Should People Be Allowed To Operate A Puppy Mill

This a nationwide issue we all need to look into especially our local and state level government need to pay attention to what is going on with domestic animals. It is necessary for all pet owner’s to be responsible by spaying or neutering their pets. There should be more attention paid to puppy mills and Americans need to be aware of the issues this is causing our nation.

I am here to convince you on why puppy mills should be illegal in the United States

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

It is estimated that there are at least 10,000 puppy mills in the United States ("Puppy Mills Research."). Puppy mills are commercial breeding facilities to mass produce dogs. These puppy mills are overproducing dogs and crowding pet shops and animal shelters. This crowding is the source to having to put down dogs in shelters. Puppy mills should be banned because of their careless breeding process, neglect towards the dog's health, and their terrible living conditions.

In a puppy mill, dogs are often kept in cages with wire flooring that injures their paws and legs—and it is not unusual for cages to be stacked in columns. When female breeding dogs reach a point of physical depletion and can no longer reproduce, they are often killed.

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.

I feel that as long as animal shelters are euthanizing animals due to lack of space, there should not be any breeders profiting from creating more animals. The aspect I do agree with is the difference between backyard breeders and reputable breeders. The most important being that a reputable breeder will have a buyer sign something stating that they will not relinquish the puppy to a shelter. They agree to return the animal to the breeder themselves. Reputable breeders also check the bloodlines of the parents before they mate them. They make sure both parents are sociable animals free from genetic mutations. I do not feel that purebred puppies make the best pets. Purebred puppies are predisposed to every health issue known to their breed. For example, my family owned a purebred Akita, she was the most loyal dog and was amazingly behaved. She also suffered in the end of her life from almost every ailment known to her breed. She began having seizures, went bling and developed hip dysplasia. Mixed breeds are stronger and live healthier

Imagine being locked and crammed into a small cage that is never cleaned, with hardly no food and water, little to no attention or exercise, and being outside in the heat all summer and the cold all winter. As awful as this all sounds, these are the horrific conditions puppies experience while at puppy mills. This is why we need to raise awareness to the fact that puppy mills should be banned.

More than 1.2 million dogs die in puppy mills each year. That is over 3,287 dogs each day because of puppy mills. Puppy mills are usually very unsanitary. The dogs don’t get enough food, water, and veterinary care that they need. Female dogs are breed at every possible moment. With little to no rest in between the litters. In puppy mills, the dogs are usually kept in small cages. The cages usually have wire flooring that can injure the dog’s paws and

In America there are well over 1,000 research facilities, over 2,800 exhibitors, and about 4,500 dealers that are supposed to be inspected each year to make sure the living conditions are ok and the animals are being treated humanly (NP). There are three APHIS sector offices with approximately only 70 veterinary inspectors who are supposed to inspect these facilities. This meaning that there are only 70 inspectors to cover over 8,300 facilities (NP). If America wants to start seeing a change in the way these dogs at puppy mills are being treated, there needs to be a fight for more investigators, a boycott to stop buying puppies from pet stores, and more exposure of local puppy mills.

There are many reasons why puppy mills are considered very cruel facilities. One being that the dogs in the facility are kept in very confined cages with multiple other dogs, meaning they live in their own excrement. Adult dogs are bred until they cannot breed anymore and then they are put to death or discarded. Many of the dogs suffer from malnutrition or starvation because of the lack of and unsanitariness of the food. This leads to the dogs getting sick; the dogs receive little or no veterinary care. Also, puppies are taken from their mothers at a very young age meaning most of them suffer from behavioral problems.

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty of Animals state that the definition of puppy mills is “... a large-scale commercial dog breeding facility where profit is given priority over the well-being of the dogs”. All puppy mills breed up to 70 breeds of dogs at time. Unlike responsible breeders, who only breed up to three kinds of dogs at a time. Mills will make females keep reproducing immediately after giving birth with no recovery time in between litters. The main idea of puppy mills are that they focus on quantity and not quality.

When you are seeing the adorable puppy in the window of a pet store, flea market or even on the internet you should just ask yourself where exactly are these puppies coming from? Roughly 90 percent of puppies in pet stores get them from puppy mills. What exactly is a puppy mill? Puppy mills are commercial breeding facilities that mass-produce dogs for sale through pet stores, or directly to consumers through classifies ads or the internet. It is important to know that, in many cases, puppy mills are not illegal. In most states, a breeding kennel can legally keep dozens, even hundreds, of dogs in cages for their entire lives, as longs as the dogs are given the basics of food, water, and shelter. The federal Animal Welfare Act passed in 1966, requires breeders who have more than three breeding female dogs and sell puppies to pet stores or puppy brokers to be licensed and inspected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In most cases, the standards that breeders are required to meet by law are extremely minimal.

Imagine what life would be like living in a cage. Imagine being enclosed in a space that barely clears 6 inches of room in either direction, not allowing any area to stretch out, sit, or even sleep comfortably. Imagine not being able to shower, or feel the underfoot sensation of soft wisps of grass, or embrace the comfort of a bed. Now, imagine living like that for an entire decade. For dogs raised in puppy mills, imagination is not necessary to experience these conditions. As proven through Oprah Winfrey’s special exposé of puppy mills, the aforementioned depictions are nothing but factual about the conditions of the puppy mills inspected in the nationally-broadcasted episode, as well as the standards that the 10,000 other puppy mills in the United States run on (Oprah Investigates). The puppy mill problem has universally been established as a horrid, unethical way of supplying animals to the pet buyers of the world, but the problem is never solved. While the government can write down law after law of standards for ethical animal treatment, nothing will change because it is so loosely enforced, as many other issues take priority over inspecting the millions of pet breeders producing in America. Instead, this issue can be taken into the hands of the caring individuals who make up the population of pet consumers in America. Since 99% of pet store puppies are actually supplied by puppy mills, any business that is given to pet stores will, in turn, support the puppy mill