Approximately 300 dogs were rescued in a recent early-morning raid at a North Carolina puppy mill. The Humane Society of the United States partnered with Wayne County Animal Control to bring an end to the suffering of these woefully neglected animals, and volunteers with United Animal Nations' Emergency Animal Rescue Service (EARS) are overseeing the temporary shelter of these rescued canines.
“This rescue mission is the culmination of a year-long investigation into this puppy mill,” said the Director of the Department of Animal Control for Wayne County. “I can finally rest easy knowing that these animals are no longer living in constant confinement.”
“These animals were denied basic veterinary care and socialization. This terrible cruelty could have been avoided if North Carolina had laws addressing the worst abuses in puppy mills,” said Amanda Arrington, North Carolina state director for The HSUS. “We are calling on state lawmakers to crack down on puppy mill cruelty by mandating licenses and inspection for large-scale breeders.”
Rescuers are working swiftly to remove all of these animals and transport them to a nearby emergency shelter set up by The HSUS and UAN. Once at the shelter, these dogs will be checked by a team of veterinarians and given any necessary immediate medical care. They will remain in the custody of Wayne County Animal Control pending final custody decisions.
“These dogs may need extensive rehabilitation, but they are already beginning to warm up to their temporary caretakers. I believe they are on their way to leading new lives as loving family pets,” said Janell Matthies, UAN emergency services manager.
When rescuers arrived at this puppy mill property, they were greeted by a gruesome scene. The dogs, mainly Lhasa Apsos, Shih-Tzus and Chihuahuas, were suffering from serious medical ailments, and they were all being housed in filthy conditions.
Many of the dogs were emaciated, had untreated lacerations, severely matted fur, and serious skin and eye infections. They were being housed in unheated cages inside unventilated barns and outhouses. It was obvious that many of these animals had never known life outside their wire cages.
Puppy Mills are commercial dog breeding operations that mass produce puppies in factory style settings for sale at pet stores, directly to unsuspecting customers, and over the Internet.
Facts About America’s Puppy Mills:
Approximately one-third of the nation's 9,000 independent pet stores sell puppies. The HSUS estimates that 2 to 4 million puppy mill puppies are sold each year in the U.S.
Puppy mill puppies often have health problems, genetic defects, and behavioral issues.
Documented puppy mill conditions include over-breeding, inbreeding, minimal veterinary care, poor food and shelter, crowded cages, and lack of socialization.
Dogs kept for breeding in puppy mills suffer for years in continual confinement. They are bred as often as possible, and then destroyed or discarded once they can no longer produce puppies.
Pet stores and puppy mills use attractive websites to hide the truth and to dupe the public into thinking that they are dealing with a reputable breeder.
Reputable breeders never sell puppies over the Internet or through a pet store and will insist on meeting the family who will be purchasing the dog.
Puppy mills contribute to our massive pet overpopulation problem, which results in millions of unwanted dogs being euthanized at shelters every year.
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A law, if this happened to humans in this country or elsewhere, we'd call them concentration camps. How any decent lawmaker can put his head on the pillow at night and go to sleep, knowing that it is his vote, his voice that could aleviate all that misery and suffering. This whole issue has been addressed and studied a million times, it does not, need more study but immediate and stern action in the states, the federal, and provincial governments of this so called civilized continent the idea that an animal is simple for our use and abuse, has a parallel of slaves one time, until a more enlightened mindset finally just now, has given new hope. If God created all creatures, and humans in his image, he must be totally disgusted with the disguise we are wearing. I'll close now, before I get to hot under the collar, and say something I shouldn't.
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