Puppy Mills: The Horrible Conditions And Treatment Of Animals

Did you know that 2.11 million puppies are sold that came from puppy mills. Puppies in puppy mills can get many diseases, including heartworm,kennel cough, and many more. This is why Puppy mills should be banned immediately. At a puppy mill Puppies are just a thing to be sold, not a living being. puppies are killed in shelters each year because there are too many of them from puppy mills.

Even more disturbing, most of these puppies do not receive the correct attention or affection from the very things they love the most; us. They don’t get to run around and exercise the way dogs were meant to. Their well-being is not important to the facilities. Increasing the profit is the sole focus and goal. Because of this, puppies are repeatedly born sick and their life expectancy is decreased. As terrible as this is, these are the very real and disturbing circumstances for puppies living in puppy mills; if you’d even want to call it that. They should be shut down completely, and banned by the government throughout the nation.

Imagine being locked in a cage for the rest of your life hardly bigger than the size of your body, imagine you were unable to go outside and see the daylight, denied attention, and given barely enough food and water to live on. As alarming as this may seem, these conditions are simply the reality of what dogs in puppy mills are like in.

A: Pet mills put money and profit, before the health of the animals they are breeding. Animals from these mills are usually living in disgusting conditions, and not getting the medical care that they need (Sheeter, n.d.). Because of this, the animals can get very prone to sickness, and have behavioural problems. They are left in small crates, squished together, have terrible diets, and dirty water (Sheeter, n.d.). A lot of dogs have been neglected or abused and have had little attention, interaction with humans or other animals, or obedience trainings. They were not treated with any sort or respect or appreciation or care, and they deserve that. The mums of the puppies are caged and constantly bred until they no longer can, they do not get

One example is that the cages are made of wire that cuts at the paws, legs, and stomachs of the dogs. Critics may argue that not very much of the wire is sharp enough to cut the dogs, however even if it is not sharp, the cages are stacked in columns and the hounds legs fall through the gaps in the wire. Also, the dogs are very likely to be kept in tiny cage with many other dogs. A few rescues, such as the National Puppy Mill Rescue report that when they go to rescue dogs, some of the cages have rusted closed. That shows that the dogs are stuck standing, almost on top of each other 24/7. In addition many dogs are starved. Laws do not put limits on the number of dogs that puppy mills can have at a time, so most of the time the dogs are neglected and don’t have food or water. “The greatest nation and it’s moral progress can be judged on the way it’s animals are treated.” -Gandhi. If we live by what Gandhi says, that the United States would be a awful and corrupt place to live, because of its puppy

Puppy mills should be banned in the United States for their action. There has been a couple of states who have decided to regulate puppy mills. It depends if the state enforces the law and if the consequences of breaking that law are great enough to stop puppy mills. According to Kim Evans, an agency of the USDA: The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has failed to enforce the humane care and treatment of animals at all puppy mills required by the Animal Welfare Act after an inspection. The inspector states that "stronger enforcement actions are needed for serious or repeat violators because the monetary penalties were often so low that violators regarded them as a cost of business." (5). Since the USDA has failed to enforce the humane care of animals in puppy mills through law, puppy mills should be banned. If a person was caught with a puppy mill of the unacceptable standards listed in the previous paragraphs, they will have prison time. Not a fine. This inspection has shown that repeat violators regard the fines for their violations as a cost of business. In the article called Pets, there is a chart that shows violations and how many times they were violated in the years of 2006-2008. The chart shows that the violation of bad housing facilities they are a total of 4,744 violations. Also, there is a total of 3,537 violations for not providing adequate veterinary care (Evans

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) describes puppy mills situation to be overcrowded, unsanitary, without adequate food, water, and veterinary health care. Female dogs are even bred at every opportunity without a rest to maximize profit (“Puppy Mills”). Dogs are kept locked up in wired cages, stacked on top one another and sometimes their excrements are not properly monitored. Thus, this leads to unknown genetic disorders and poor genetic quality which makes it difficult for the dogs to live for a long time. In the end, it will cause a lot of stress and problems for the family down the road due to the dogs’ health. Many people who are unaware of these living conditions often tend to overlook their puppies neglect and suffering. When purchasing a new pet from a pet store, many people do not wonder where their pet may have come from, instead, they are more engulf in their excitement to bring home a new family

To passers-by it looks like a normal shed, run by normal people. But inside this “normal shed” is a scene so horrific, it beggars belief that it has been legalised. Inside, cages upon cages of dogs are kept in squalid conditions, with barely any human contact. Puppies are wrenched away from their mothers at birth and are kept alone with only each other for company. Disease and illness are rife, leaving the dogs in pain and discomfort, and, in some cases this can lead to death. This hellish scene is disgustingly designated a puppy farm.

In these mills, animals are treated with extremely poor conditions. Female dogs are often bred over and over again till they cannot reproduce; when the animal is unable to do so the breeder often kill or auction them off. Baby animals that have been born are then separated from their mother, so they can reproduce again. These animals typically live in small-wired cages; most of the time there living conditions do not matter to the breeders since their only goal is to make a profit. Many organizations have done investigations in these puppy mills and it is concluded “dogs often had no bedding or protection from the cold or heat and no regular veterinary care even when they were ill. Health conditions such as crusty, oozing eyes, raging ear infections, mange that turned their skin into a mass of red scabs, and abscessed feet from the unforgiving wire floors all were ignored or inadequately treated.” Though Canada has laws that

I am writing this letter because I am concerned about the levels of neglect and cruelty you put the animals through at your stores each day. All the way from rats to even goldfish.

The text type I have chosen was a research paper. In this research I discussed the different individual problems within the issue itself. I have chosen to protest against puppy mills as it is something I am very passionate about and having two dogs myself has majorly influenced my opinion on this topic. I feel that puppy mills are extremely cruel and should no longer be operating anywhere in the world. This is why I have tried persuading the audience to understand the issue better through the information in this paper.

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“This is horrible! I can’t even watch this!” Those were my immediate thoughts the first time my eyes were opened to the inhumane animal cruelty on factory farms. Factory farming enables mass production to supply the demands of today’s society but also enables the cruel treatment of animals. We need to end the cruelty and abuse that these animals have to endure at the factory farms because it causes loss to the business, reduces the quality of the product produced, and endangers the health of those who buy the product. We can promote humane treatment of factory farm animals by prevention through education, by enforcing humane laws by being an example of humane animal treatment, and by donating and/or

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Puppy mills contribute to pet overpopulation and cause countless animals’ lifetimes of suffering in small wire cages and cause older animals to be euthanized as a result. Most people would rather have a puppy then an older dog, as they want to raise the animal there way, and not have to break bad habits that may come with an older dog. They believe that with a puppy they will not have any unknown problems, which can come from getting an older dog, for this reason puppy mills are popular. A puppy mill is a