Puppy Mills Should Be Banned

Most of the animals you buy at pet stores come from some type of mill. We all have had a "aw mom can we get it?" Phase right? But I'm sure what you haven't been told is that in order for these animals to get where they are, they're put through an awful lot. Animals are cute and loveable creatures and have a heart just like us, they don't deserve to be put through so much. If everyone came together and stopped buying pets from these stores and putting an end to these mills then we could find a new way to reproduce animals and buy them. Animals deserve to have and live a better life than what they are living in now. Puppy Mills should be banned for good.

First off, why harm such a cute and innocent animal just to get the money you're getting

paid or just for reproducing purposes? Do you even have a heart? According to humanesociety.org over 130 puppies were rescued from a puppy mill. Also, according to huffingtonpost.com most places focus on quantity not quality. Female dogs in mills are often bred so many times and eventually they die or are abandoned. The Humane Society of the United States estimates that there are more than 10,000 puppy mills across the U.S. Puppies that come from mills, often have many illnesses and diseases from being in those nasty environments. Huffington Post also states that recently in New Jersey, police found 67 puppies that were left in a van behind a pet store. These puppies were crying and stashed in crates without any water or food. The temperature outside was 35 degrees. Puppies are suffering so much in these mills and not being well cared for, so why are we not making any effort to shutting down mills and giving people behind the mills a correct punishment? Although, mills are giving the customers what they want. People want cute, fluffy puppies, most of the time that aren't mixed and full blooded so if you go to a shelter to adopt a dog, most of the time they're mixed and old. Customers buy the puppies from the mills because they provide them with the dog they want. Puppy mills still are never a good idea, whether it's what you want or not. All dogs need a good home and lots of love, it doesn't matter what they look like or even if they're mixed, all they want is your love and attention. Do these puppies a favor, stop buying from mills and stop giving the pet stores money to continue to let people harm these babies.
Second, why breed dogs so much when the majority of them are going to at some point end up in a shelter?

Huffington Post says that "There are an estimated 2.1 million puppies sold through puppy mills each year, while an estimated 2.4 million healthy, adoptable animals are euthanized in shelters annually." Local pet stores usually sell you the dogs that they have received from puppy mills. Animals from mills are hurt and traumatized daily, they aren’t provided much food or water and are all stuffed together in a couple cages which consists of many other breeds of dogs. Puppy mills breed small dogs with big dogs which can result in death, illness or can cause the puppies to be born with problems. According to aspca.org, just because a store or business shows you a license or papers for the dog doesn't mean the puppies haven't came from a mill. It also mentions that responsible breeders would want a puppy to go to a safe and loving home, and often times want to meet the family that the puppy is going to live with. However, as long as they are making money, pet stores and mills really don't care what kind of living condition or home the puppy is going to. Although there are benefits to having a mill they shouldn’t be allowed all the time. Mills help keep pet stores in business, without being supplied with puppies or other animals they wouldn’t have much of a business and wouldn’t be able to make enough money to help the store, but why not just wait and let nature do its job? Animals and humans are brought into this world to reproduce and when they're ready they will. God put them on this earth for a reason and to bring joy and love to people, we should do our best to keep them safe and treat animals with love.. not harm. Animals shouldn’t be forced to breed at any cost, that’s like sitting two people in a room and giving them no choice but to reproduce. Animals should be treated just like

humans,
Lastly, the environments that the puppies and dogs live in are absolutely terrible. Animalstudiesrepository.org says that puppy feces are left in that spot for a long periods of time. The waste that is left produces methane (a powerful and very dangerous greenhouse effect) and it can harm the puppies in that area and cause them to be sick. Many diseases in these dogs result from the type of environment that they are living in. Tapeworms, hookworms, giardia, and cryptosporidium can harm the dogs and are often found in the mills. Others may try to claim that the environments can be cleaned up and be more healthier for the puppies but really, with that many dogs and not a lot to do with them is a lot to take on, they're isn't going to be enough time in the day to clean up every little piece of waste, clean the cages, and care for the puppies. There is no way that it's going to be possible for the environments to stay clean and healthy all the time.
In conclusion, puppy mills are harmful to not only the puppies coming from there but harmful to the people who are understanding enough to realize that innocent puppies are being forced to breed and live in pure filth. They should never be put into such an awful situation. Pups deserve to have a life just like any other puppy. They deserve to be free, be in a good home, make friends, play, and get plenty food and water. Puppies deserve to have the life they need. They deserve to be happy and never be put into tough situations, this is why the puppy mills need to be banned and stopped for good. If everyone comes together and stops buying puppies from pet stores, then the mills wouldn’t have any business and would be forced to shut down. Help give a puppy a good life, save them from the terrible living conditions they are being forced into.