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A new law trying to shut down puppy mills

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382457) • Rockingham, Australia 25 May 25

A new law has been passed in Western Australia which will mean pet shops will need to be licensed to sell puppies and such puppies may only come from rescue centres. This law is being brought in to try to close down ‘puppy mills’...

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Where do pet shop puppies really come from?

Chrissy @Java09 (3075) • United States 14 Jan 10

In the past this was the year 2001,I bought a puppy from the pet shop.I bought a Golden Retriever puppy,they had papers for the puppy.The puppy turned out to be a great dog.Then recently I heard that pet shops get their puppies...

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Puppy Mills

trixidixie500 @trixidixie500 (20) • United States 9 May 09

I once saw on Animal Planet, Animal Cops: Philadelphia a story about Puppy Mills, and what I watched had me horrified. Yes, I knew about the puppy mills surrounding the Philadelphia area, however I did not realize just how bad or...

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it makes me darn mad!!!

Interdistibution1 @Interdistibution1 (166) • Canada 22 Feb 09

Again a puppy mill was discouvered in our area and the condtion of the dogs was so pitiful..am a man but it brought water to my eyes to see how bad they were and one died right there on camera!I don't understand why the...

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This will make you cry!!!

LadyMarissa @LadyMarissa (12148) • United States 20 Nov 08

https://community.hsus.org/campaign/US_2008_petland?qp_source=gabhex The Humane Society of the United States has had an 8 month investigation into reports that PetLand gets its puppies from puppy mills. PetLand has been...

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Would you buy a dog from a store if it came from a puppy mill?

kaysue4 @kaysue4 (951) • United States 19 Aug 08

I have heard that a lot of puppies and dogs that are sold at some stores come from puppy mills. If you knew that the dogs at a store came from a puppy mill, would you still buy from that store? Puppies that come from a puppy...

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Do you know how awful puppy mills are??

jaestes @jaestes (8) • United States 27 May 08

I recently found out that the puppy I got was from a puppy mill. If you don't know what it is you should youtube it and it'll show you some pretty awful stuff. In fact, Oprah just did an entire segment on it. Just thought I would...

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krystine @krystine (87) • United States 1 May 08

You may have heard the term of these so called puppy mills but what you haven't heard is how upsetting and mistreated these dogs are. There confined to cages throughout there life with 5 or more dogs to a rabbit size cage, some...

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Puppy Mill in Watauga County North Carolina shut down!!!

bumbleflies @bumbleflies (48) • United States 18 Apr 08

The full story is located on MountainTimes. I could not belive neighbors saw 77 "toy" breed dogs outside all winter and probally the heat from hot summers as well. From my understanding the poor things was fenced in with nothing...

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Oh my gosh! Your so skinny!

jenni7202 @jenni7202 (1598) • United States 9 Apr 08

My boyfriend was trying to cheer me up yesterday, so he took me to the pet store to play with the puppies. While we were there, we decided to play with a little boxer puppy. She didn't look that skinny in her kennel, until they...

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puppy mills,,,, heart breaking!

jairgirl @jairgirl (2877) • United States 6 Apr 08

i have always heard about this and even watched a special episode in BBC (i think it is) when i was in china and it really devastated me to see and hear such situation. last friday, i was watching oprah and this is the...

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Do You Think Oprah's Show May Have Brought More Awareness of The Puppy Mills?

pyewacket @pyewacket (43903) • United States 4 Apr 08

Some six months ago I started a discussion about the puppy mill "industry" as I had gotten an alert from the Humane Society of the US. To be honest as much of an animal lover I am and a tad bit of the animal activist (LOL) even I...

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Best Friends Rescues 179 Dogs From A Puppy Mill and The Story of Mabel

pyewacket @pyewacket (43903) • United States 23 Oct 07

I got an email newsletter from one of my favorite organizations Best Friends...Once again this great organization did something wonderful for 179 dogs that were in a puppy mill, most were all pregnant to keep the owner's...

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StopPuppyMills.org - Dog Auction Video - Please Watch

breepeace @breepeace (3014) • Canada 14 Jun 07

http://www.stoppuppymills.org/ Please go to this website and click on the screen to see what it is like at a puppymill auction. You NEED to hear some of the comments they make during the course of the auction. This is the best...

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How do you know what a 'reputable breeder' is?

breepeace @breepeace (3014) • Canada 25 May 07

I found this chart today and wanted to pass it on for anyone looking to buy a purebred puppy in the future. It lists the differences between puppy mills, commercial breeders, backyard breeders, reputable hobby breeders and...

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Where did you buy your dogs from?

butterflydawn @butterflydawn (297) • Canada 24 Mar 07

Where did you buy your dog from? Did you get it from a reputable breeder, or the humane society, or did you see it in one of those petstore windows and fall in love? Do you realize that every time you buy from one of these pet...

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hale9710 @hale9710 (6) • United States 18 Jan 07

I recently became aware of an atrocity happening right in my own backyard. I live in Ohio. What I never knew was that my homestate is lousy with puppy mills. For those who don't know puppy mills are backyard breeders who have no...

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Puppy Mills...Should they be Shut Down?

calico79 @calico79 (173) • United States 15 Nov 06

I am not a die hard animal rights activist but I am an animal rescuer. I have seen survivors from the horrors of some puppy mills that don't take proper care of their animals. I would just like to know what people think about...

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