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Don't shop ADOPT!!!!!!!

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Founded: Mar 14, 2006 8:28 PM
Location: Chicago
Illinois-US
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This group is dedicated to getting the awareness out on pet stores. Pleaaasee take the time to just read a little bit about them and I hope you learn something!



The next time you or someone you know plans on getting a new pet, whether it be a cat or a dog, please do not go to a pet store!


This group is dedicated to the education of the public of puppy mills and pet stores. Most pet stores claim to get all of their dogs from "private breeders" which are actually puppy mills. Puppy mills are breeding facilities that produce purebred puppies in large numbers. The puppies are sold either directly to the public via the Internet, newspaper ads, at the mill itself, or are sold to brokers and pet shops across the country. (www.hsus.com)
PLEASE JOIN to learn about why you should ADOPT And not SHOP!!!!!!!!!


Puppy mills are nothing new. These mass dog-breeding operations have been around for decades, but they continue to be a problem because unsuspecting consumers keep buying those adorable puppies in the pet store window. Or on some slick Internet site. Or even through an ad in the trusted local newspaper.

But behind the friendly façade of these pet shops, web sites, and newspaper ads, there often lies a puppy mill. These canine breeding facilities frequently house dogs in shockingly poor conditions, particularly for "breeding stock" animals who are caged and continually bred for years, without human companionship and with little hope of ever becoming part of a family. After their fertility wanes, breeding animals are commonly killed, abandoned or sold to another mill. The annual result of all this breeding is hundreds of thousands of puppies, many with behavior and/or health problems.

The puppies will be shipped cross country by truck to be sold in pet shops, but many are also sold via newspaper classifieds or Internet
sites and are often accompanied by false claims such as, "We'd never sell puppies from a puppy mill."


http://www.stoppuppymills.com
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