Adopt From A Shelter

Puppy Mills Breed Misery on Many Levels.

The pet overpopulation problem will only get worse if puppy mills thrive.

While thousands of dogs are destroyed in animal control facilities throughout Texas each year, underground puppy mills in untold numbers churn out thousands of puppies each week to be sold at pet stores, on websites or through newspaper ads.

These mills, operating in deplorable conditions that are cruel and filthy, flood the pet market with unhealthy puppies who often bring with them serious medical problems and possible tragedy when even the best of medical care is not enough to save them. The adult dogs used for breeding live their lives in wire cages or dirt floor pens without even the most basic veterinary care or humane treatment from humans. Female dogs are bred every heat cycle until their bodies are literally worn out. They are then destroyed or abandoned.

"Don't breed or buy while animals in shelters die" is a bumper sticker slogan worth taking to heart. As long as there is a market for "puppy milled" dogs, there will be puppy mills.

http://thln.org/?pageID=0B51F5F0-3048-C277-11726C7A521900EC

The Network encourages you to adopt a dog from a local shelter or rescue group and have him or her promptly spayed or neutered.

Help us help them.

Please join Texas Humane Legislation Network. Stop the suffering. Stop the abuse. Stop Puppy Mills.

TEXAS HUMANE LEGISLATION NETWORK
Promoting the humane treatment of animals
through legislation, education and advocacy.
Visit us at www.thln.org.
Follow us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/thlntx