Girl Scouts
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Quick! sign this petition to ban puppy mills
We are 3 girls part of the Girl Scouts troop #2607: Rishika Nandigam, Anika Mathur, and Suma Vegesna. We were assigned a project to do something that would solve a problem going on in the world. We chose to inform others about the importance of rescuing animals rather than buying them from areas such as puppy mills. We hope that by the end of this project we can make an impact on the world and animals.
About Us
What Are Puppy Mills and What's Wrong with them?
A puppy mill is a commercial breeding facility that mass-produces dogs for sale through pet stores, or directly to consumers through ads or the Internet. Almost 90% of puppies in pet stores come from puppy mills. The breeders produce puppies with no breeding program, little attention to puppy conditions, and poor health and socialization practices. Conditions in puppy mills are generally substandard and may be deplorable, and both puppies and adult dogs may be malnourished, sickly, and of poor temperament. There are an estimated 10,000 puppy mills in the United States. Because of these mills that mass produce, over 1.2 million dogs are put down each year. Breeding parents spend their lives in 24-hour confinement to cages. It is normal to see wired cages stacked on top of each other. Inside these cages are dozens of dogs stuffed together that do not have protection from heat, cold, or inclement weather. ​Inside these cages are dogs that receive little to no veterinary care (if they do the puppy mill owners will perform surgeries without anesthesia or the proper education). Mothers are bred every heat cycle and are normally killed when they can no longer produce. ​When breeders kill their dogs, they don't practice humane euthanasia and are killed by shooting or drowning. ​Puppies are taken from their mothers too young and can develop serious health or behavioral issues due to the conditions in which they are bred and shipped. This leads to expensive veterinary bills, heartbreak, and stress for their owners.This can be easily avoided by rescuing a dog from shelters like SPCA. Dogs come in healthy condition and every dog rescued is one step closer to helping homeless canines.
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Look at all these healthy rescue dogs. You too, can own one of these lovable pups!
What Can I Do To Help?
So now that you have read about why puppy mills are bad, you're probably wondering what you can do to help.
Well first off...SIGN THE PETITIONS! HELP GET THIS WEBSITE AND PETITION OUT THERE BY SHARING THE LINK TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY. Post it on facebook, email it to a friend, or even take a minute to sign this petition. Every small gesture counts towards helping ban puppy mills!
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Please sign this petition (free of charge):
1. Adopt your next pet. You may have your heart set on a puppy or a particular breed, but please don't support puppy mills by buying pets online or in popular stores. We guarantee that the perfect pet is waiting for you at one of the thousands of shelters or rescue groups across the country - and they're not hard to find. SPCA is a great shelter that finds abandoned dogs, nurses them back to health and give them the proper care and medicine. Consider adopting a dog from there as they will make sure it is a safe and lovable animal.
2. Don't buy a puppy online or from a pet store. If you buy a puppy online or from a pet store, you are most likely supporting the puppy mill industry because these are the two ways that puppy millers sell millions of dogs each year.
3. Take action against pet stores that sell dogs supplied by puppy mills. Ask pet stores to consider switching to a humane business model, one that promotes adopting instead of selling puppies from breeders.
4. Ask government officials to pass stricter laws for pet stores and dog breeders. Write or call your city, county, state and federal officials and ask them to take these issues seriously.
5. Speak out in your community and educate others. Write letters to the editors of newspapers about puppy mills and breeders who keep their animals in unacceptable conditions. Note how many ads for dogs, puppies, kittens and other animals there are in the paper's classified section, while shelters overflow with unwanted pets.
6. Get the word out. Send the link to your friends, family, and even post it on social media. This will surely help to get the word out and help make an impact. Contact us through the given email or phone number for further information.
7. Elect animal-friendly candidates. Before any election (local, state or federal), ask candidates if they would support laws regulating commercial breeders and what they would do about puppy mills in the community.
8. Raise awareness and/or donations. Host an awareness-raising or fundraising event in your community. To educate the public about puppy mills and/or raise awareness and funding for local rescue groups, organize a walk, conduct a bake sale or set up a table at local events and hand out information.
9. Don't give up. The fight against puppy mills and bad breeders has been going on for decades. Things won't change overnight, but we are making progress and each little change helps. If you educate just one person about the horrors of puppy mills or convince just one person to adopt rather than buy a pet, you've made a difference.