- Signatures: 14,372
- Goal: 5,000
- Deadline: 6-19-2004
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Have the AKC stop registering puppies from puppy mills!
| Number | Date | Prefix | Name | Gender | State | How do you feel about puppy mills? | How do you feel about the AKC registering puppies from puppy mills? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14,385 | 5:16 am PST, Nov 3 | Ms. | kristi schrittwiesr | Female | New York | They should all be shut down | A very bad thing to do. They promote people to buy puppy mill dogs. All people care about is whether or not it is AKC. That sells the dogs. |
| 14,384 | 7:02 pm PDT, Oct 19 | Mr. | Mark L | Male | Florida | Makes me sick! | Horrible |
| 14,383 | 7:00 pm PDT, Oct 19 | Mrs. | Kristin L | Female | Pennsylvania | We already have way too many homeless dogs! | This makes me sick!!! |
| 14,382 | 8:56 pm PDT, Oct 3 | Ms. | meghan dixon | Female | Texas | ||
| 14,381 | 6:26 pm PDT, Sep 16 | Mrs. | Viviana Beauchamp | Female | |||
| 14,380 | 4:27 am PDT, Aug 26 | Ms. | Emily Mason | Female | Disgusted | Its insane.....? surely | |
| 14,379 | 6:43 am PDT, Aug 25 | Teresa Wylie | Female | I hate anyone that treats innocent animals like money making machines. Puppy Mills disgust me. | This needs to stop and now!! | ||
| 14,378 | 4:12 pm PDT, Jul 28 | Ms. | Anonymous | Female | Horrible. I just can not believe that government has not clamped down on them yet. We need stronger regulations, control. Puppy mill dog sellers even fake the official medical documents, but there is not even a proper procedure at ministries of agriculture to raise investigation into it. Please please stop this horrible thing. | Awful... all hopes lost. Unless AKC improves their standards, they might as well just close down. | |
| 14,377 | 6:21 am PDT, Jul 18 | Mrs. | Anonymous | Female | they are selfish none caring people just wanting to make money | thats wrong. | |
| 14,376 | 7:41 pm PDT, Jul 13 | Erin L | Female | Kansas | |||
| 14,375 | 8:27 am PDT, Jul 13 | Mrs. | Anonymous | Female | New York | ||
| 14,374 | 12:40 pm PDT, Jul 10 | Ms. | Anonymous | Female | They are sick, disgusting, cruel places for any animal to be near. | It is unlawful! Puppies are probably not even purebred, due to so many different breeds at some puppy mills. Unnatural circumstances produce unhealthy pups that should never be registered. | |
| 14,373 | 2:39 pm PDT, Jun 29 | Mrs. | Anonymous | Female | California | I think muders get better care then these animals get. These animals have no choice and it needs to come to an end now all they want is love. | This makes me sick. |
| 14,372 | 12:29 pm PDT, Jun 24 | Ms. | Anonymous | Female | |||
| 14,371 | 3:31 pm PDT, Jun 22 | Mrs. | Ashley Perkins | Female | Virginia | I think puppy mills are tragic. Animals have feelings and emotions for a breeding dog to live in such poor conditions and thrown out like a piece of trash when they are no longer "of use", to these morally sicking people is disturbing. I am sickened to live in a society that permits this inhumane behavior towards these wonderful loving creatures. | I for one am very saddened to learn this. I thought that the American Kennel Club was a respectable organization. I currently purchased a yorkshire terrier from very respectable breeders and was in the process of preparing my forms to send in, after learning this I wont be giving them any of my money. Ive lost all respect for AKC. |
| 14,370 | 6:38 pm PDT, May 22 | Tina Zeutschel | Female | Washington | |||
| 14,369 | 9:13 am PDT, Apr 30 | dena fernandez | Female | Florida | Obhor them | Definitly should not be allowed | |
| 14,368 | 9:10 pm PDT, Apr 27 | Ms. | Sandy Prater | Female | Georgia | I was largely ignorant to the existence of them until after I bought my first pet from a pet store. I noticed other dogs who seemed sickly or ill-bred and mentioned this to a friend who then informed me about the puppy mill situation and the abuse which goes on there. Needless to say, my next dog was a rescue. After his passing, I did opt for a breeder with AKC dogs, but have made numerous home visits and see that her animals are kept humanely and are well socialized family members. | I feel that it goes against everything the AKC stands for. By putting your stamp of approval on abused and inbred dogs, you negate the purpose of the AKC and give your papers as much credibility as photo-copied dollar bill. |
| 14,367 | 8:53 am PDT, Apr 24 | Mrs. | Anonymous | Female | North Dakota | It causes great sadness to know man's best friend is nothing but a money maker to the greed of these people. How can they possibly live with themselves? | I totally think its' insane! They are no better than the puppy mills. They are allowing this to happen. They have only 15 inspectors and the inspector better not "upset the applecart" with any bad news" according to former AKC inspectors. |
| 14,366 | 12:05 pm PDT, Apr 20 | Jessica Skinner | Female | Illinois | They need to disappear. | I never had any respect for the AKC, and to hell if anyone thinks it has changed for the better, now! | |
| 14,365 | 9:21 am PDT, Apr 20 | Ms. | Liz Burns | Female | North Carolina | The same way I feel about factory farming or any other cruelty and injustice. Puppy mills exist because of greedy sociopaths. | They are heartless and greedy. |
| 14,364 | 9:35 pm PDT, Apr 19 | Dean Powell | Male | North Carolina | absolute disgrace to the human race | their complicity is appalling.... as the old saying goes follow the money. It would seem they are no different from large corporations willing to profit by any and every means. Read the AKC mission statement, it's quite ironic. | |
| 14,363 | 2:56 pm PDT, Mar 30 | Mrs. | sue fitz | Female | Illinois | ||
| 14,362 | 6:50 am PDT, Mar 11 | Ms. | Srishti Kapoor | Female | |||
| 14,361 | 7:21 pm PST, Mar 7 | Mrs. | vicki hibbs | Female | IT makes me sick to think that these scum bags are using a living being to profit!! They need to be put in very small cages!!! | disgusted.....I had for many years believed that the AKC was an upstanding organization dedicated to preserving the breeds....now to find out that they are doing THIS!!!! They are in it for the money...not the animal! | |
| 14,360 | 2:00 pm PST, Mar 6 | Mrs. | Rebecca Neiding | Female | Connecticut | The breeding at puppy mills is performed without consideration of genetic quality. This results in generations of dogs with unchecked hereditary defects. | IF the AKC continues registering puppy mill dogs, they will not only be doing a disservice to dog owners, any reputable breeders who register with them, but to the dogs they take so much pride in protecting and promoting. Their slogan reads "We're more than just champion dogs. We're the dog's champion." if this is true, they will put an end to puppy mills. |
| 14,359 | 6:44 am PST, Feb 24 | Mrs. | christina alcaraz | Female | Arizona | its just wrong. they dont know the harm theyre doind to the puppies. | they should more carefull on that |
| 14,358 | 1:37 pm PST, Feb 6 | Suzanne Stortz | Female | Colorado | |||
| 14,357 | 10:25 am PST, Jan 24 | cat geary | Female | Massachusetts | want them to all be shut down. period. the general public needs to be educated. people think they "rescue" puppies from pet stores, not perpetuate the problem. Help spread the word any way you can PUPPY MILLS KILL!!! | disgusted AKC is all about $$$$$$ | |
| 14,356 | 10:43 am PST, Jan 18 | Renee Pacilli | Female | New Jersey | Please do not. | ||
| 14,355 | 5:08 pm PST, Jan 12 | Mrs. | Rocio Acosta-Nava | Female | Illinois | I think they are atrocious and the people who run them should be ashamed of themselves. | They should not be as highly regarded as people believe them to be due to this issue. |
| 14,354 | 5:31 pm PST, Jan 7 | Mrs. | CRISTINA ACOSTA-LARA | Female | Illinois | I THINK PUPPY MILLS ARE HORRIBLE! THE PUPPIES ARE SICK AND HAVE ALOT OF HEALTH ISSUES AND ARE NOT WELL BEHAVED. | I HONESTLY DID NOT EVEN KNOW THAT THE AKC WAS REGISTERING PUPPIES FROM MILLS AND HAVE LOST ALOT OF RESPECT TO THE AKC. |
| 14,353 | 6:20 am PST, Nov 28 | mari lerchenfeldt | Female | New Hampshire | |||
| 14,352 | 4:30 pm PST, Nov 20 | Mrs. | Kathryn Livsey | Female | California | They're horrific-the conditions are filthy, unhealthy and cruel(especiallly for the female breeders who spend their whole lives in them without human contact.) | This is ridiculous but is consistent with what they said on Oprah's show revealing the horrors of Puppy Mills-that they don't condone it yet they didn't want to get involved(so the first part is a lie) They are all about profit and dog shows-don't really care about the animals that much |
| 14,351 | 5:34 pm PST, Nov 10 | james macdonald | Female |
Have the AKC stop registering puppies from puppy mills
The AKC registers puppies from puppy mills. If they continue doing this, the puppy mills will keep on breeding puppies inhumanely. This is targeted at the CEO of the AKC. Please sign to help the puppies!
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