What is a Puppy Mill?

       For those who would like to do more research into the Puppy Mill problem, or for those of you who have no idea what a puppy/kitten mill is, please explore the following links, most of which come to us courtesy of EnglandGal@aol.com.

       We will also welcome suggestions for additional links -- and please, if you come across one which is no longer active, contact our Webmaster.

CAUTION: Some of these links contain very graphic and disturbing material. The choice of whether or not to look at them is yours.

   Please visit our partners at the Clark County Humane Society:

• Dog Auction Protest, 12 March 08: http://petshelter.bizland.com/nodogauctions/

• Puppy Mills and Dog Auctions: http://www.cchs-petshelter.org/id71.html

• Going Undercover at a Puppy Mill: http://www.cchs-petshelter.org/id72.html

• Puppy Mills: A National Disgrace: http://www.cchs-petshelter.org/id74.html

• A Dog Auction Experience (10 March 2007): http://www.cchs-petshelter.org/id73.html

• Puppy Mill Survivors: http://www.cchs-petshelter.org/id75.html

• "Another Dog Auction, Another Sad Day" (2 June 2007): http://www.cchs-petshelter.org/id76.html

• Protest at the Thorp Dog Auction (22 September 2007) -- auction videos: http://www.cchs-petshelter.org/id90.html

• Wisconsin's First Breeders Educational Show and Seminar: http://www.cchs-petshelter.org/id84.html

• Online Petition to Stop Puppy Mills: http://www.surveyconsole.com/console/TakeSurvey?id=351478

   Puppy Mills/Pet Stores: A BIG Problem:

• Ahimsa of Texas links page, http://www.ahimsatx.org/links/index.htm#PuppyMills. An extensive list of links on puppy mills, spay/neuter, etc.

• All Breeders Are Not Created Equal, http://www.petfocused.com/new-pet/good-breeders.php.

• A Letter to Martha Stewart, http://www.idausa.org/campaigns/puppy/stewartletter.html.

• America's pet "industry" contacts and publications, http://www.wwpsa.com/i4a/links/?pageid=366. The "links" page of the World Wide Pet Supply Association.

• American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, "Puppy Mills"

• Breeding Information, http://www.wonderpuppy.net/breeding.htm#puppymills.

• Boycott Pet Stores, http://www.sterlingshelter.org/news/boycott.html.

• Buying a Pet Store Dog, http://members.aol.com/KarenKato/petstore.html.

• Commercial Pet Breeders, a responsible breeder speaks: http://www.katewerk.com/puppymill.html.

• Connecticut case shines light on puppy mills, http://www.cnn.com/US/9710/11/puppies.for.sale/. CNN, October 11, 1997.

• Dog Owner's Guide: Pet Stores, http://www.canismajor.com/dog/petstor.html.

• Dog Owner's Guide: What is a Puppy Mill?, http://www.canismajor.com/dog/puppymil.html.

• Dog Owner's Guide: Stopping a Puppy Mill, http://www.canismajor.com/dog/stopmill.html.

• Dog Topics from the AKC, http://www.akc.org/future_dog_owner/index.cfm?nav_area=future_dog_owners

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• Fozie Bear's Story: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=764557322&n=2

• Get the Facts on Puppy Mills, http://www.hsus.org/ace/11797.

• Hearts United for Animals, "Prisoners of Greed"

• Information On Puppy Mill "Busts", http://www.puppymillrescue.com/.

• List of Suspended AKC "Breeders", http://www.barkbytes.com/suspend/suspindx.htm#a.

• MillBusters.com, a site dedicated to sharing the knowledge of what a puppy mill is, and what the public can do to help stop them, http://www.MillBusters.com/

• Morrow County, Ohio - Diary of a Puppy Mill Intervention, http://www.columbusdogconnection.com/MorrowCountyPuppyMill.htm. Caution: Some Graphic Photos of the Condition of the Mill Dogs.

• Morrow County Mill Newspaper Article, http://libpub.dispatch.com/cgi-bin/documentv1?DBLIST=cd02&DOCNUM=40196&TERMV=1.

• No Puppy Mills.com, http://www.nopuppymills.com/.

• North Penn Puppy Mill Watch: http://www.nppmwatch.com

• Prisoners of Greed, http://www.prisonersofgreed.org/.

• Puppies Are Biodegradable: an art exhibition raising awareness about the realities of Pennsylvania puppy mills, http://www.puppiesarebiodegradable.com/

• Puppies Are Biodegradable, the article: http://www.puppiesarebiodegradable.com/explain.html

• Puppy Farms: an article from Dogs Life magazine, published in Australia: http://www.dogslife.com.au/dogs_life_articles?cid=9450&pid=150261

• Puppy Lemon Law States, http://www.malteseonly.com/lemon.html.

• Puppy Mill Dogs - Prisoners for Profit, http://www.turner.com/planet/promotions/puppies/prisoners.html.

• Puppy Mill Prison, http://www.helpinganimals.com/Factsheet/files/FactsheetDisplay.asp?ID=45.

• Puppy Mill Rescue, http://www.puppymillrescue.com/.

• The Voice for Dogs, http://www.thevoicefordogs.org/.

• Tag 19: A Puppy Mill Rescue, http://www.tag19.com/.

• UCLA School of Law Animal Legislation Project - Bill AB 161, http://www.studentgroups.ucla.edu/awa/legproj/ab161.html.

• Undercover Dog Auction Video: http://www.anewstartonlife.com:80/puppymill.htm

• Video Tribute to Puppy Mill Dogs: http://www.anewstartonlife.com:80/puppymill.htm

• Voices for the Voiceless, http://www.imom.org/voices/

• "Why We Attend Puppy Mill Auctions," http://www.smallpawsrescue.org/pup3/reason.htm. A rescuer speaks out on getting "breeding stock" out of the "system."

   Puppy Mills, Pet Stores, and Zoonotic Diseases

• Dr. Bob's All Creatures Site guide to Zoonotic Diseases: http://www.sonic.net/~petdoc/zoonotic_diseases.htm

• Canine Brucellosis: Important information for dog auction participants, Wisconsin Division of Public Health: brucellosis.pdf

• Canine Brucellosis Caused by Brucella Canis (pdf), International Veterinary Information Service (IVIS): http://www.ivis.org/advances/Infect_Dis_Carmichael/shin/ivis.pdf .

• Brucellosis Backgrounder (pdf), American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA): http://www.avma.org/reference/backgrounders/brucellosis_bgnd.asp

• Brucellosis: Frequently Asked Questions, US Dept. of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/brucellosis_g.htm

• Brucellosis FAQs For Dog Owners (pdf), Georgia Dept. of Agriculture: http://agr.georgia.gov/vgn/images/portal/cit_1210/43/31/60503769Canine%20Brucellosis%20Kennel%20and%20Owner%206-13-06.pdf

• Rabies Information, US Dept. of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): http://www.cdc.gov/rabies/

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