Puppy mills are more or less concentration camps for dogs. Literally. The poor things are tortured, force-bred so the owners can sell the puppies in masses to certain pet stores, the puppies are often sick or harmed in some way, and the parents usually die due to the conditions and treatment after about 3 litters. Puppy mills are illegal but continue to exist due to complete secrecy. Often, the managers of the stores that buy from them are not entirely aware of where the dogs are coming from. The dogs are brutally abused, malnourished, mistreated, forced to live in TERRIBLE conditions...the list goes on and on.
THIS HAS GOT TO STOP!!!
Please visit the links below (be warned, the pictures on the first one are very graphic..no details were overlooked here...don't visit them if you don't really want to see it, but they are the only way you can truly understand the horrific conditions these animals are forced to live in...) and support this cause...it WILL NOT STOP until we take action!!!
Pictures of a puppy mill~~This site also allows you to e-mail a mill, read more about what exactly they are, etcetera. Excellent site, but remember, brutal pictures of even more brutal conditions.
BOYCOTT PETLAND!~~Pet store chain PetLand buys from puppy mills. I don't just mean don't buy puppies from them...I mean don't buy ANYTHING from them! They are by no means the only one...they're just the best known. PetLand operates mainly in the US, but also owns some stores internationally. Bottom line..if nobody buys from them..eventually, this will stop. This link tells you more about the boycott and PetLand's use of the mills.