Argumentative Essay On Pupy Mills

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Puppy Mills are a growing problem, however, many Americans remain unsure about what they actually are. Well, imagine yourself being stuck in a small room, nowhere to go, nowhere to run, not being able to live the life you wanted to. Well, to me that is a clear example of a Puppy Mill. Puppy Mills are a commercial dog breeding facility, where they leave their dogs in an unsanitary and overcrowded environment. If they are lucky they will have food, however, the food might be contaminated with bugs. Due to the environment in some Puppy Mills, dogs which are badly injured, are left without veterinary care, these facilities don't sympathize the dog's health and welfare of the animals. These commercial dog-breeding facilities only focus on increasing …show more content…

A public policy proceeding domesticated animal rights is that we should take action and strengthen regulations on Puppy Mills. I agree with Hillary Clinton on the policy because she addressed the issues about Puppy Mills and aspires to make a change and we should support her on this because many people aren’t doing much about the issue.
Hillary Clinton is for strengthening regulations on Puppy Mills. Clinton shows that she wants the government to focus on animal rights when Clinton said that she wanted to focus on “strengthening regulations of “Puppy Mills” and other harmful commercial breeding facilities and supporting the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act” (Hillary Clinton on Protect Pets and Domesticated Animals). This shows us that she wants to protect the animals in these harsh breeding facilities and is willing to make a change. According to A Humane Nation, the PACT Act is the “nation’s first-ever general federal animal cruelty bill.….The PACT Act would patch that gap by allowing for the criminal prosecution of puppy mill operators and others who intentionally drown, suffocate, or otherwise heinously abuse their animals” ( A Humane Nation). Hillary Clinton is …show more content…

This association supported legislative changes, conducted investigations, and promoted public awareness and education. The HSUS also worked with local authorities when called upon to help shut down Puppy Mills. According to HSUS, there’s an estimated of 10,000 Puppy Mills in the United States (this includes both licensed and unlicensed facilities) and an estimated 1.2 million dogs are euthanized in shelters every year. An estimated 2.11 million puppies are sold from Puppy Mills, while 3 million are killed in shelters because they are too full and there aren’t enough adoptive homes (US Puppy Mills: Facts and Figures). This explains to us that since there are too many dogs being produced, there is no place for dogs in shelters, consequently, the shelters have to euthanize dogs. The National Mill Dogs want to put an end to the commercial dog breeding industries. This organization rescued more than 10,000 dogs from puppy mills since 2007 and now they're living with cherished family members across the world. The United Against Puppy Mill (UAPM) is another organization against Puppy Mills and their goal is to promote awareness and helps the people who are interested in effecting positive action for the elimination of Puppy Mills as they currently exist. The UAPM stated that “putting more money in the pockets of those involved, allowing the profit to be reinvested into the business so that the breeding

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