This ISN'T Santa Claus...
 ...and there
is NO Merry Christmas in a Puppy Mill.
Before you
buy that Christmas puppy from a pet store, a classified ad, or over the
internet, stop and think about where he could be coming from -- and where his
parents will probably live out their entire lives.
The
"breeder" wears heavy coat and gloves against the WI chill, while the
pups huddle together on a wire mesh floor in a wire mesh cage. Yes, that is
snow you see on the corrugated metal roof and on the ground.
BUT THAT'S
OK, the breeder tells us; "They were outside for a million years.
It's only the last 200 that people have been putting 'em in the house."
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IS THAT OK
WITH YOU?
IT'S
NOT OK WITH US!
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Merry Christmas in a Puppy Mill" flyer.
About the
Wisconsin Puppy Mill Project:
The Wisconsin
Puppy Mill Project is a 501(c)3 registered non-profit. Our goal is to offer a
valuable educational resouce for:
- those seeking to end the institutionalized form of animal
cruelty known as "puppy mills"
- those looking for ways to fight abuse in their own
neighborhoods
- those wishing to add a healthy, loving, animal companion to
their families
Members of our
group started working to alleviate the suffering of mill dogs in 1999 and
officially organized as the Wisconsin Puppy Mill Project, Inc., in 2004. Our
mission is to educate the public about puppy mills, to prevent cruelty to
animals, to foster understanding of responsible pet acquisition and ownership,
and to promote adoption of homeless companion animals.
 This website is
dedicated to Mr. Peabody. Pea was bred and born in a Wisconsin puppy mill, and
languished in a filthy cage in a Wisconsin pet store, at the mercy of
neglectful and sometimes abusive sales people. Even though he finally found a
loving home, there was no "happy ending." Pea suffered from poor
breeding, chronic health problems, and emotional scars due to his background,
for all of his six years.
It is because of
Pea that the Wisconsin Puppy Mill Project exists. It is because of Pea and dogs
like him that Wisconsin puppy mills will someday CEASE to exist.
It's easy for
people to shake their heads and murmur how terrible all this is, but it doesn't
affect THEM. One of our goals is to show that the problems of pet profiteering
affects EVERYBODY, one way or the other.
We also want to
help people find healthy, loving, lifelong animal companions. We would prefer
that everyone adopt from shelters and rescues, but also want to give you the
information you need to choose a reputable breeder.
And, of course, we
hope to enlist your aid in putting an end to the form of institutionalized
animal cruelty known as "puppy mills."
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"...if one person is
unkind to an animal, it is considered to be cruelty, but where a lot of people
are unkind to animals, especially in the name of commerce, the cruelty is
condoned and, once sums of money are at stake, will be defended to the last by
otherwise intelligent people." -- Ruth Harrison
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