100,000 Take Action Against Puppy Mills—Want to Join Them?

Monday, May 21, 2012 - 1:30pm









I'm a puppy mill survivor and so I speak from experience - NEVER buy a dog from a pet store or over the internet, please!

Gwendolyn Catton

It HAS to STOP !

Autumn Rische

Don't shop! Adopt!!!

who cares

who cares... puppies are so ugly.

We care

You're an idiot

wendy johnson

I promise.

Barbara Niro

Stop the puppy mills and backyard breeders and toughen up the laws for animal abuse.


While I agree it's important to adopt animals, especially from those at high-kill shelters, and I think puppy mills should be outlawed, it seems a bit hypocritical to say that people should ONLY adopt. What about these poor puppies in the pet stores? Are they being 'sacrificed' for the sake of the cause to get rid of puppy mills? I don't think their lives should be valued any less than those animals in shelters. The end does not always justify the means. Wouldn't the better way to go about this be pressing for legislation that requires breeders and stores to abide by certain standards when caring for the animals they bring into this world and sell? What happens to the pet store dogs who are not sold?

Megan Sheesley

That's a good question, how can we help the puppies that are trapped in pet stores if we refuse to buy them. Unless somebody sees that conditions are bad, then the puppies will remain there. How do we save the ones left behind? What happens to puppies that are never bought? What do the pet store owners do with them? I am trying to collect information about puppy mills and pet stores, so if someone could answer, I would be grateful.