ASPCA Pummels Puppy Mills With Pressure From Consumers, Politicians

ASPCA Pummels Puppy Mills With Pressure From Consumers, Politicians Hurting puppies is unfathomable to most of us. Never forget how much puppies need us to continue fighting for them. People are getting the message, and some pet stores have discontinued their puppy sales, including Jack's Pets, which owns and operates 27 regional stores located throughout Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. Approximately nine months ago, the ASPCA launched our national "No Pet Store Puppies" campaign. More than 100,000 people have signed a pledge to support our "No Pet Store Puppies" campaign, and these supporters are striking fear in groups that oppose puppy mill reforms. But as long as puppy mills exist, we'll also do all we can to rescue puppies and breeding mothers and fathers who are confined there. All of those puppies who were living in filth are now safe and serving as reminders of why we must continue the fight to protect dogs like them. In fact, those terms are usually meaningless. The puppy sales ads advertise the descendants of "champions" and employ a variety of catchy terms, including certified kennel, AKC registered, pedigreed, and health certified, to sell puppy mill dogs. com and puppyfind. Late last year, we sent a team to Arkansas to rescue more than 150 dogs that were living in a puppy mill. The "No Pet Store Puppies" campaign has also changed operations at Marketplace on Facebook. In response to concerns raised by the ASPCA, approximately 30,000 puppy sales ads were removed from Marketplace on Facebook in an effort to combat puppy mills. We hope that Marketplace on Facebook is the first big domino to fall and that websites that sell puppies will discontinue that practice. Schulz's sentiments: "Happiness is a warm puppy. Thankfully, recent developments, including a rule proposed by the USDA that would close a gaping loophole puppy mill operators are exploiting, make me optimistic about the future of our nation's puppies. Many AKC-registered dogs are sold in puppy mills. One of the reasons that these deceptive practices of selling puppy mill dogs to consumers over the Internet proliferates is that these sales are exempt from any federal oversight. ASPCA Pummels Puppy Mills With Pressure From Consumers, Politicians Trade News selected by Local Linkup on 02/06/2012