Today i watched a very heart
wrenching episode of Oprah, She spoke on the
horrors of puppy mills and auctions. I always heard about puppy mills and that they are bad places for dogs, but I had no idea what really goes on in them! The people who run puppy mills treat animals like crops they farm for a living, not as living creatures.
The conditions the puppies live in are of course terrible, but the puppies eventually are sold to pet stores where they eventually (hopefully)find homes, but the mothers they use to bread the pups are kept in small cages (where they live the remainder of their lives usually never stepping foot on grass) for years and years until they can no longer reproduce, then they either kill them, or if the dog is lucky a puppy mill rescue worker will get a hold of them in time to rehabilitate the dog and
hopefully find it a loving home.
I am an animal lover to the core, and this episode of Oprah broke my soul. I can not believe that people can be so cruel to animals. It is
absolutely disgusting. I have decided that from here on out any animal i get will be from an animal rescue center or from the pound.
There are millions of animals put down every year because of neglect. they end up in pounds and there just
aren't enough people in the world who are either willing or able to take in these poor animals and give them loving homes!
to learn more about the cruelty these animals face in puppy mills and how you can help, you can visit these sites. ( I have to warn you that some of the pictures and videos you can view are
graphic and if you are an animal lover like me it will haunt you. but it will also educate you!)
http://www.stoppuppymills.org/http://www.puppymillprotest.org/