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Each year, in this country alone, millions of healthy, adoptable cats and dogs are killed because there are not enough homes for them all. Please read the article on The Crisis of Pet Overpopulation. Too many companion animals competing for too few good homes is the most obvious consequence of uncontrolled breeding. Living creatures have become throwaway items to be cuddled when cute and abandoned when inconvenient.
You can help solve the crisis of pet overpopulation by spaying and neutering your pets. Did you know that one female dog and her offspring can give birth to 67,000 puppies. In seven years, one cat and her young can produce 420,000 kittens.
Did you know that spaying or neutering is good for your pet, you and the community. Spaying and neutering helps dogs and cats live longer, healthier lives. Here are some common thoughts about why people dont spay or neuter their pets.
Where to have your pets spayed or neutered.
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PUPPY MILLS
What is a puppy mill? Get the facts on puppy mills and find out what you can do.
Do you know where that puppy in the window came from ?
How about that kitten in the window or the ad you just read Kittens for sale?
How about that parrot in the window? Never buy a mass-marketed bird from a pet store!
You can submit a request for us to research where your puppy came from. Because you deserve to know the truth!
Are you thinking about buying a puppy? - Buyer Beware!
Puppy mill dogs are sold even in the swankiest of pet stores and through the most picturesque of web sites. The truth is, unless you personally visit the place where your dog is born and raised, you have no real way of knowing whether youre supporting a puppy mill. Puppy millers have devised slick new methods for hiding their cruel businesses. They regularly place newspaper ads that hawk one specific breed (instead of the old approach of exclaiming, We have over 20 different breeds!) to fool consumers into thinking the mill is actually a small operation. Rule No.1 is always: Never buy a puppy without personally visiting the breeders premises. Read the Five easy steps to avoid a puppy mill for more information.
Have you purchased a puppy and shortly after you brought him/her home, found out he/she was sick. You tell the pet store and the pet store says, "We can trade it for another one." Most people have fallen in love with that puppy and will not trade it in. The puppy has become part of the family. Did you know that you can file a Breeder Complaint Form if your new puppy appears to be suffering from a medical condition.
One Sick puppy - A Cautionary Tale. The advertisement in the New Jersey newspaper caught Rosa D'Ascoli's attention: dogs for sale from "professional breeders," $99 and up, all shots included, training provided.
Here are some more links on information about puppy mills:
MSNBC - Report on Bad Breeders and How to Avoid a Puppy Mill. To report a problem with a breeder, call the Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division at (800) 281-4418 Local Shelter
Stop Puppy Mills - Find out ways how you can take ACTION! You can also, HELP The HSUS spread the word about puppy mills by ordering and distributing copies of our two fliers, How to Find a Good Dog Breeder and How Not to Buy a Puppy. View the puppy mill regulations in your state!
Pet Pals, Inc. Doggie In The Window - Warning: very graphic. This is were some local Alabama pet stores get their dogs. Unless the breeding STOPS, here is what is taking place. MILLIONS of nice pets are being killed annually.
Prisoners of Greed - Hundreds of thousands of dogs suffer in puppymills in this country. They are prisoners of greed. A Puppy mill is a business, the facility is designed purely for profit, not comfort. The dogs are locked in small cages. They freeze in the winter and swelter in the summer. They never get out of their prisons. They are bred over and over again until they die.
Not Fit for a Dog - This is a reproduction of an article which appeared in Life Magazine in September, 1992
Critter Haven - UPFRONT VIEW OF A PUPPY MILL AUCTION
A TRUE EXPERIENCE FROM ONE A RESCUERS EYES
No Puppy Mills - Dedication to Education
Puppy Mill Fighters - Our mission is to educate the public about how dogs get into pet stores, to change animal cruelty laws, and to save lives.
Puppy Mill Fighters in the UK - Say NO to Welsh Assembly assisted Puppy Farms! Have you purchased a sickly puppy from a retail outlet Puppy Alert in the UK! Listing of Commercial outlets and dealers that Buy In puppies to sell. Puppy Mill Puppy Watch Fighting to stop puppy farming. Say NO to Welsh Assembly assisted Puppy Farms! Sign this petition to help Stop puppy farms in the UK
SnikSnak - Pet Mills: An American Disgrace!
Humane Services of Metro Atlanta - Dont buy that Doggie in the Window!
Kerry Blue Terrier Foundation - Why you should NEVER, EVER buy a puppy from a pet store.
Companion Animal Protection Society - WHY YOU SHOULDN'T BUY THAT PUPPY IN THE WINDOW
A look into the Amish Dog industry. WARNING Do not view unless you have a strong stomach. Feburary 2005, another Amish puppy mill approved in Lancaster county, PA
Here is a Puppy Mill Rescue Site Created to locate foster, vet, and place in forever homes, purebred dogs previously used as breeders in Puppy Mills and Commercial Kennels. Dogs rescued from a life of pain. These are the parents of the puppies you see at the pet stores.
http://www.trucksnpaws.com/
http://www.flyingpaws.org/
http://www.skyark.org/
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FIND THE RIGHT PET FOR YOU
Why you should adopt a pet from you local shelter and/or animal rescue group? Did you know that Animal Shelters are your best source when looking for a pet. Not only do they have a great selection of adult animals for adoption, but they also have kittens and puppies, even purebred animals.
Millions of companion animals go homeless every year, but a trip to the shelter can save many.
What to consider before adopting a pet.
Adopt from a Purebred Rescue Group - Dont know where to find a rescue group that specializes in the breed of dog or cat that interests you, contact your local animal shelter.
How to find a Good Dog Breeder. - How do you identify and find a reputable breeder?
Choosing the Right dog for you. The key is simply knowing what to look for.
Selecting the right pet for you - Pure or Mixed Breed
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ANIMAL RESCUE
Here are some more sites where you can locate a pet needing a home in your area.
PET FINDER Listing of local shelters and animal rescue groups
Pets 911 Find, Adopt or Help a pet where you live!
Rescue Network The online Pet & Wild animal shelter & rescue network
The Humane Society of the United States The HSUS is dedicated to creating a world where our relationship with animals is guided by compassion. We seek a truly humane society in which animals are respected for their intrinsic value, and where the human-animal bond is strong.
Avian Rescue Exotic Bird Rescue Online
Alley Cat Rescue Helping to solve the crisis and tragedy of unwanted and abandoned cats
Bengal Cat Rescue Network Main Site
Bird Placement Parrot Refuge A refuge for unwanted, abused and misunderstood birds.
Hugs for Homeless Animals Dedicated to displaced and homeless animals
American Foundation for Animal Rescue Queens Community Animal Shelter
Cat Fanciers: Animal Welfare, Cat Rescue and Shelters Listings of Breed specific Cat Rescues
Sue Freemans Guide to Rescue Cats Including Resource Lists, Information, and Common Sense
Cat Rescue - UK We are an internet based support charity, set up to help cat rescue and rehoming centres across the UK to find new homes for cats in their care, and to encourage more people to rescue when seeking a new animal companion.
House Rabbit Society An international non-profit organization that rescues, adopts and educates the public on rabbit care and behavior.
Farm animal rescue sanctuary
Farm animal rescue sanctuary - providing animal adoption schemes
Kitten Rescue
is a Los Angeles-based organization dedicated to finding loving homes for needy cats and kittens.
Persian & Himalayan Cat Rescue
Serving Northern California and
the San Francisco Bay Area
Persian & Siamese Cat Rescue
Serving Atlanta - WE NEED YOUR HELP! At the present time, we care for over 50 cats in our no-kill, free roaming facility in addition to the cats we have in foster care.
Lost Dog & Cat Rescue
Lost Dog and Cat Rescue Foundation in Virginia
Sugar Glider Rescue We are a NATIONAL nonprofit Sugar Glider rescue and adoption organization rescuing and taking in Gliders across the USA.
Puppy Mill Rescue Created to locate foster, vet, and place in forever homes, purebred dogs previously used as breeders in Puppy Mills and Commercial Kennels. Dogs rescued from a life of pain.
Pasado Safe Haven - Pasado's Safe Haven is one of the premiere animal rescue organizations in the United States dedicated to 24-hour rescue rehabilitation of dogs, cats, and farm animals.
Pet Rescue - Located in central Florida - Specializes in caring for non-adoptable stray cats and dogs.
Trucks N Paws A Transport List for animals in need, especially ex-puppy mill dogs needing to get to their forever homes.
Flying Paws Wings of hope transporting rescued animals.
Skyark We transport animals or birds in need of health care, service/companion animals and some rescued animals. Sky Ark also provides transport for wildlife to rescue centers or medical facilities. We also will help in national disasters to help in the relocation of animals.
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ASK OPRAH TO DO A SHOW ON PETS
Each year, in this country alone, millions of healthy, adoptable cats and dogs are killed because there are not enough homes for them all. An estimated 15 million dogs and cats must be killed each year in this country because no one wants them. They are abandoned, abused, neglected, and unknown by many people.
FATE of a Dog in Atlanta Find out what you can do to STOP the Killing! In Loving Memory of Albert.
Here are some LIVE listings of pets that have only a few hours left before somebody can SAVE them!
Last Chance Pets Animals needing a home today!
Cats/Kittens on DEATH ROW, in danger of being euthinized, please help!
Last Chance Arkansas These animals have very little time. All animals at this shelter are URGENTLY awaiting rescue or adoption. If you see an animal that you are interested in, don't wait, this is a high kill animal control facility.
Here are some examples of what people are writing:
- We have just had another Amish puppy mill approved in Lancaster county, PA Febuary 2005
- Oprah is respected, loved & has great influence. Many of her human guests were abused by family members, partners, co-workers. Abusers often "begin" a lifetime of cruelty by harming animals; often the abuse is dismissed as "mischief". Conversely, the hardest hearts have been redeemed by relationships with animals - look at the prison programs that train shelter dogs.
- Animal Shelters and pounds across the country are burdened with unwanted animals. Most are dumped, or the front door was simply left open. I encourage anyone wanting a animal to walk through a shelter before going to a breeder or pet store. Look on the internet for any breed you are interested in and you will find a rescue filled with animals that deserve the love and care of a new home.
- Please help make the public aware of puppy mills which cause puppies to end up unwanted and sick in shelters across the country having caused terrible suffering to both the animals and their owners who often don't have the $$$ to take care of them and have no other options but to take them to a shelter. Not to mention the lack of breeding ethics and no health testing.
- As a veterinarian and a rescue coordinator for boxers in my state, I deal daily with abused and neglected pets, puppy mill puppies with terrible congenital defects and illnesses---the list if posted entire here would just break your heart (I know mine has been broken many times during the course of my 13 years as a veterinarian). It is so very important to inform people about proper pet care, the importance of spaying/neutering, keeping their pets indoors/on a leash/in a fenced in yard, teaching the cute little puppy its good manners before it becomes a huge unmanageable dog, and so forth. Those of us "in the trenches" are doing our very best but it is so overwhelming, Oprah, you just would not believe. Help us out by getting this out into the public from a person that people listen to. Help our pets out by giving them your voice.
- The influx of animals from other countries is way out of hand. The animals are treated as a commodity and not as a living being. They are brought in with no shots and severe health issues. Many die before they ever reach the broker and are discarded like yesterdays trash. The fact that the U.S.D.A. approves companies such as Hunt to breed thousands of dogs in poor conditions is something that I want to see banned in my lifetime. How could anyone not know about this epidemic? Animals are euthanized everyday because of the unwanted pet population.
- Recently found myself at our county animal shelter. As I walked down the aisles filled with dogs, some calling out to me, others despairing, I felt my heart breaking. A terribly high percentage of these animals are destined to die. I found it hard to meet their eyes, knowing this. In the rooms housing the cats, I saw despair again for an even higher percentage will be killed. There simply are not enough homes and still the breeders continue.
- I serve on the board of directors and volunteer for a local animal rescue organization. Our abuse investigators see so many terrible things done to animals on a daily basis. Every day is a struggle for us. We're not city or state funded and we rely on donations to keep our doors open. Please, please help more people understand why they should never buy a pet from a pet store or a backyard breeder by doing a show on shelter animals. So many wonderful pets are counting on us to place them in loving homes.
- I work for an amazing feline veterinary practice in Arlington Heights,IL and the pain and suffering we see is all too abundant. From people abusing their pets to just blatantly abandoning them. People also need to know the frightening numbers of pets without homes. There should be a ban on the selling of pets for several years so that people who really had true love to share with an animal would adopt one that is already here! If you have love to share it should not be limited to a specific age, breed, or color. We also need better guidelines on reporting abuse. When we see animals that are clearly abused we have no one to call. If it was a pediatrician they could call authorities to report it. I have 9 cats and they all chose me, I did not choose any of them. Some of them are less than personable but each is special and therefore cherished. Our society is way to throw away oriented. People need to get accountable! We work with several rescue organizations and there are never enough volunteers, homes, or dollars.
- As a veterinarian, I am very aware of the overpopulation problem. Additionally, I am often the one that has to inform an owner that their pet has a condition such as hip displasia or congenital heart or kidney disease that will shorten their beloved pet's life. The incidence of congenital abnormalities is much greater from puppy mill puppies.
If you would like to see our pets become part of Oprahs angel network, please tell your friends and sign today.
Please click HERE to sign a petition asking Oprah to do a show on PETS! Oprah has done a great deal in helping to improve our society. Her shows are very informative and help educate the public on many issues. Let this be one of them!
If you have a website or know somebody who does, please add this link to your sites.
Please use the following HTML coding.... Just copy and past the code inside this white box to your site
The Link will look like this:
Ask Oprah - HELP Save a pets life by asking Oprah to help educate the public about animal shelters, rescue groups, puppy mills, and the importance of spaying and neutering our pets!
You are now on your way to helping those pets in need have a home! Thank you, from everyone who has signed and is about to sign!
This petition is dedicated to all of the animal shelters, rescue groups, veterinarians, good breeders and most importantly to all of the animals who's lives are being sacrificed due to society's ignorance. We should have stopped turning our heads a long time ago. All of the domestic animals need and depend on us for their survival.
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