Holidays are upon us and as facts and data have shown us, one of the most common gifts that is consider to give are our little fur friends. Bulldogs on sale! Yorkie puppies available here! Have you ever wondered where all these cheap puppies for sale in pet stores come from? The answer is that they are produced in factory-like environments known as “puppy mills.” Puppy mills treat dogs like products, not living beings, and usually house them in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions without adequate veterinary care, socialization, or even food and water. Female dogs usually have little to no recovery time between bearing litters. When, after a few years, the females can no longer reproduce or when their breed goes out of “style,” the dogs are often abandoned, shot, or starved until they eventually die.
On the other hand, sometimes these dogs given as a gift are dumped by they owners at animal shelters (in the best scenario) where, due to overpopulation at shelters, almost half of incoming animals are euthanized. But many home owners can't be bothered to be even that humane.
So this is a petition for the Mexican Government to promote pet adoption this holidays as part of an awareness program to stop the illegal puppy mills and help our abandoned friends to find a great place to live.
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