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I'm sure quite a few of you know this by now but I want everyone to be aware. Please buy your dogs from well-known breeders or animal shelters!
Boycott Puppy Mills!
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Do they have pussy mills?
...NOT funny...
horror!
unfortunately it doesn't happen only to dogs...
unfortunately it doesn't happen only to dogs...
My dog was given to me from some guy who owned a farm who was really good friends with my Grandfather...don't blame me for being sketchy on the details, I was like three years old at the time.
In my opinion, I would say don't buy one at all, (that would soon put em out of business) but if you must, then get a Mutt!!
At least they don't come with all the problems of a pedigree..
At least they don't come with all the problems of a pedigree..
Our dog came from the SPCA.
I remember reading somewhere though - think it was the PETA website - that some pet stores will just kill on the premises the puppies that aren't bought and chuck them into the dumpster out back.
Kind of a catch-22 then innit?
I remember reading somewhere though - think it was the PETA website - that some pet stores will just kill on the premises the puppies that aren't bought and chuck them into the dumpster out back.
Kind of a catch-22 then innit?
A former neighbor of mine bought a dalmation pup from a petstore at a local mall. Paid an ungodly amount for it, and when she took it to the vet, they discovered that it had a birth defect, something with its heart, and she was told the pup wouldn't even make it to adulthood. Since there was a health guarantee she took it back to the shop. They took the pup back. Less than a week later I happened to be shopping at that mall, walked past the petshop...that poor puppy was back in a cage, up for sale again! Just made me heartsick.
I totally agree with you...
Dogs and cats are forced to spend days and nights inside a very enclosed cage where they are hardly ever taken out, and many times no one is there to clean it up.
Of course for the common pet lover, you feel pity for the poor thing and sometimes you don't mind spending 5 times the same amount of money that you could spend if you went through the newspaper ads for pet. All for the sake of the poor dog. For pet stores is a very effective marketing strategy, a very cruel one indeed.
Many people consider that PETA some kind of terrorist group, and yes perhaps they're kind of extremists, but they're just about right on bringing up very important issues about animal cruelty.
Dogs and cats are forced to spend days and nights inside a very enclosed cage where they are hardly ever taken out, and many times no one is there to clean it up.
Of course for the common pet lover, you feel pity for the poor thing and sometimes you don't mind spending 5 times the same amount of money that you could spend if you went through the newspaper ads for pet. All for the sake of the poor dog. For pet stores is a very effective marketing strategy, a very cruel one indeed.
Many people consider that PETA some kind of terrorist group, and yes perhaps they're kind of extremists, but they're just about right on bringing up very important issues about animal cruelty.
Yes, and if anyone buys from them out of pity it'll cause them to overbreed more for more bussiness...if the animals are stopped being purchased through the stores and through breeders then Puppy Mills will eventually give up. (if they have enough common sense...)
well...what about racing horses?
after they are not eligible for running any more...they just make glue out of them...
it's this stinky animal protection world-wide program the problem...
kill 'em all!
after they are not eligible for running any more...they just make glue out of them...
it's this stinky animal protection world-wide program the problem...
kill 'em all!
Horse racing is indeed another cruel practice...
...but not nearly as cruel as bullfighting.
It makes me fuckin' ashamed of being hispanic.
...but not nearly as cruel as bullfighting.
It makes me fuckin' ashamed of being hispanic.
What about cock fighting? No, not that COCK! My grandfather and my uncle breeds them and let them fight! The losing cock ends up as stew, although it is quite tattered to ribbons. Poor bastards.
and god knows what they will invent after they ban those!!!
Bunny boxing, I suppose.