Videos that will help with training your new or current pets! Pease take a look!
Attention
Military Personnel Are you being deployed overseas and don't have
anybody to care for your pet? Don't take them to a shelter - contact Operation
Noble Foster instead. They will find a foster home for your pet until you
return.
Pet
Shop Puppies
Because you Deserve to know the TRUTH!
If you have bought a puppy at any pet store in any
area, you can research your dog by clicking on the banner to the
left. Or
you can contact USDA APHIS and request an inspection report on the
puppymill where your dog came from. Many of these commercial
breeders have hundreds and hundreds of dogs.
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 - Don’t 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
Humane USA Humane
USA has been formed by leaders of major animal protection
organizations, including The Humane Society of the United States,
The Fund for Animals, Farm Sanctuary, ASPCA, Doris Day Animal
League, Animal Welfare Institute, The Ark Trust, Animal Rights
Foundation of Florida, and others.
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 you’re 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 breeder’s 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 RESCUER’S EYES
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.
Visit River Cities
Pets for information about pet laws, legislation,
puppymills, breeding, pet overpopulation, lost and found, and
much more.
