Relief arrives for 101 dogs living in squalid conditions. One of the most horrific cases of neglect and animal cruelty was witnessed by the RSPCA and police who raided Waterford Boarding Kennels and Cattery, South of Brisbane on January 2008.

SAVE OUR ANIMALS! BAN PUPPY MILLS IN AUSTRALIA

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The Prime Minister Kevin Rudd
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I am from the state of Victoria and watched the news a year ago where 101 poodles and other dogs had been neglected within a breeding establishment. My heart aches for the dogs and hopefully those that have survived, are progressing since being in the great care of the RSPCA?  It deeply saddens me that the poor dogs have been exploited by being used as breeding machines and confined to small, dirty spaces in order to fill the greedy puppy farmers pockets for the $.


All of the dogs were in poor condition, with matted fur clotted with urine and faeces, ear infections, and some infested with maggots. From this occurrence, I am so against puppy farming or back yard breeding as you could call it, which are popping up everywhere all over the country, unnoticed, and not monitored strictly by local and animal welfare authorities.


Sadly purebred puppies or x breeds are produced in massive numbers.  The female dogs are forced to breed back to back, with very little rest between litters. Unfortunately the dogs live in conditions that are inhumane, lacking in quality food and shelter, little veterinary care, overcrowded cages, little freedom to roam, and needing love by humans. The puppies are then sold directly either to pet shops, via the Internet or newspaper advertisements within Australia.


Now is the time to fight against inhumane puppy mills.

I cannot stress the importance of introducing stricter laws relating to animal welfare in this country and want to help put an end to puppy mills and other inhumane animal farms. By abolishing puppy mills, there will certainly be a decrease in unwanted pets and overcrowded shelters. It just breaks my heart to see so many pictures of animals living in anguish.


 More devastating, I came across yahoo 7 members room and was totally horrified what I read. Sadly one member commented that unfortunately they had to put their German Sheppard down because they had temporally placed their dog in the care of the same Boarding Kennel that the 101 dogs were rescued from (which legally I cannot name), whilst in the process of moving to WA. My wish is for authorities to look into the matter further and stop inhumane puppy farming.


YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!


Save our animals from imprisonment and cruelty and allow them the opportunity to live a wonderful life.


So please join in the fight to ban puppy mills by signing my petition today! 


I am from the state of Victoria and watched the news a year ago where 101 poodles and other dogs had been neglected within a breeding establishment. My heart aches for the dogs and hopefully those that have survived, are progressing since being in the great care of the RSPCA?  It deeply saddens me that the poor dogs have been exploited by being used as breeding machines and confined to small, dirty spaces in order to fill the greedy puppy farmers pockets for the $.


All of the dogs were in poor condition, with matted fur clotted with urine and faeces, ear infections, and some infested with maggots. From this occurrence, I am so against puppy farming or back yard breeding as you could call it, which are popping up everywhere all over the country, unnoticed, and not monitored strictly by local and animal welfare authorities.


Sadly purebred puppies or x breeds are produced in massive numbers.  The female dogs are forced to breed back to back, with very little rest between litters. Unfortunately the dogs live in conditions that are inhumane, lacking in quality food and shelter, little veterinary care, overcrowded cages, little freedom to roam, and needing love by humans. The puppies are then sold directly either to pet shops, via the Internet or newspaper advertisements within Australia.


Now is the time to fight against inhumane puppy mills.

I cannot stress the importance of introducing stricter laws relating to animal welfare in this country and want to help put an end to puppy mills and other inhumane animal farms. By abolishing puppy mills, there will certainly be a decrease in unwanted pets and overcrowded shelters. It just breaks my heart to see so many pictures of animals living in anguish.


 More devastating, I came across yahoo 7 members room and was totally horrified what I read. Sadly one member commented that unfortunately they had to put their German Sheppard down because they had temporally placed their dog in the care of the same Boarding Kennel that the 101 dogs were rescued from (which legally I cannot name), whilst in the process of moving to WA. My wish is for authorities to look into the matter further and stop inhumane puppy farming.


YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!


Save our animals from imprisonment and cruelty and allow them the opportunity to live a wonderful life.


So please join in the fight to ban puppy mills by signing my petition today! 



We the undersigned,
request that you ban all puppy farming of poor quality in Australia. It is also our wish that procedures and practices are implemented to strictly monitor all breeders, groomers, kennels and catteries in Australia by the appropriate authorities.


Unfortunately the recent raids by the RSPCA and police in QLD where 101 dogs were seized, is a very sad and devesting example of inhumane, unregistered breeders and boarding kennels. All of the dogs were in poor condition, with matted fur clotted with urine and faeces, ear infections, and some infested with maggots.

Is this what Australia should be seen as?  We are those poor animals voices.  Our furry friends did not asked to live in conditions that are inhumane, lacking in quality food and shelter, little veterinary care, over crowded cages and little freedom to roam and be loved by humans. The puppies did not ask to be sold directly either to pet shops, via the Internet or newspaper ads within Australia and overseas. All animals have a right be loved and have space to roam.

NOW IS THE TIME!

Please ban all puppy farming or back yard breeding as you could call it, which is not monitored strictly by local and animal health authorities.

Save our animals from imprisonment and inhumane cruelty and allow them the opportunity to live a wonderful life. You can make a difference.


Thank you for taking the time to read this letter.
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We signed the "SAVE OUR ANIMALS! BAN PUPPY MILLS IN AUSTRALIA" petition!
# 1,529:
4:05 am PST, Jan 29, Balkis Burhanudin, Malaysia
# 1,528:
9:50 pm PST, Jan 28, Teckayaki Tan, Malaysia
care .........
# 1,527:
9:44 pm PST, Jan 28, Shamsiah Ahmad, Malaysia
# 1,526:
9:30 pm PST, Jan 28, Carolina Carlier, Australia
It is disgusting waht those dogs farmers do with these dogs!!!! I just can't understand!
# 1,525:
11:21 pm PST, Jan 25, Maren Heinig, Australia
# 1,524:
5:23 am PST, Jan 25, Cameron G., Massachusetts
Please Save Animals Ban Mills In Aussie, Please! ----------- Listen, Please Get A This Printer And Get Your Paper For Signature With Envelope Before Send To Governor. Please Pass Your Friends and Your Family. Please Do Not Need To Wait. Go Now!! That's Website From Selena. http://www.islanddog.org/writetogovernor.html
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1:07 am PST, Jan 24, Name not displayed, Australia
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7:58 am PST, Jan 21, Monica Rodriguez, Texas
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8:02 pm PST, Jan 13, Jenny Dooley, Australia
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4:55 pm PST, Jan 9, Rhianna Glover, Australia
I think everyone should stop hurting animals and let them live like we live
# 1,519:
2:47 am PST, Jan 8, Rebecca Andrews, Australia
People buy puppies from pet shops and newspaper ads, to them it's a happy thing, a good thing -- because they have NO IDEA of the dark side of such things, at what they are unwittingly perpetuating. Help shine a light on the bigger picture by improving the animal welfare laws, by stopping backyard breeders, by making the pet shop owners accountable. It's beyond appalling that baby animals are being treated like they are CROPS, created and grown to be sold for as much of a profit as they can bring in, mere items. I have long since stopped entering pet stores selling bred animals, and would never buy *anything* from such a shop.
# 1,518:
9:36 pm PST, Jan 3, Katy Shelton, Kentucky
# 1,517:
6:15 pm PST, Dec 30, Name not displayed, Florida
Puppy mills are horible and disgusting, and they should all be shut down!
# 1,516:
11:54 pm PST, Dec 28, Name not displayed, Illinois
# 1,515:
11:43 am PST, Dec 26, Amanda Pereira, Australia
Please stop this & think how it would feel if you were in the dogs position!
# 1,514:
5:20 pm PST, Dec 25, Roshan Patel, Colorado
What is wrong with people? Animals deserve alot better than this.
# 1,513:
1:52 am PST, Dec 25, Jo Pretorius, South Africa
Please, we need to stop this. This is a terrible sin.

Newspapers should also take a stand. No advertising of animasl for sale.

# 1,512:
9:47 pm PST, Dec 17, Caroline Molloy, Australia
I am so disappointed that this is happening in Australia. It is time something is done about the treatment of animals in this country.
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8:06 am PST, Dec 17, Name not displayed, Delaware
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6:00 am PST, Dec 12, Name not displayed, Washington
# 1,509:
8:56 pm PST, Dec 11, Ambria Holman, Illinois
i think this is very wrong because i see how some people abuse and mistreat their pets and it is not right. i have 2 cats and 1 dog and i will never abuse or mistreat them because they didn't do any thing. these animal are not here for that reasons they are here to make us happy not them sad.
# 1,508:
9:58 pm PST, Dec 8, Nicole Vuille, Australia
what has this world come to when people can so openly and shamelessly violate an animals rights?
# 1,507:
6:11 pm PST, Dec 4, Brenda O'Toole, Australia
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9:04 pm PST, Dec 3, Maria Murphy, Australia
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1:11 am PST, Dec 3, Jessica Ferry, Australia
# 1,504:
2:00 pm PST, Dec 1, Anna Price, Canada
Puppy mills are disgusting! I honestly can't understand why someone would reject a beautiful little dog because they had too many whiskers, or a hair out of place. This is completely and utterly cruel!
# 1,503:
7:47 am PST, Nov 18, Yolanda Colon-galarza, New York
Why do our little guys have to endure so much pain and suffering. Please ban Puppy mills not only in Australia but all over the world. It should be completely banned. We should deal with the animals that we already have in shelters that need loving homes.
# 1,502:
9:06 pm PST, Nov 16, Catherine Hugo, Australia
Please take a leaf out of many countries overseas who now no longer stock puppies in petshops or if they do they only have homeless little dogs not ones breed to be placed in a window. Please stop puppy mills we don't need them.
# 1,501:
6:54 am PST, Nov 16, Louise Delalande, Massachusetts
It disgusts me that Australia continues to treat so many of it's animals with such little respect like in the instance of puppy mills. As an Aussie expat living in the United States I have started to see a change in attitudes here, pet shops will run adoption drives for homeless animals rather than keeping the breeding process going by only selling animals as young babies. It's shameful that pet shops continue to target gullible impulse shoppers with their cute puppy/kitten/bunny in the window displays. These animals often wind up at animal shelters as a result, fueling the over-population of unwanted pets. Louise Delalande
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