Argumentative Essay On Puppy Mills

How much is that doggy in the window? The one with the waggly tail? Well, if you knew where the puppy came from, you may think twice about purchasing the canine. Puppy mills have been around for over fifty years. (1) In these mills, the people who are in charge of the dogs, also known as breeders, are breeding female dogs left and right. Not only are they breeding them every chance they get, but they are performing this task in very unsanitary conditions which causes serious health issues to these animals in the mills. While puppy mills can help people who want to find a breed of dog that is hard to find, puppy mills need to be terminated due to the puppies’ being mistreated and abused, the overpopulation of dogs causing euthanization, and

Puppies living in these mills receive very little to no veterinary care and when they do provide the care, they perform it without training, anesthesia, or a proper sanitary environment. (2) Without the appropriate tools and medicine, these canines can become contaminated and may develop many forms of disease from being exposed to the various kinds of bacteria in the atmosphere. The mothers of the puppies are forced to breed every heat cycle. (2) Doing so makes the female dog weak and after the female can no longer produce, the breeders have three choices. They can either be inhumanly put down, sold at auctions for as little as twenty-five cents, or given to other mills. (9) The mill dogs don’t get to experience the normal puppy life. (4) They have never been given a treat, been groomed, given toys, or even given the correct amount of exercise that every dog needs to stay healthy. They are often kept in cages that have wire flooring which wounds their paws. (4) The puppies may spend their entire lives outside or crammed inside dangerous structures where they never get to breathe fresh air. (4) Even the shipping conditions are brutal. The pups can be forced to spend up to twelve consecutive hours without food, water, or fresh air, and they are confined in a tight space where diseases can be easily transmitted

The breeders are the ones causing this tragic issue and we need to stop them from bringing any more harm. Puppy mills are all about making profit out of the puppies. The money spent on care, food, staff, and shelter cuts into the profit margin causing the breeders to want to spend the least amount of money on the puppies so they can keep the bigger profit. (2) The breeder always wants to make the largest profit possible so they spend very, very little on the canine’s needs and care. Lancaster, Pennsylvania is known for their puppy mills and just one of the breeders sold 1,293 puppies for only $290 in just one transaction. (7) That is just like a grocery shopping trip for a house of five people, but coming home with over one thousand puppies in the back of your car. An average puppy breeder makes about $300,000 on the pups a year. (1) That is almost three times the average American salary. They are getting paid more than an average American for mistreating thousands of dogs. Commercial puppy-breeding is now a multi-billion dollar business. (6) If a breeder is caught, which is very rare because the government does not keep track of the mills anymore, they are charged with animal cruelty and will give you a fine less than $4,000 and possibly, but rarely, one year in jail. (7) The consequences need to be greater. For example, the criminals deserve more than just one year in prison. The punishment needs