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Puppy Mills: An Endless Cycle of Cruelty Bear was an adorable, young Chihuahua that a Michigan couple found over the internet. The breeder asked if they could meet her in a fast food parking lot. The couple was so smitten over the puppy that they agreed to come even though all the red flags were up. Bear died of parvovirus two days after he was bought. How could that happen to such a young pup, you might ask. Well one thing, puppy mills. According to the ASPCA of America, puppy mills are an industry that forces dogs to spend their entire lives repeatedly breeding to support consumer demand for puppies. Thousands of puppies are born each year to start a life in mud, no veterinary care, and to share a cage with three other dogs. But what happens to these dogs when they can no longer have puppies? Since these dogs don’t receive medical care, they are usually killed inhumanely, abandoned, or sold to a laboratory. Is getting a dog that was bred in a puppy mill really worth what you spend on it? Often, no, these dogs learned little to no socialization skills. And because they’ve spent their lives in it, they go cage crazy. Also, a dog you might have could have serious psychological problems, many also get parvovirus. This is caused by malnutrition, unhygienic living spaces, no medical care, and cage fights with other dogs. If these mills are so bad, why are they still around? Puppy mills still thrive because of consumers who are smitten by too-adorable-for-words puppies in a pet store. There are 3,500 pet stores that sell puppies in the United States; they sell over 500,000 puppies a year. That means 500,000 more puppies will be harmed, tortured, or even killed. Maybe a pet store you go to says that their puppies come from breeders not puppy mills, don’t believe them. Anyone who puts two dogs together to make puppies is a breeder that does not necessarily mean that their puppies did not come from a puppy mill. At Today’s Pet I once asked if they got their puppies from puppy mills, and that was exactly what they said to me. I visited their website and found that they bought dogs over the internet, that’s how stores get their puppies, over the internet with someone they haven’t even met. You might be thinking, but only good pets come from pet stores. Or only well brought up dogs are from pet stores. Some people might think that only healthy well-bred dogs cannot be found anywhere else. Well your local animal shelter has just as cute 8-week old puppies that really need your help. There are pets there that will love you even more because you saved them instead of supporting abuse.
If animal abuse is illegal why aren’t puppy mills?

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