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Scroll down to read little Hope and Garth's stories-- puppy mill survivors- 2 of the many puppy mill survivors Hearts United - HUA has rescued from death at the hands of the greedy millers.
End Puppy Mills and Free the prisoners of greed. Dogs in mills live their lives standing on wire cage bottoms. Small dogs and puppies get their legs caught in between the wires and break their legs or worse. Cages sit on top of cages and the urine and feces falls through on the dogs in the cages below them. Baby puppies fry on the wire cage bottoms in the heat of the summer and freeze in the cold of the winter. When the dogs can no longer produce, they are drowned, overdosed with anything available, shot, strangled or just left to starve to death. Some dogs are so mentally tormented that they run circles in their tiny cages just because their minds can't handle living an entire life in a tiny little cage with no room to walk, no excercise and no love. Some millers put multiple dogs in these tiny little cages and aggressive dogs maim or kill the weaker ones. Where is the USDA and the AKC you ask? Well, they look the other way because the more dogs these prisons have the more money they make... Most all are registered with the AKC.... and at the auctions there will be AKC representatives there to insure that the the transfers are documented so that they get their money. The usda looks the other way. Click on the Indiana puppy mill link below to hear about it. A puppy mill can be defined as: Puppy mills are able to stay in business due to the high demand for purebred dogs. However, the public does not know that pure breed registration papers and health certificates obtained with the purchase of a pet store puppy are not guaranteed by the American Kennel Club. The Animal Welfare Act, which is managed by the US Department of Agriculture, is listing several categories of dog selling businesses: Warning Signs that help in identifying high-volume breeders Does the breeder/seller… Does the breeder/seller… If allowed on property, do the adult parent animals… Does the breeder/seller… What you can do to help With millions of unwanted dogs (including 25% purebreds) and cats euthanized in shelters every year, there is no need for animals to be bred and sold for the pet-store trade. Stay away from buying puppies from pet stores, over the Internet or from newspaper ads. Buying puppies from these sources will help to keep the puppy mills in business. Instead, adopt from your local shelter or rescue groups. You can also contact your U.S. senators and representatives and ask them for better enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act by the USDA. Speak up and spread the word about puppy mills to your family and friends. Garth Garth, this lovely Bichon boy, came from an awful puppy mill in Tennessee in 2001. It was such a terrible place that it was featured on the Dateline news program on televison. It was in a remote location out in the country. The dogs lived out in the wilderness under little wooden sheds. They were completely alienated from people. The mill was thankfully shut down by authorities. To get the dogs to safety quickly a nice person from Labrador Retriever rescue took Garth and others in and then called HUA for help. It has been several years since Garth came to HUA. Others that came in with him got past their emotional wounds and extreme distrust of people. Garth, however, has been dreadfully emotionally damaged. After his horrible experiences he has decided with very good reason that people are just no good. He is happiest when he is alone with his dog friends. If people come by he tells them off in hopes they don't enter his space. If they do enter he rushes to escape having to have contact. He goes stiff as a board if picked up by humans and will eliminate from fear. We are happy to provide Garth a safe, warm, happy place where he can be who he is with people who understand him and can give him the space he needs to comfortable. Garth loves his warm blankets, soft food, company of very good dog friends and some very silly doggie pleasures like rolling around in mud puddles! This is Garth's sanctuary, his home. SAD NEWS August 1, 2007 We are very saddened to write with the news that the Sanctuary Sweetheart Hope has passed. Hope developed Diabetes in January of this year, and her fragile constitution could not cope with the progression of the disease. In spite of the best of care in her foster home and the work of veterinary specialists, Hope became very weak, and she went peacefully to sleep in the arms of her dedicated foster mother. Hope had reached the age of twelve. Hope came to the HUA shelter in the year 2000 from a Kansas puppy mill. At that time she was six years old and weighed 2 pounds. All of her beautiful white hair had fallen out. The terrible infection in her mouth had spread throughout her tiny body, and she was dying. Her first months at the shelter were very difficult as she barely survived the medical care that she needed to save her life. But her strength returned, her weight almost tripled, and this sweetest, most grateful little girl became very happy, loving her life of comfort and freedom in the finest HUA foster home with a family who adored her. Hope is the HUA poster girl. She is the cover girl of a special brochure, and she has a letter written especially for her. Hope stickers have traveled all over the world on envelopes with her message about the pet store puppies. She has reached the hearts of millions of people. Hope is now a tiny white angel who will watch over all the puppy mill dogs and comfort them. She will give strength to all of us who are devastated by the suffering of the puppy mill dogs. In honor of the memory of Hope, we will give Hope to the mill dogs. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
