Every puppy farmed dog should have its day
In America September the 19th is Puppy Mill Awareness day. (Puppy farms in the US are called puppy mills, don't ask me why.)
Isn't it a great idea?
Shouldn't we join in? Share the date and DIY our own campaign?
Let's have a brainstorm about things we could all do on that day to raise the public's awareness of the misery caused by the puppy farm trade.
The Americans do a 'March for the Mills'. A proper demo with placards and dogs walking.
They have fetes too, calling for the public to boycott stores selling pups, encouraging people to sign petitions to get the sick trade banned.
Wouldn't it be great if we could come up with a catchy name for our day - any suggestions?
How about something really simple...
Puppy Day - instead of Poppy day?
Lest we forget ...all the pups who die in puppy farms and pet shops.
We could have a poster or an advert, maybe have car stickers?
Have a photo of field of poppies with a little grave for a pup called Poppy. With the text...
Please don't buy pups like me out of pity from the pet shop or the dealer.
You mean well, but your money will mean more of my relatives will be tortured.
My lovely mum is still a prisoner. She has lived a life devoid of human affection and home comforts. She's so scared and confused, she runs in circles for hours on end.
My brothers and sisters died of a virus, which we all caught in the van that brought us and the others on the long journey to the pet shop.
My new owners spent £1,500 at the vet's, trying to save me.
I wish they'd saved their tears for my poor old mum and all my new brothers and sisters.
By buying dogs like me you fund this vile trade.
Sign the petition, ban puppy farming and you could save more dogs like me from this misery.
September 19th is Puppy day. Ban puppy farms now.
Anyone else got any bright ideas? Here are some links to get you thinking...
http://www.awarenessday.org
http://www.dogs-r-us.org/
Isn't it a great idea?
Shouldn't we join in? Share the date and DIY our own campaign?
Let's have a brainstorm about things we could all do on that day to raise the public's awareness of the misery caused by the puppy farm trade.
The Americans do a 'March for the Mills'. A proper demo with placards and dogs walking.
They have fetes too, calling for the public to boycott stores selling pups, encouraging people to sign petitions to get the sick trade banned.
Wouldn't it be great if we could come up with a catchy name for our day - any suggestions?
How about something really simple...
Puppy Day - instead of Poppy day?
Lest we forget ...all the pups who die in puppy farms and pet shops.
We could have a poster or an advert, maybe have car stickers?
Have a photo of field of poppies with a little grave for a pup called Poppy. With the text...
Please don't buy pups like me out of pity from the pet shop or the dealer.
You mean well, but your money will mean more of my relatives will be tortured.
My lovely mum is still a prisoner. She has lived a life devoid of human affection and home comforts. She's so scared and confused, she runs in circles for hours on end.
My brothers and sisters died of a virus, which we all caught in the van that brought us and the others on the long journey to the pet shop.
My new owners spent £1,500 at the vet's, trying to save me.
I wish they'd saved their tears for my poor old mum and all my new brothers and sisters.
By buying dogs like me you fund this vile trade.
Sign the petition, ban puppy farming and you could save more dogs like me from this misery.
September 19th is Puppy day. Ban puppy farms now.
Anyone else got any bright ideas? Here are some links to get you thinking...
http://www.awarenessday.org
http://www.dogs-r-us.org/
Comments
Similar to "diploma mill" in education. I don't know if you use that term in Britain. But if I tell you a college is a "diploma mill," I bet you instantly know that this is not a good school.
"Puppy farm" sounds so lovely. One imagines green fields, quaint red barns with white trim, and shiny puppies romping amidst lambs and ducks. Who wouldn't want a puppy born on a "puppy farm?" Puppy mill bursts that bubble.
The American Kennel Club euphemizes them with the term "high-volume breeder."
Their "high-volume breeder" committee is charged with retaining the lucrative custom of the puppmills -- courting their registration dollars.
That money supports the dog shows so beloved by the "fancy." Most "fanciers" tut-tut the wicked puppymills and stamp their feet in anger at the AKC's support of them -- and then keep right on writing checks for registrations and entering dog shows.
Had a look at both the links & it's a great idea to have a Puppy Mill Awareness day here.
Crossposting this. I'll see what response we get & any suggestions.
Thanks Beverley
I agree with Heather Puppy farms sounds to nice, should be Puppy Dungeons, definition "dark prison"
Puppy farms often are farms - but battery farms rather than happy, idyllic, organic farms!
Puppies cannot be sold to an unlicensed dealer or retailer.
The problem is that people go to these puppy farms, see how awful they are, but feel sorry for the pups and still buy them thereby supporting the trade!
How would a council worker discover that a dog had produced a litter on every season, are the dogs going to be microchipped? Will any proper records be kept to volunteer the misdemeanors?
Plus even the KC continues to register litters bred from subsequent seasons.
In fact, the law appears to apply to licensed breeders only. There is nothing to stop an unlicensed breeder breeding repeatedly from under age and over age dogs. No protection at all.
And if you've seen the state of some of these licensed establishments in the shocking video footage highlighted in the main post you'll know that none of the current legislation is being properly applied by local authorities.
Adequate bedding, they're having a laugh.
These poor dogs are kept in filth.
What about a dog rose emblem?
There are so many people who just have no idea about puppy farms/mills I mean that even exist let alone the vile conditions!
This HAS to be brought to the forefront - a quick 5 mins, 20 mins of viewer sensitive footage and everyone is off back their own little world!