Cramped, filthy conditions like the ones in this mill are common to the industry.
Photo Credit: Animal Protection Institute

STOP PUPPY MILLS!!!

Target:
President George W. Bush
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The life for dogs in puppy mills are very sad. They are forced to live in cramped, filthy conditions with little or no vet. care. These animals spend their entire lives in steel cages never knowing what its like to roam free. Puppy mills are located outside so animals face the hottest heat and the coldest cold with no shelter. They are forced to constantly breed until they can't anymore then they are killed or abandon. Dogs suffer from diseases and abnormalities. Banning puppy mills will also help homeless animals who deserve and need homes find them! Please help stop this cruel Industry! Dogs in puppy mills are treated like machine when really they are like us and just want to be loved ! Please help stop the suffering!!

More info about puppy mills:http://www.lcanimal.org/cmpgn/cmpgn_012.htm


The life for dogs in puppy mills are very sad. They are forced to live in cramped, filthy conditions with little or no vet. care. These animals spend their entire lives in steel cages never knowing what its like to roam free. Puppy mills are located outside so animals face the hottest heat and the coldest cold with no shelter. They are forced to constantly breed until they can't anymore then they are killed or abandon. Dogs suffer from diseases and abnormalities. Banning puppy mills will also help homeless animals who deserve and need homes find them! Please help stop this cruel Industry! Dogs in puppy mills are treated like machine when really they are like us and just want to be loved ! Please help stop the suffering!!

More info about puppy mills:http://www.lcanimal.org/cmpgn/cmpgn_012.htm

The life for dogs in puppy mills are very sad. They are forced to live in cramped, filthy conditions with little or no vet. care. These animals spend their entire lives in steel cages never knowing what its like to roam free. Puppy mills are located outside so animals face the hottest heat and the coldest cold with no shelter. They are forced to constantly breed until they can't anymore then they are killed or abandon. Dogs suffer from diseases and abnormalities. This is a horrible way to live and we should protect dogs from this sad life, that they didn't do anything to deserve.There are so many animals that are homeless and need homes and banning puppy mills will help stop this problem. Banning puppy mills will help homeless animals who deserve and need homes find them! Please help stop this cruel Industry!

So many people including myself, and tons of dogs will be forever greatful !

Thank you for your time. 

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# 1,119:
8:02 am PST, Jan 22, Philippe Ducreux, France
# 1,118:
7:46 am PST, Jan 22, Ginger Geronimo, Alabama
All puppy mills should be shut down!
# 1,117:
4:31 pm PST, Jan 21, Beverly Hayes, Arkansas
How about the people who run these places get treated the way these poor animals are treated???? How would that sit with you and this government???

They are illegal torture chambers for these animals.

# 1,116:
1:51 am PST, Jan 21, Craig Lee Asbury, Missouri
# 1,115:
5:56 pm PST, Jan 20, Cristy Karner, Massachusetts
What I'd love to see is one of the mill owner's loved ones crammed into a tiny, filthy cage and forced to give birth over and over until they are unable to produce, and are put down or die in fear, pain, and lonliness never knowing that the world is full of those who would have loved and cherished them.
# 1,114:
8:17 am PST, Jan 20, James a Hughes, New Jersey
its sickening what they do at these mills

the federal authorities and health dept should step in and make it illegal where are they on this?

# 1,113:
8:15 am PST, Jan 20, Sandra De Groot, Netherlands
# 1,112:
6:45 am PST, Jan 20, Glen Venezio, Puerto Rico
# 1,111:
8:31 pm PST, Jan 18, Martina Mangrum, Arkansas
HOW CAN YOU BE SO HEARTLESS!!!! SICK! DISCUSTING PEOPLE! PUPPY MILLS????? IDK WHO CAME UP WITH THAT BUT WHOEVER DID SHOULD BE PUT IN A FREAKIN TORTURE CHAMBER!!!!!!!!

I THINK THAT THEY SHOULD ALL BE BANISHED!!! LET DOGS BREED THE NATURAL WAY!!! ALL PUPPY MILLS DO IS BREAK HEARTS AND KILL INOCENT LIVING CREATURES!!!!!

# 1,110:
3:35 pm PST, Jan 17, Raven Bleau, California
# 1,109:
5:29 pm PST, Jan 16, Barbara Schiano, New York
# 1,108:
2:58 pm PST, Jan 16, Maria A. Zulaica, Kansas
I hate to see dying,the sick and not eat enough to be strong and strength. Also the poor things really make me sad and no one to love them. I'm hoping to let dogs and puppies to get out of Puppy Mills to find a real good home, loving and warmth feelings in your heart. Thank You!
# 1,107:
9:44 pm PST, Jan 15, Jeanne Macdonald, Canada
The only way to stop this is to legislate against it. Human rights do not supersede animal rights.

I'd like to throw the people who run these mills into prison for life.

# 1,106:
6:33 pm PST, Jan 15, Virginia Oldham, Washington
This is the first time I ever heard of this!

I don't like puppy mills.

# 1,105:
8:47 pm PST, Jan 14, Kellie A, Oregon
# 1,104:
6:51 pm PST, Jan 14, Tammy Delotelle, Georgia
There are far too many unwanted pets as it is. We don't need someone breeding and mistreating them in order to make more to fill our shelters with.

Puppy mills are a disgusting and inhumane business. They are not interested in the animal. They are only interested in the money they are apt to make when they sell them. The animals deserve better.

# 1,103:
4:56 pm PST, Jan 14, Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
Imagine if people did that to you.

Puppy Mills torture dogs. They're more innocent than most people, so why punish them for nothing?

# 1,102:
4:54 pm PST, Jan 14, Lorena Silva, Mexico
# 1,101:
4:20 pm PST, Jan 14, Franka Malmberg, Georgia
I seen first hand a Puppy Mill In Tattnal County in the woods. I took pictures. This practice is very inhumane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
# 1,100:
2:17 pm PST, Jan 14, Kat McAboy, Massachusetts
America has to clean up it's act regarding how animals are treated here. Period.
# 1,099:
10:40 am PST, Jan 14, Joe Hoffer, Pennsylvania
# 1,098:
8:25 am PST, Jan 14, Nikki Ayres, Maryland
It's disgusting that people are allowed to profit from the suffering of animals. Many people don't even know that their pets came from puppy mills. Doesn't that qualify as false advertising? Puppy Mills should be banned and the people that operate them should have to do time in jail (not a simple fine or community service - JAIL)
# 1,096:
5:03 am PST, Jan 14, Shannon Frey, Pennsylvania
This is so inhumane! These poor animals deserve love and life!! Not death! They've done nothing wrong!!

I think they are disgraceful and disgusting and should be stopped.

# 1,095:
12:17 am PST, Jan 14, Rebecca Schneider, Arizona
With the enormous numbers of dogs and cats killed each day in shelters, we should easily be able to see that we don't need large scale breeding of ANY type of companion animal. Millions of purebred animals are needlessly killed each year and these only contribute to the problem.

Puppy mills are horrid places of abuse and suffering. The breeding animals are continually caged, continually breeding. Neither of these things is good for the animal's health or well-being. They all need to close!

# 1,094:
10:59 pm PST, Jan 13, Name not displayed, California
# 1,093:
10:45 pm PST, Jan 13, Emily Dickson, Maryland
Please do something to stop this atrocity. Dogs kept in these squalid conditions, especially the ones kept constantly pregnant, have been known to exhibit neurotic behavior all the way to abject insanity. The cages and confinement are torture to even witness. Please, if you can, ban these torture chambers for good.
# 1,092:
10:12 pm PST, Jan 13, Michele Domsky, California
# 1,091:
10:05 pm PST, Jan 13, Jeanette Ambrose, New York
They are an abomination.
# 1,090:
10:04 pm PST, Jan 13, Victoria Mary Stong / Animal Rights Activist, New York
WE MUST ALL PULL TOGETHER AND MAKE MASS DEMONSTRATIONS, RALLIES AND PROTESTS AGAINST THE SELLING OF ANIMALS IN PUPPY MILLS AND PET STORES WORLDWIDE. THERE ARE ALREADY SO MANY GREAT ANIMALS THAT NEED TO BE RESCUED FROM OUTDOORS AND ADOPTED FROM SHELTERS ETC.. DON'T YOU KNOW THAT ANIMALS THAT ARE RESCUED HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE MOST DEDICATED AND GRATEFUL ANIMALS TO YOU ANYWAY? THEY KNOW YOU SAVED THEM AND BECOME MUCH MORE FAITHFUL AND LOVING TO YOU. I HAVE RESCUED MANY ANIMALS AND THIS HAS BEEN MY EXPERIENCE. PLEASE BOYCOTT PET STORES EVERYWHERE AND ONLINE PET SALES AS WE NEED TO SAVE ANIMALS FROM TORTURE, ABUSE AND MALTREATMENT. GOD WILL BLESS YOU FOR IT!

ALL PUPPY MILLS IN THE UNITED STATES AND INTERNATIONALLY NEED TO BE SHUT DOWN AND WE HAVE THE POWER TO DO IT.................BOYCOTT, BOYCOTT, BOYCOTT!~~~~~~~Respectfully and Sincerely, Ms. Victoria Mary Stong /R&B & Soul Singer, Humanitarian,Peacemaker,Cousin of 9/11 Victim John Charles Jenkins,Former W.T.C. 1st Responder,Bldg.7 Volunteer Worker 9/11-11/10/01,F.D.N.Y."Flag Lady"& Civil Rights,Animal Rights & Community Activist-L.I.C.,N.Y.,U.S.A.-Well Seasoned!~*~*~*~"Racism is an insult to God"~*~*~*~ / * THIS IS PICTURE OF PRESIDENT BUSH AND I IN GROUND ZERO ON 9/11/02.

# 1,089:
8:31 pm PST, Jan 13, Stela Vasques, Portugal
# 1,088:
8:29 pm PST, Jan 13, Kendra Harry, Georgia
THis has to stop. In this day and age...we know better. Why on earth are these mills still around?>

Puppy mills are incredibly cruel and as long as we have them, the stray problem will never be fixed!

# 1,087:
7:37 pm PST, Jan 13, Name not displayed, Arkansas
puppy mills are awfull places where animals are not properaly cared for...

horroble..need to be stopped immediatly.... dont buy dogs from pet stores or newspaper adds!!!!!!!!!!!!!

# 1,086:
7:01 pm PST, Jan 13, Patty M, Canada
# 1,085:
5:23 pm PST, Jan 13, Emily Cherry Goff, Alabama
Puppy mills are inhumane and should not be allowed to exist. We just had one exposed in my state and it was HORRIBLE what those poor dogs suffered.
# 1,084:
5:03 pm PST, Jan 13, Mike Anuszewski, New Jersey
# 1,083:
4:53 pm PST, Jan 13, Tamela Harper, Texas
# 1,082:
4:45 pm PST, Jan 13, Jenny Dumas, Alabama
Puppy Mills are a horrible, greedy way to make money! It's WRONG!
# 1,081:
11:41 am PST, Jan 12, Rebecca Dunbar, South Carolina
# 1,080:
11:13 am PST, Jan 12, Emily Glowacki, Michigan
# 1,079:
1:59 pm PST, Jan 11, Bonnie Harris, Canada
I manage our local SPCA and have come across several cases of what I would consider "puppy mills" These animals are thought of as nothing but money making machines! Some are found in good body condition but are living in deplorable, unsanitary conditions. Because the animal is in good "body" condition it makes it extremely difficult to prosecute the people running these puppy mills.

Puppy Mills should be banned!!!

# 1,078:
4:19 am PST, Jan 11, Connie Conaway, Pennsylvania
# 1,077:
2:09 pm PST, Jan 10, Linda Lamb, Iowa
# 1,076:
10:06 am PST, Jan 9, Laurel Burns, Maine
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9:05 am PST, Jan 9, Celina Ferreira, Illinois
# 1,074:
7:01 am PST, Jan 9, Anita Solomon, Florida
# 1,073:
2:44 am PST, Jan 9, Jacqueline Rush, Pennsylvania
# 1,072:
1:56 pm PST, Jan 8, Danielle Komen, Illinois
I am urging you to help put an end to puppy mills. This would include stricter laws for individuals that treat animals inhumanely. This would also include large fines and jail time for people who violate animal rights.

Puppy Mills are cruel and no living being should ever be subjected to that type of abuse!

# 1,071:
12:48 am PST, Jan 8, Anna Hickl, Germany
# 1,070:
11:14 pm PST, Jan 7, Hazel Chase, Arizona
# 1,069:
11:31 am PST, Jan 4, Jennifer Lee, Georgia
# 1,068:
2:05 am PST, Jan 4, Name not displayed, South Africa
Puppy mills are cruel and unnecessary. These people do not care about the puppy's health and nutrition and are only interested in the money involved
# 1,067:
8:44 pm PST, Jan 2, Alyssa Richman, Pennsylvania
heartbreaking
# 1,066:
5:12 pm PST, Jan 2, Suzanne Hart, Canada
Please ban puppy mills. They are horrific hell holes. Breeders need to be restricted to a few responsible ones and need to be constantly checked for compliance of regulations. Regulations should be set up for all breeders and any who do not comply need to be charged to the fullest extent of the law. Laws have to change to protect our companion animals. They are not property, they are living, feeling mammals that need love, affection, proper care and a voice from those of us who care.
# 1,065:
6:11 am PST, Jan 2, Andrea Londoņo, Colombia
# 1,064:
12:12 pm PST, Jan 1, Alyce Frank, New York
stop the breeding of animals that are taken away from their mothers too soon,not finished nursing, means sick unhealthy dogs that hopefully get sold at a ''pet shop''.the buyer if they can afford the vet bills have a sick animal for how ever they the buyer keep them. BUYER BEWARE OF PUPPYS SOLD IN PET SHOPS.

how do i feel about puppy mills,they should all and i mean all be put out of business.ASAP. these people have no regard for the lives of the animals, just fast money.

# 1,063:
9:33 am PST, Jan 1, Brenna Falley, Kansas
# 1,062:
7:22 pm PST, Dec 31, Katie Thiery, Ohio
# 1,061:
1:50 pm PST, Dec 30, Peppermint Twist, Alaska
# 1,060:
11:29 am PST, Dec 30, DC Caban, Florida
THIS IS UNNECESSARY TORTURE. IF THESE ANIMALS COULD SPEAK YOU WOULD KNOW JUST HOW MUCH PAIN YOU PUT THEM THROUGH. GOD PUNISHES ALL WHO PLACE SUFFEREING UPON THE INNOCENT. PLEASE STOP NOW.

THEY NEED TO BE STOPPED NOW!!!!!!!!!!!11

# 1,059:
12:55 pm PST, Dec 29, Katie Hall, United Kingdom
Puppies are sentient creatures. They feel pain and they suffer like any living creature when they are mistreated. Please understand that puppy mills cause psyical and psychological suffering to these innocent creatures. Such cruelty cannot be justified and therefore must be shut down.

Puppy mills are run by those who do not understand the harm their actions cause. There is a level of ignorance there when it comes to compassion for a living creature. Puppy mills are therefore both cruel and an example of cruelty and ignorance.

# 1,058:
7:05 am PST, Dec 27, SANDRA ROCHA, Portugal
# 1,057:
4:55 am PST, Dec 27, Gageanu Andreea, Romania
# 1,056:
2:43 pm PST, Dec 22, Sheila Gredzinski, Pennsylvania
How can this be allowed in our country? This is legal? Stop playing with the animals lives, if we don't want to live like they do, they should not have to, either.

Shut them ALL down!

# 1,055:
6:40 am PST, Dec 22, Name not displayed, Canada
There are so many wonderful pets to adopt, don't buy from a Mall store, they just care about $$$ not the animals.

Makes me sick, I buy or adopt from people I know or visit directly.

# 1,054:
1:03 pm PST, Dec 20, Mary Palumbo, Colorado
# 1,053:
4:26 pm PST, Dec 18, Simos Tarabatzis, Greece
# 1,052:
1:09 pm PST, Dec 18, Megan Guynn, Michigan
I believe that puppy mills are just horrible places! I got my first Yorkie from a woman who was trying to breed him with any breed possible and he wasn't even a year old and he wasnt interested so she said that she had to get rid of him because she was "least attached to him." We had taken our dog to the vet just a week or two later and the lady was in the vets office with a box more of puppies. The dog quivered when he saw her again. It's horrible what people are able to do to their animals! I think it's rediculous that Puppy Mills aren't being shut down all over for animal abuse. That makes no sense to me.
# 1,051:
4:13 am PST, Dec 18, Jean-damien SUSINI, France
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