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Angela Berkley,
High School Student
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The puppy mills and pet shops target these adopters tempting them with puppies and kittens.
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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant
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Puppy mills are wholesale breeding operations often located in Midwestern states such as Missouri or Oklahoma, where they are a lucrative business.
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Adam Findley,
Professional Motivator
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Puppy mills raise puppies strictly for financial gain without concern of the puppies welfare, their prolonged health and physical condition and conformation since they are raised primarily to bring in cash.
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Billie Kirgan,
Machinist
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Puppy mills and irresponsible breeders (responsible breeders are not the problem!
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Jake Farley,
Truck Driver
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A puppy broker buys substandard dogs from puppy mills and imports dogs to sell at a great profit.
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Rob Verdann,
Afterdark Removalist
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It is advisable not to buy from pet stores because they often purchase their puppies from puppy mills noted for their unsanitary conditions and poor breeding.
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Shane Kelly,
Bar Tender
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We are opposed to puppy mills and pet shops or breeders that produce and sell animals solely for a profit.
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Chrissie Tanner,
Homemaker and Mom
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Puppy mills are places that only reproduce puppies, usually "pure bred," with little care or attention to health, socializing and breeding temperament problems.
Puppies raised in puppy mills have not been properly socialized and are usually sold in high volumes to pet shops for a quick cash profits at the age of 4 weeks or sometimes younger.
Puppies born and raised in puppy mills do not usually get the veterinary care and proper feeding they need, which could lead to problems later in life.
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Thomas Owens,
Police Officer
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Puppy mills are only considered newsworthy if multiple puppies have died from disease or neglect.
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Craig Leveaux,
Blogger
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Many puppy mills depend on the knowledge that you are not going to give your dog back to them to be put down, even if it is sick, and that enables them to get away without paying you back.
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