How do you tell if a website is a puppy mill?

How do you tell if a website is a puppy mill?

If local, the seller/breeder refuses to show potential customers the place where animals are being bred and kept. The seller/breeder doesn’t ask lots of questions. If you can click and pay for a puppy without screening, it’s probably a puppy mill. The seller/breeder makes no commitment to you or the puppy.

How do you shut down a puppy mill?

Seven ways you can stop puppy mills

  1. Help make your local pet store puppy-friendly.
  2. Be an advocate.
  3. Contact your legislators.
  4. Write letters to the editor.
  5. Print and post flyers.
  6. Introduce our “Nose-to-Tail” program at your school.
  7. Shop our online store.

What do you mean by a puppy mill?

A puppy mill is a commercial facility that breeds dogs to sell, often without regard for their health. They maintain a low overhead cost to maximize their profits, but they’re characterized by poor conditions and the inhumane treatment of dogs. It may be highly inhumane, but it’s still not outlawed.

Is it legal to sell puppies from a puppy mill?

Puppy mills have been inhumanely breeding and selling dogs for decades. Although the federal government regulates most breeders who sell puppies online and to pet stores, the minimal standards imposed on breeders don’t promote responsible breeding or ensure healthy puppies.

How is a puppy mill different from a factory farm?

Puppy mills are factory farms for dogs who are bred as frequently as possible. Conditions in dog mills are often unsanitary, cruel and deplorable. A puppy mill is a “factory farm” for dogs, where profit takes priority over the health, comfort and welfare of the dogs.

Where can I find an online puppy mill?

Some have websites created and managed by the breeders themselves. Others use classified ad media such as eBay, Craigslist, or local publications. Many online puppy mills use social media accounts and groups to sell their puppies.

How do dogs live in a puppy mill?

In puppy mills, dogs live in small cages, often in the minimum legal size allowed (only six inches larger than the dog on all sides) and female dogs are bred constantly, in order to produce as many puppies as possible for the retail pet trade. Life in a puppy mill is no life for our best friends. What is a Puppy Mill?

Puppy mills have been inhumanely breeding and selling dogs for decades. Although the federal government regulates most breeders who sell puppies online and to pet stores, the minimal standards imposed on breeders don’t promote responsible breeding or ensure healthy puppies.

Are there any websites that sell puppies online?

BUYER BEWARE! There are hundreds of websites selling puppies online. In fact, selling puppies online is the new way puppy mills do business. Online puppy mills have many ways they sell their puppies. Some have websites created and managed by the breeders themselves. Others use classified ad media such as eBay, Craigslist, or local publications.