the best option for me. Since most universities don't accept pets, I would have to leave the dog behind or give up the dog completely if I fully owned a dog. With fostering, I don't have to commit to 10 years + with a dog and I still get to do almost everything I want to do, and probably more.…
The last time you saw a cute puppy in a pet store window did you happen to think about where exactly that puppy came from, what kind of life it had before, or where its mother is? According to the National Mill Dog Rescue, 99% of puppies sold in pet stores come from puppy mills, and almost every puppy sold in a pet store has a mother who will spend her entire life in a tiny cage, never being petted, never being walked, never being treated like a dog. Based on those facts alone, it is not difficult to imagine the vast number of innocent, voiceless dogs forced to suffer their entire lives for the sole purpose of profit.…
“Pet stores are the primary sales outlet for puppy mills and are essential for keeping puppy mills in business” (“About Puppy Mills”). Many mills sell to pet stores without the required license. Some pet stores, like Petco, have made a change to rescue animals instead of buying them from puppy mill farmers. They contact local animal shelters to get homes for animals on death row. Petsmart gets all of their animals from mills. Breeders of puppy mills breed dogs without consideration of genetic quality, which causes many problems for the puppies. Illness and disease are common in dogs because puppy mill operators often fail to apply proper husbandry practices that would remove sick dogs from their breeding pools. However, as a result of careless breeding, puppies can be born with many congenital and hereditary conditions. Such as epilepsy, heart disease, kidney disease, hip dysplasia, luxating patellas, endocrine disorders (diabetes, hyperthyroidism), blood disorders (anemia, Von Willebrand disease), deafness, eye problems (cataracts, glaucoma, progressive retinal atrophy), respiratory disorders, giardia, parvovirus, distemper, upper respiratory infections, kennel cough, pneumonia, mange and intestinal parasites. Puppies often arrive at pet stores and homes with diseases or other problems because of the inhumane conditions of the puppy…
Imagine being cooped up in a small, dank cage without any interaction with the outside world. Not to mention without proper nutritional food, water, vet care, or even being able to socialize with other pups. This is what millions of dogs’ face each and every day of their life. The controversial issue of puppy mills has been going on far too long, while thousands of innocent dogs are being euthanized daily in shelters. Puppy mills are abusive and inhumane places that should be shut down and illegal nationwide.…
4-5 million animals die in shelters every year (roughly 11,000 every day.) These animals are mainly the cause of sick, unloved animals from puppy mills. Documented problems of puppy mills include: unsanitary facilities, over-breeding, inbreeding, disease, minimal veterinary care, poor quality…
Puppy mills have long been a problem in the United States, specifically the Midwest region. Puppy mill dogs live in cages 24 hours a day 7 days a week. The dogs’ only purpose in life is “to sit in a cage, constantly producing more puppies to make a profit for their owners” (Best Friends Network, 2007). The dogs have little to no human interaction. Puppy mills are licensed facilities, which mass-produce puppies for pet stores and/or auctions, and should be banned due to the horrible conditions in which the animals live; they are bred repeatedly, and often killed when having outlived their usefulness.…
As the daughter of an anti-pet mother, having a puppy has been my frustrated dream. Once, when younger, I approached my mother and told her that I didn't need a pure-bred dog that I would take in one of the many stray ones. Of course, the answer was a "No". Ever since then, I became aware of the lots of homeless animals on the streets. Now that I'm older, I realize that if our country's government doesn't even focus properly on human beings, animals have little to no chance of having a place in our "Immediate Help" listing.…
The topic I choose to write about is “Pit Bulls – should this breed be banned?” Pit Bulls should not be banned. Over the past years in the United States, Pit Bulls have been portrayed as a breed who is extremely dangerous and untrustworthy that some States are banning ownership of this breed. This breed should not be banned simply because of unfortunate events. It is not until recently that the negative images these dogs are facing by the media started. One may hear or read headlines in the news stating “Child mauled by a Pit Bull,” or “Owner killed by a Pit Bull,” yet the media does not disclose that certain dog’s upbringing…
Most puppies sold at pet stores come from a puppy mill. At puppy mills dogs only have one purpose to make profit. The people who have puppy mills never think about the dogs. These places are usually very dirty and inhabitable. They put the dogs in cages one on top of each other. The dogs are kept and breed in wire cages most of the times. That means that the dogs in the bottom cages get feces on their furs from the dogs on the top cages. The dogs fur gets matted and the caged are never cleaned. Their drinking water is discussing and they get little to eat. The dogs that the puppy mill breeder uses to breed never comes out of the cage. They are born in cages and never have the chance to even touch…
Have you ever asked Santa Claus for a puppy for Christmas? A sweet, four legged beauty who pitter patters his little puppy paws down the hallway as you toss him a bone? If so, the chances the pet has come from a puppy mill is more than likely. When somebody buys from a pet store, they are supporting the evil, inhumane process that goes on in puppy mills. If one truly cared about their barking furry friends, adopting is the way to go. Adopting your pet always has a positive outcome; little do most people know, dogs who reside in animal shelters for long periods of time usually have a death timer ticking away. Adopting that Pitbull shaking in the corner would tremendously impact his life, since it was scheduled to peacefully end within the next twelve hours. When you buy from pet stores, you are supporting puppy mills and simultaneously never letting a dog in the shelter…
Cited: Spatt, Brenda. Writing from Sources 8th Ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin, 2011. 106-145, 183-217. Print…
Domestication is the change of an organism on the genetic level to better suit human needs, humans began this practice for thousands of years ago and it continues today but at a significantly lower rate. As observed by Francis Galton, the British scientist, “It would appear that every wild animal has had its chance of being domesticated, that [a] few… were domesticated long ago, but that the large remainder, who failed sometimes in only one small particular, are destined to perpetual wildness.” (as cited in Diamond, 1998, p. 165). As social life has changed and the demands on newly domesticated would have shifted, it is possible that new species are candidates for domestication in the near future.…