What is a Puppy Mill?

       For those who would like to do more research into the Puppy Mill problem, or for those of you who have no idea what a puppy/kitten mill is, please explore the following links, most of which come to us courtesy of EnglandGal@aol.com.

       We will also welcome suggestions for additional links -- and please, if you come across one which is no longer active, contact our Webmaster.

CAUTION: Some of these links contain very graphic and disturbing material. The choice of whether or not to look at them is yours.

   Behavior problems:

• Whole Dog Journal, How to Deal with a Dog Who Eats Poop

   Please visit our partners at the Clark County Humane Society:

• Dog Auction Protest, 12 March 08: http://petshelter.bizland.com/nodogauctions/

• Puppy Mills and Dog Auctions: http://www.cchs-petshelter.org/id71.html

• Going Undercover at a Puppy Mill: http://www.cchs-petshelter.org/id72.html

• Puppy Mills: A National Disgrace: http://www.cchs-petshelter.org/id74.html

• A Dog Auction Experience (10 March 2007): http://www.cchs-petshelter.org/id73.html

• Puppy Mill Survivors: http://www.cchs-petshelter.org/id75.html

• "Another Dog Auction, Another Sad Day" (2 June 2007): http://www.cchs-petshelter.org/id76.html

• Protest at the Thorp Dog Auction (22 September 2007) -- auction videos: http://www.cchs-petshelter.org/id90.html

• Wisconsin's First Breeders Educational Show and Seminar: http://www.cchs-petshelter.org/id84.html

   Puppy Mills/Pet Stores: A BIG Problem:

• A Letter to Martha Stewart, http://www.idausa.org/campaigns/puppy/stewartletter.html.

• American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, "Puppy Mills"

• Breeding Information, http://www.wonderpuppy.net/breeding.htm#puppymills.

• Boycott Pet Stores, http://www.sterlingshelter.org/news/boycott.html.

• Commercial Pet Breeders, a responsible breeder speaks: http://www.katewerk.com/puppymill.html.

• Connecticut case shines light on puppy mills, http://www.cnn.com/US/9710/11/puppies.for.sale/. CNN, October 11, 1997.

• Dog Owner's Guide: Pet Stores, http://www.canismajor.com/dog/petstor.html.

• Dog Owner's Guide: What is a Puppy Mill?, http://www.canismajor.com/dog/puppymil.html.

• Dog Owner's Guide: Stopping a Puppy Mill, http://www.canismajor.com/dog/stopmill.html.

• Dog Topics from the AKC, http://www.akc.org/future_dog_owner/index.cfm?nav_area=future_dog_owners

• Hearts United for Animals, "Prisoners of Greed"

• HSUS: Stop Puppy Mills.

• Information On Puppy Mill "Busts", http://www.puppymillrescue.com/.

• MillBusters.com, a site dedicated to sharing the knowledge of what a puppy mill is, and what the public can do to help stop them, http://www.MillBusters.com/

• Morrow County, Ohio - Diary of a Puppy Mill Intervention, http://www.columbusdogconnection.com/MorrowCountyPuppyMill.htm. Caution: Some Graphic Photos of the Condition of the Mill Dogs.

• No Puppy Mills.com, http://www.nopuppymills.com/.

• North Penn Puppy Mill Watch: http://www.nppmwatch.com

• Prisoners of Greed, http://www.prisonersofgreed.org/.

• Puppy Farms: an article from Dogs Life magazine, published in Australia: http://www.dogslife.com.au/dogs_life_articles?cid=9450&pid=150261

• Puppy Lemon Law States, http://www.malteseonly.com/lemon.html.

• Puppy Mill Prison, http://www.helpinganimals.com/Factsheet/files/FactsheetDisplay.asp?ID=45.

• Puppy Mill Rescue, http://www.puppymillrescue.com/.

• The Voice for Dogs, http://www.thevoicefordogs.org/.

• Undercover Dog Auction Video: http://www.anewstartonlife.com:80/puppymill.htm

• Video Tribute to Puppy Mill Dogs: http://www.anewstartonlife.com:80/puppymill.htm

• Maria Danes: "Fozzie Bear's Story" (YouTube video)

   Puppy Mills, Pet Stores, and Zoonotic Diseases

• Dr. Bob's All Creatures Site guide to Zoonotic Diseases: http://www.sonic.net/~petdoc/zoonotic_diseases.htm

• Canine Brucellosis: Important information for dog auction participants, Wisconsin Division of Public Health: brucellosis.pdf

• Canine Brucellosis Caused by Brucella Canis (pdf), International Veterinary Information Service (IVIS): http://www.ivis.org/advances/Infect_Dis_Carmichael/shin/ivis.pdf .

• Brucellosis: Frequently Asked Questions, US Dept. of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/brucellosis_g.htm

• Rabies Information, US Dept. of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): http://www.cdc.gov/rabies/

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