Holly
Well-known member
Hello everyone-
I just recently read on Karlin's Irish Cavalier Rescue site, the article about the life of a puppy mill pup. It was absolutely heartbreaking.
As some of you know, before I got Oliver, I was an ignorant buyer and ended up with a puppy that had to be put to sleep 3 days after buying him. Now I know that I most likely ran into a dog that had come from some type of puppy mill or farm. It was devastating and heartbreaking but perhaps the good thing hat came out of it is that now I try to educate people as to why it is so important not to unknowingly support these places by buying from pet stores, etc...
My question is this...why is this allowed to happen and why don't the laws better regulate this? What can we, as the general public, do?
I saw on another board a thread about emailing Oprah regarding this. Since she is such a pet lover, why do you suppose she hasn't had a show about this? So many people watch that maybe that would be a way to spread the word. I don't hink the general public really knows what goes on.
I just recently read on Karlin's Irish Cavalier Rescue site, the article about the life of a puppy mill pup. It was absolutely heartbreaking.
As some of you know, before I got Oliver, I was an ignorant buyer and ended up with a puppy that had to be put to sleep 3 days after buying him. Now I know that I most likely ran into a dog that had come from some type of puppy mill or farm. It was devastating and heartbreaking but perhaps the good thing hat came out of it is that now I try to educate people as to why it is so important not to unknowingly support these places by buying from pet stores, etc...
My question is this...why is this allowed to happen and why don't the laws better regulate this? What can we, as the general public, do?
I saw on another board a thread about emailing Oprah regarding this. Since she is such a pet lover, why do you suppose she hasn't had a show about this? So many people watch that maybe that would be a way to spread the word. I don't hink the general public really knows what goes on.