The term "puppy mill" is used to describe a large-scale commercial dog breeding enterprise. Sometimes called puppy farms, these operations tend to house their dogs and puppies in squalid conditions. Puppy mills overlook healthy breeding traits and safe practices to instead focus on profits. Puppy mills do not actually refer to their …

Information on puppy mills, including videos, from The Humane Society of the United States. A grim report on breeders auctions by Prisoners of Greed. Shocking details of suffering and abuse in U.S. puppy mills, from Animal Rescue Corps.

A puppy mill is a bad place. According to the puppymillproject 2 million dogs are kept at puppy mills. They are kept in small cages, The floor hurts there paws, and because of this they get cuts and scratches. They are not cleaned and not fed properly. They may get fed but they pretty much starve most of the time.

You can stop puppy mills and other animal cruelty. There are an estimated 10,000 puppy mills across the country, where mother dogs spend their entire lives in cramped cages. Your generous gift will save puppies and their moms from suffering in these cruel mass-breeding operations by supporting our work to stop this vicious cycle.

Puppy mills are disgusting, appalling, inhumane death traps for dogs and puppies that must be stopped! The investigation by the Humane Society of the United States into the …

Puppy mills must be banned. The treatment of these poor animals is heart breaking. The Amish in Pa have been known to run puppy mills. If so, how can the non Amish community tolerate the mistreatment of these poor animals. Please, if you know of a puppy mill, report it to the authorities and have the poor animals removed and treated

We talk about the ethics of dog breeding and what can be done to ensure the welfare of man's best friend with John Goodwin, senior director of the Stop Puppy Mills department at the Humane Society ...

The hell that is a Puppy Mill. As defined by Canada's National Companion Animal Coalition, a "puppy mill" is a high-volume, substandard dog breeding operation which sells …

An investigation into the underworld of America's overcrowded dog farms, the secret shame of the pet industry. Every year, tens of thousands of dogs are born into the filthy conditions in ...

Puppy mills are factory-like hell holes where mother dogs are forced to breed over and over in filthy, tiny cages until they are "spent." Sick, starving and even pregnant dogs suffer without medical care in overcrowded, feces-infested and urine-soaked cages, shivering in freezing cold temperatures during the winter and suffering in agonizing heat during the …

A dog with a bulging eye was one of many dogs with disturbing medical problems at Samples Creek Kennel, a Missouri puppy mill owned by Pamela Baldwin, who has been in all five of our Horrible Hundred reports. Photo by the Missouri Department of Agriculture. 11.4K shares. A Chihuahua with a large, open wound dead in her cage.

Puppy Mills. Despite heightened public awareness, puppy mills continue to plague communities across the nation. The Animal Legal Defense is working across the country to combat puppy mills from multiple legal channels. The term "puppy mill" generally refers to a large-scale commercial dog-breeding facility where the emphasis is on profits ...

A dog undergoes a medical evaluation during the animal rescue operation at a puppy mill in Madison County, Arkansas. Photo by Brandon Wade/AP Images for The HSUS These dogs are now out of …

Conditions in Puppy Mills. Puppy mills may contain between 50 to over 1,000 dogs. Dogs live in wire cages stacked on top of each other. Urine and feces fall through the cage floors onto animals below. Puppies and breeding dogs in mills are given little water and food and no veterinary care. Puppy mills do not have adequate temperature controls.

A puppy mill is the rude, ugly, hateful cousin of the companion-pet world. The cousin who runs the risk of tarnishing the reputation of every member of the family, even the well-meaning ones. The cousin whose branch you …

Puppy Mills are the absolute most heartbreaking aspect of the pet industry. Unfortunately, due to the increased number of pet owners wanting dogs, puppy mills …

Step 1: Please take your puppy to a veterinarian as soon as possible, if you have not already done so. Save all records and receipts. Step 2: Prepare your complaint. It is imperative that you put together as much information as possible to support your case. Please gather as many of the following items as possible:

The puppy mill environment exposes the breeding dogs and their puppies to two major potential causes of psychological harm: inadequate socialization (to people …

"Every time Hollywood makes a dog movie, the breed goes to hell," says one caretaker of bouviers des Flandres dogs. A Dalmatian fancier concludes that "the unscrupulous breeders will see there's a profit margin there." 6 When there is a surge in demand for a particular breed, puppy mills try to meet that demand. But when the dogs don ...

PUPPY MILLS = ANIMAL HELL. by Roberta Lee, DD., PhD., ND. TheDogPlace Science Editor . ARE YOU SUPPORTING CRUELTY TO ANIMALS? ... And most tragic, over 50% of all puppies and kittens that are shipped from PUPPY MILLS to PET SHOPS die in route and 99 percent of them come from PUPPY MILLS.

18. Facts and statistics about puppy mills reveal that around $80,000 were spent in Snohomish County due to puppy mills, unlicensed breeders, and animal neglect. (HeraldNet) The majority of the funds were spent due to a single puppy mill that required housing for 50 rescued dogs at Everett Animal Shelter, costing the county over $41,000.

A puppy mill is a "factory farm" for dogs, where profit takes priority over the health, comfort and welfare of the dogs. Even though more and more Americans are taking a stand against them, the U.S. still has thousands of puppy mills. Many people don't realize that when they buy a dog from a pet store or the Internet, that dog most likely came ...

On fortunately puppy mills are not illegal in some states. Some states have very low standards for breeding or don't have the staff to even go out and check on these so called breeders. Missouri is the puppy mill capital. Ohio is not far behind. Indiana and Pennsylvania have problem with puppy mills too.

Inbreeding in order to maintain a particular "look" of a popular dog breed is also common in puppy mills. Apart from creating exaggerated physical features, inbreeding can lead to metabolic ...

These people are a primary supporter of puppy mills, especially the hell holes of cruelty run by the damn Amish. If you buy a dog from these people you are propagating both cruelty and bad genetics. ... Puppy mill dogs are bred without regard to temperament, configuration, or hereditary disease, and often carry dangerous infection diseases and ...

Hell, I didn't even know about puppy mills until I walked by a puppy store with a group of protestors outside of it. I always thought puppy stores were legitimate x.x Anticipating arrival of Ares, an Alaskan Klee Kai puppy on July 3rd, 2013!

The term "puppy love"conjures images of teen couples passing notes in the school hallway. All is warm and fuzzy. The term "puppy dog eyes" brings to mind big, droopy, please-love- me peepers reflecting innocence and loyalty. Both of these colloquialisms are made all the more appealing by virtue of o...

Puppy mills don't like to spend money, it deters from profits. So the parents may not be vaccinated (you should ask!) and the puppies probably are not. Or, conversely, they have so many puppies they lost track and your pup …

Puppy Mills. Puppy mills are a well-kept secret of the pet-trade industry. They supply animals to pet stores and purebred enthusiasts without any concern for the millions of animals who will die in animal shelters as a result. It's standard practice for puppy mills to keep animals in cramped, crude, and filthy conditions without proper ...

No dog belongs in a puppy mill, a lifetime of hell, day after day after day, with no end in sight. Puppy mills that sell AKC registered dogs are subject to inspection by the American Kennel Club, so in order to avoid this inspection, puppy mills are registering their pups with the CKC, who don't care how they take care of the breeding stock.