ASPCA launches No Pet Store Puppies Campaign
It’s a sad fact that most pet store puppies come from puppy mills.
Puppy mills are large-scale commercial dog breeding operations where profit is given priority over the well-being of the dogs. Puppy mills usually house dogs in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions, without adequate veterinary care, socialization or even food and water.
Puppy mill dogs don’t exercise or get groomed. Dogs are typically kept in cages with wire flooring that injures their paws and legs—and cages can be stacked up in columns (which means waste sooner or later falls on the dogs housed below them.) Compromised health and conditions like matting, sores, mange, severe dental disease and abscesses are often widespread. Many puppy mills puppies are born with or develop overt physical problems that make them unsalable to pet stores—which means they end up abandoned or just left to die. Many sick puppies slip through the cracks though and end up at pet stores, where the new puppy owner unknowingly purchases the sick dog.
In an effort to raise awareness of how purchasing a puppy from a pet store supports puppy mills, the ASPCA recently launched a new campaign urging people to take the pledge not to buy anything from stores that sell puppies. The campaign’s site also features a list of other things that you can do help stop the sale of puppies in pet stores. For information on how to get involved, or to take the pledge, visit www.nopetstorepuppies.com.
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