Outline Puppy Mills I. What are puppy mills? A. aka “puppy farm” B. breeding factory for dogs C. moms breed until they are too weak or until they die D. Conditions 1. Overcrowded in old farms‚ shed‚ or chicken coop 2. wired‚ unsanitary cages to minimize waste cleaning (in winter and summer) 3. food infested with maggots and water is green with algae 4. underfed malnourished – leads to puppies eating one
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Page 2 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
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Puppy Mills When you hear the words Puppy Mills‚ what are your first thoughts or feelings? Confusion? Anger? Sadness? Maybe you’re asking "what are Puppy Mills?"‚ and I will tell you. Puppy Mills are oversized and overpopulated facilities that are used to breed large numbers of dogs at a time and sell them across the nation to earn profit. These facilities are filthy and dangerous for even people to be in. The dogs there are bred over and over again until they either pass away or physically cannot
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Puppy Mills in America: The Need for Stricter Federal Laws Laura Wesley Marygrove College Abstract: This paper explores the existence and legislation of puppy mills in the United States at both the state and federal levels. The extent of the problem is discussed‚ along with a brief history of the Animal Welfare Act and animal advocacy efforts in effect today. Causes and consequences of the commercial dog breeding industry are presented and examined‚ leading up to a proposed solution to regulating
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To Ban or Not to Ban Puppy Mill Puppies in Pet Stores Executive Summary This paper focuses on the pet store industry‚ and whether or not it is ethical to be purchasing puppies from pet stores that most likely came from puppy mills. Throughout the essay‚ one can expect a history of how puppy mills became popular as well as gaining an understanding of the pet industry market. Moving forward‚ the paper will describe the cruel‚ inhumane acts discovered in puppy mills and provide different
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Are Puppy Mills Bad? A young girl got a puppy for Christmas; weeks later her puppy died. The local vet ruled that this puppy died from a severe respiratory disease which caused the air passages to become closed resulting in slow suffocation. They later discovered that this puppy came from a puppy mill. A puppy mill is an inhumane organization that breeds and sells puppies. Puppy mills have been around since before 1970. To this day there are more than 10‚000 mills existing in the United States
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are enemies are puppy mills just puppy mills let’s take a stand. A puppy mill is a mass breeding facility for puppies. Puppy mills have small wire cages and multiple dogs in one cage. Puppy mills should be banned. Dogs in puppy mills have horrible living conditions and little appetite. Puppy mills should be banned because of horrible living conditions. According to ‘lcanimal.org’ “Usually these animals stay outside year round in the freezing and hot weather”. Dogs in puppy mills sometimes get´s
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and 22% of the cases are other types of animals. People need to join together and stop animal cruelty. There are numerous different forms of animal cruelty that include puppy mills‚ animals in lab experiments‚ and dog fighting. “Puppy Mills can have 10 to 1‚000 dogs in their mills at a time.” according to ASPCA. Not all puppy mills are inspected therefore it is not clear to know the right average. In many cases‚ dogs are housed in crowded and unsanitary areas and do not receive the care of a veterinarian
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what a puppy mill looks like. Puppy mills are large-scale commercial dog breeding operations where profit is placed above the well-being of animals. To help put this cruel treatment of animals to an end‚ we need to look at the causes and effects of puppy mills‚ and what you can do as an individual. Puppy mills are a widespread problem. “There is an estimated 15‚000 puppy mills in the U.S. alone‚
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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‚
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