**HELP ME STOP PUPPY MILLS**

FACTS ABOUT PUPPY MILLS...OVER BREEDING,INBREEDING,MINIMAL VETERINARY CARE,POOR QUALITY OF FOOD AND SHELTER,LACK OF HUMAN SOCIALIZATION,OVER CROWED CAGES,KILLING OF UNWANTED ANIMALS...THE NUMBER ONE WAY TO SHUT DOWN PUPPY MILLS IS TO BUY FROM ANIMAL SHELTERS AND NOT FROM PET STORES...1 OUT OF EVERY 4 DOGS IS PUREBRED AT YOUR LOCAL ANIMAL SHELTER...MOST SHELTER ANIMALS HAVE BEEN SPAYED OR NEUTERED AND HAVE RECEIVED ALL VACCINATIONS AND VETERINARY CHECK-UPS...ALL PET STORES THAT SELL PUPPIES USE PUPPY MILLS...PUPPY MILLS ARE LEGAL AND LICENSED UNDER THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE...PUPPY MILLS PRODUCE SOME KITTENS TO...WITH OUT PET SHOPS SALES THE MARKET FOR PUPPY MILLS WILL DISAPPEAR...PET LAND NOT ONLY OPERATES OUT OF GREED AND TOTAL LACK OF CONCERN FOR THE DOGS WELFARE,BUT ALSO DIRECTLY TAKES HOMES AWAY FROM MILLIONS OF SHELTERED DOGS THAT END UP BEING EUTHANIZED...10 WAYS YOU CAN STOP PUPPY MILLS...NEVER SHOP AT PET STORES THAT SELL ANIMALS...ANIMALS BEING SOLD AT PET STORES ARE BRED FROM MISERY...IF ALL AMERICANS STOPPED BUYING PUPPIES FROM PET STORES,THE MISERY IN COMMERCIAL BREEDING WILL END...SUPPORT AND VOLUNTEER AT YOUR LOCAL ANIMAL SHELTER...EDUCATE YOURSELF,DISCUSS THIS ISSUE WITH FRIENDS AND CO-WORKERS...FOSTER OR ADOPT A DOG...DONATE TO PUPPY MILL FOUNDATIONS...ORGANIZE LOCAL PROTEST OUTSIDE PET STORES THAT DEAL IN CRUELTY OR JOIN SOME PROTEST AT STATE CAPITOLS...WRITE A LETTER TO YOUR LOCAL PAPER OR LETTERS TO LOCAL POLITICIANS URGING THEM THE ACT TO SHUT DOWN PUPPY MILLS...PURCHASE AN ITEM FROM STOP PUPPY MILL ORGANIZAIONS,ALL PROCEEDS GO TO PMR AND IT IS A GOOD WAY TO ADVERTISE THE PLIGHT OF THESE DOGS...CALL YOUR LOCAL AUTHORITIES WHEN YOU SUSPECT THERE IS A PUPPY MILL IN YOUR AREA...MORE SAD BUT IMORTANT FACTS...ARKANSAS,IOWA,KANSAS,MISSOURI,NEBRASKA,OKLAHOMA,SOUTH DAKOTA,AND LANCASTER PA(ABOUT 45 MINUTES FROM US)ARE THE LARGEST STATES WITH THE LARGEST PUPPY MILL.ALSO AMISH ARE MASS PRODUCING PUPPIES...PUPPY MILLS COMPRISE 80% OF AKC...PA IS KNOWN AS THE PUPPY MILL CAPITOL OF THE EAST COAST...IT IS ONE OF THE SEVEN STATES THAT HAVE THE MOST PUPPY MILLS (THE ONLY STATE NOT LOCATED IN THE MID WEST)...99% OF PETS SOLD IN PET STORES COME FROM PUPPY MILLS...DID YOU KNOW...THAT IT IS LEGAL IN PA FOR PUPPY MILLS TO KILL THEIR UNSOLD PUPPIES AND SPREAD THE REMAINS ON THEIR FIELDS...WHAT ABOUT THE DISEASED DOGS BEING USES AS FERTILIZER?...ALSO LEGAL IN PA TO EUTHANIZE ANIMALS BY INJECTION,POISONOUS GAS,AND GUNSHOT...WHERE CAN YOU FIND A PUREBRED PUPPY?MORE THAN 25% OF DOGS AT ANIMAL SHELTERS ARE PUREBRED,ALSO CONTACT BREED GROUPS WHO SPECIALIZE IN ADOPTIONS FOR ADULT DOGS OF SPECIFIC BREEDS...PET STORES AND INTERNET MARKETS BUY FROM PUPPY MILLS...