A Re-Post of a Horrendously Tragic Story,
Dedicated to Jasmin E.P. Seiler, My Friend;
Like Myself, and Many Other Animal Advocates,
He Wants Their Suffering, To Come To An End.
When humane society officers rescued her
Calamity Jane was nearly twelve years old
She had spent her entire life in a ‘puppy mill’
As a ‘breeder bitch’ producing litters to be sold
Her never ending days of misery and neglect, were far too long
She spent most of them alone, in filthy cages far too small for her
She had not learned anything about human love or companionship
She produced ‘pure bred pups’ yet she was always treated like a cur
Calamity Jane had mange, ringworm, and abscessed teeth
She had a very blank expression on her emaciated bald frame
She had cataracts, a severe ear infection, and crippling arthritis
A typical story of a dog abused by a puppy mill for monetary gain
CJ was one of 200 dogs very recently rescued from a puppy mill
A large ‘dog factory’ that produces just as many puppies as they can
Their ‘breeder bitches’ are kept in atrocious conditions, their entire lives
Forced to produce as many puppies as possible, to be sold across this land
Many of these severely abused puppy mill ‘breeder bitch’ females
Were in such pathetic shape that they had to euthanized right away
But some of them were able to be brought back to health with TLC
And some of them were adopted by compassionate souls within days
Others like Calamity Jane were so severely maladjusted from gross neglect
It would take many long months, before they ever trusted any humans again
Although she didn’t live long after her rescue, CJ finally found a bit of happiness
And I truly believe that all of us must act now, to finally put this barbarism to an end
To me, CJ's tragic story symbolizes many things: the resilience of the canine spirit to somehow overcome years of gross neglect in a filthy, desolate cage; the desperate hope that I believe resides deep within every abused animal that I’ve ever rescued, to one day, at least experience a little love and kindness from we human beings; and the tremendous difference that even an ounce of humane, responsible, and compassionate care can truly make in any being’s life.
For most puppy mill dogs in America today, however, there will be no happy endings. Most communities in the U.S. don’t have the desire, or the staff, to investigate all of these atrocious puppy mills, or even the required space to accommodate the vast numbers of woefully abused animals typically rescued when a large inhumane dog breeder is finally shut down.
However, there are options available to help dogs like CJ. The best way to end the tragic suffering of these puppy mill animals is to cut off the flow of dollars to those who sell dogs born in puppy mills—namely dogs sold in many of our retail pet stores, on numerous Internet websites, and through newspaper and magazine advertisements.
Please Adopt Your Next Dog, Don’t Buy It – While thousands upon thousands of puppies are mass produced in these grotesquely inhumane puppy mills every year in the United States, between six to eight million dogs and cats languish at animal shelters and pounds all across this land. And very sadly, five to six million of these shelter animals have to be euthanized each and every year, because no one wants them. The very ‘lucky’ puppy mill breeder bitches that can no longer produce pups end up at these animal shelters, too; but the vast majority of them are simply butchered by these puppy mill operators when they finally outlive their usefulness.
And very sadly, many an exuberant new owner of ‘the perfect pure bred pup,’ with outstanding ‘pure bred papers,’ quickly learns that their new puppy has inherited many of its mother’s severe ‘puppy mill medical maladies;’ and when they finally review the fine print on their bill of sale from the pet store, they horrendously realize it’s too late: they’ve accepted their new puppy ‘as is,’ and they’ve already released both the seller and the breeder of any and all liability concerning any future veterinary medical care their new dog will almost certainly need.
They say that a picture is worth a thousand words; I think these ‘before and after’ pictures of CJ are worth many, many more. They also make animal lovers like Jasmin and myself want to weep for the blatant inhumanity that mankind continues to display towards far too many of our nonhuman earthly neighbors.
Don’t Shop For a Pet This Holiday Season – Adopt One From Your Local Animal Shelter. You will not only save a shelter animal’s life, you will help us end the horrendous misery of far too many puppy mill dogs like CJ.
And please circulate CJ’s story to anyone you know who is contemplating buying their children a new puppy for Christmas.
Our President Elect has promised his two young children a brand new puppy; and he says that he prefers to rescue one from an animal shelter, rather than buying one from a breeder or a pet store. I truly hope that he keeps this campaign promise.
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What you write about isn't true only of dogs and cats, but of horses, neglected horses in pastures and stalls full of manure and herded into the "killer" pens.
It's heartbreaking to read and see such conditions. Our animals deserve better.
Many want purebred pups and seem to throw away the ones not perfect. Many people want perfect children-and throw away the ones not perfect! It is a horrendous cycle in this "human race?? Many countries, the father kills the child if they have any noticeable disabilities, and the law does not care. Since the countries eat dogs, they will eat the purebred-even the mongrels! The pictures of Jane tell the story, thank you for caring for God's creatures.
CarolHawks
Thank You Ed For this yet another great Informative write
Peace be with you
Happy Thanksgiving
William
Be alway safe,
Karen
We live in a less than perfect world . . . maybe someday it will improve? Great write my friend!!
Best regards,
Lance
Love,
Tiger Lily
Peace, love, and light,
Amber "V"
Georg
(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in Tx., Karen Lynn. :( >tears! <
Heartbreaking write!
(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.