Tell McCloud's to stop selling puppies! Say No to breeders and puppy mills

Puppy mills are a well-kept secret of the pet-trade industry. They sell animals to pet stores without any concern for the millions of animals who will die in animal shelters everyday. It's standard practice for puppy mills to keep animals in cramped, crude, and filthy conditions without proper veterinary care or socialization. 

Puppies are often taken from their mother when they are 5 to 8 weeks old and sold to brokers who pack them in crates for resale to pet stores all over the country. 

Innocent families buy the puppies only to find that the puppy is very ill or has genetic or emotional problems. Often the puppies die of disease. Many others have medical problems that cost thousands of dollars. And many have emotional problems because they have not been properly socialized in the mills. Don't bring this misery into your home.  

When people buy animals from breeders and pet stores instead of adopting from animal shelters, they deny a desperate lonely animal a chance at a forever loving home. Pet shops that sell puppies fuel the companion animal overpopulation crisis by bringing more animals into a world that is already bursting at the seams with unwanted ones. Over 4 million animals in shelters will literally die every year because there are not enough good homes.
Sadly, only 24% of U.S. household pets are adopted from animal shelters or rescue agencies and as long as people support a market that treats dogs and cats as profit-generating commodities, we will struggle with the overpopulation crisis.
 There is no such thing as a "responsible" breeder, because for every puppy or kitten who is born by a breeder, an animal awaiting adoption at an animal shelter loses his or her chance at finding a home. Many kind individuals fail to recognize that no matter how kindly a breeder treats his or her animals, as long as dogs and cats are dying in animal shelters and pounds because of a lack of homes, no breeding can be considered "responsible." All breeders fuel the animal overpopulation crisis. Simply put, for every puppy or kitten who is deliberately produced by any breeder, an animal in an animal shelter dies. 

Puppies are often taken from their mother when they are 5 to 8 weeks old and sold to brokers who pack them in crates for resale to pet stores all over the country. 

Innocent families buy the puppies only to find that the puppy is very ill or has genetic or emotional problems. Often the puppies die of disease. Many others have medical problems that cost thousands of dollars. And many have emotional problems because they have not been properly socialized in the mills. Don't bring this misery into your home.  
Producing animals for sale is a greedy and callous business in a world in which there is a critical and chronic shortage of good homes for dogs, cats, and other animals, and the only "responsible breeders" are those who, upon learning about how they contribute to the overpopulation crisis, spay or neuter their animals and get out of the business altogether.
Selling animals in pet stores denies homes to animals awaiting adoption and contributes to the overpopulation crisis. Please help support your local shelter and never buy anything in a pet store that sells puppies. Please send McCloud's Pet Emporium  a polite message, letting them know you will not be shopping in their store until they stop selling puppies. Calling and voicing your opinion makes the biggest impact. They can be reached by phone: (209) 533-1330 or email: mccloudspetemporium@hotmail.com.  Sample  message: "I will not be shopping in your store until you stop selling puppies. Thank you." Please leave polite messages, we are here to help the animals. 

Be the voice for our silent companions! Stand up for shelter dogs everywhere and tell McClouds that you wont shop in their store until they stop selling puppies! We the undersigned demand McCloud's Pet Emporium to stop selling puppies and support the local shelter instead!