Why Do We Need A Puppy Mill?

Since the beginning of time, dogs have been man’s best friend. Dog’s know how to bring a smile to almost anyone’s face, and dogs’ are the best blanket to snuggle up with on a cold winter day. For all that dogs’ do for humankind, we should be treating them like royalty. Over time though, humankind started forgetting how wonderful dogs’ really are, and, along with many other things in society, started only seeing dollar signs. These poor defenseless creatures were thrown into slavery, in the form of a puppy mill. “A puppy mill is a large-scale commercial dog breeding facility where profit is given priority over the well-being of the dogs,” (ASPCA). The animals that were once seen as magnificent and beautiful, are mainly seen as a form of money in today’s society,
And where they go when they get too old and haven’t been sold yet? Well the answer to the first question is easy: puppy mills. Pet stores deceive their customers by telling the customers that they have, “‘papers’ or licenses to prove that their dogs are from humane sources,” when really there is no difference between a humane breeder and a puppy mill in the eyes of the law, because puppy mills’ are not legally defined, (ASPCA). Real humane breeders would never sell to pet stores, because they would want background checks done on the potential buyers in order to make sure that the dog/puppy would have a safe home, (The Humane Society). The answer to the second question is a very cruel and harsh one to grasp. The sweet little puppy whose age started to affect its chances of being adopted will either get thrown back into a puppy mill, or will be killed. In a Virginia pet store, one veterinarian, “listed euthanasia method as gunshot by owner,” (The Humane Society), which is by no means legal. “If you want to make money in this business… You really have to sell your soul. You can’t care about animals at all,” (The Humane