MOST PEOPLE ARE UNAWARE THAT WHEN THEY PURCHASE A PUPPY FROM A PET STORE IT PROBABLY WAS ACQUIRED FROM A PUPPY MILL. A PUPPY MILL IS A FACTORY THAT DOES NOTHING BUT BREED DOGS FOR PURE PROFIT AND OF COURSE, ULTIMATELY GREED! THE BREEDING DOGS IN PUPPY MILLS ARE KEPT IN SMALL CRAMPED CAGES, ONE ON TOP OF THE OTHER. THUS ALLOWING FECES AND URINE TO FLOW ONTO THE LOWER CAGES. THIS DOGS ARE OFTEN LEFT WITHOUT FOOD OR WATER IN SWELTERING HOT CONDITIONS IN THE SUMMER AND FREEZING CONDITIONS IN THE WINTER . THEY RECIEVE NO VETERINARY CARE AS THIS WOULD COST TO MUCH. THE FACT THAT ANY OF THE DOGS SURVIVE IS ASTONISHING. THE NUMBER OF DOGS EUTHANIZED IN THE UNITED STATES IN ONE YEAR IS STAGGERING!!! YET THESE BREEDERS ARE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE THE CRUEL PRACTICE OF MASS PRODUCING PUPPIES THAT ARE OFTEN PHYSICALLY AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY ILL. AND THE USDA CONDONES THIS PRACTICE!!! WRITE TO YOUR CONGRESSPERSONS, ASSEMBLYPERSONS, CONTACT THE HUMANE SOCIETY, THE ASPCA AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THIS ABHORRENT PRACTICE SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE!!! PLEASE HELP THESE INNOCENT ANIMALS. ALSO, CHECK WEB SITES CONCERNING THIS ISSUE. THANK YOU.
