Industrialized Dog Breeding

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Puppy mills. Hearing that term should make a person furious. Puppy mills are dog breeding operations where profit is placed above animal welfare. Puppy mills represent a serious concern, not only for the dogs, but for future generations as well. The United States government must eliminate puppy mills by having mill owners be incarcerated instead of just fined, allowing more searches of certified breeders, and have congress pass a nationwide law.
Background Information
Within the background of the American dog breeding society lies a dark secret. With over 4,000 in number, puppy mills are inhumane, brutal, and selfish operations where profits are placed above dogs health (ASPCA). The conditions in the mills are comparable to how cattle is kept by the meat packing industry, only with this some dogs must suffer their entire lives compared to the mere months in slaughterhouses (Bradley). The food is rancid, the water dirty, and the cages are cramped. The cages are stacked one upon the other, leaving cuts on the dogs paws. The dogs have open wounds, bones showing, and decayed teeth. It has been scientifically proven that animals like dogs and cattle feel pain, so one can imagine the unbelievable torment these innocent dogs must endure (Currie-McGhee, 19) Why do puppy mills even exist? Well, the answer to that lies within the American people. Every year, thousands of dogs are adopted by dog/pet stores. Petco and Petsmart are examples of these stores. They get their puppies from puppy mills. If said companies have a reliable source of dogs, they are not going to be inclined to stop purchasing the dogs (PETA).
If someone is a dog buyer and they think this won’t affect them, they are wrong. The simple fact is that dogs ...

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http://www.aspca.org/fight-cruelty/puppy-mills/puppy-mill-faq
Works Cited
Arluke, Arnold. Just a Dog: Understanding Animal Cruelty and Ourselves. Philadelphia: Temple UP, 2006. Print.
Bradley, Carol. Saving Gracie: How One Dog Escaped the Shadowy World of American Puppy Mills. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2010. Print.
"Puppy Mill FAQ." ASPCA. Web. 14 Mar. 2014. .
"Puppy Mills: Dogs Abused for the Pet Trade." PETA. Web. 14 Mar. 2014. .
Woodward, Kay. Animal Rights. Milwaukee, WI: World Almanac Library, 2005. Print.

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