Do Not Buy Your anjing, anak anjing From a Pet Store
That anjing, anak anjing who Charmed anda through the pet kedai window has most likely come from a large-scale, substandard commercial breeding facility, commonly known as a anjing, anak anjing mill. In these facilities, parent Anjing are caged and bred as often as possible, and give birth to Anak Anjing who could have costly medical problems anda might not become aware of until after anda bring your new pet home.
Make Adoption Your First Option
If you’re looking to make a anjing, anak anjing part of your family, check your local shelters first. Not only will anda be saving a life, but anda will ensure that your money is not going to support a anjing, anak anjing mill. There are many Anjing waiting for homes in shelters all across the country—and an estimated one in four is a purebred! Your saat option is breed rescue. If your hati, tengah-tengah is set on a specific breed anda haven’t been able to find in a shelter, anda can do an Internet cari for a breed-specific rescue organization.
Internet Buyers, Beware!
Buying a anjing, anak anjing from the Internet is as risky as buying from a pet store. If anda buy a anjing, anak anjing based on a picture and a phone call, anda have no way of seeing the puppy’s breeding premises atau meeting his parents. And those who sell Haiwan on the Internet are not held to the Animal Welfare Act regulations, and so are not inspected sejak the USDA.
Share Your anjing, anak anjing Mill Story with the ASPCA
If anda have—or think anda have—purchased a puppy-mill puppy, please tell us your story. Every bit of evidence gives us lebih power to get legislation passed that will ban anjing, anak anjing mills.
Speak Out!
Inform your state and federal legislators that anda are disturbed sejak the inhumane treatment of Anjing in anjing, anak anjing mills, and would like to see legislation passed that ensures that all Haiwan bred to be pets are raised in healthy conditions. anda can keep up-to-date about current legislation to ban anjing, anak anjing mills sejak joining the ASPCA Advocacy Brigade.
Tell Your Friends
If someone anda know is planning on buying a puppy, please direct them to our anjing, anak anjing mill information at ASPCA.org. Let them know that there are perfectly healthy Anjing in shelters waiting to be adopted.
Think Globally
Have a webpage, a MySpace page atau a blog? Use these powerful tools to inform people about anjing, anak anjing mill cruelty sejak adding a link to our anjing, anak anjing mill information at ASPCA.org.
Act Locally!
When people are looking to buy atau adopt a pet, they will often ask the Nasihat of their veterinarian, groomer atau pet supply store.Print flyers and ask to leave them in the offices of your local practitioners.
