Puppy Mill Awareness Day 2008

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800 Awareness Day attendees say We wont give up.The message was clear at Intercourse Community park in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania yesterday: dog lovers will not give up until puppy mills are a thing of the past. The jam-packed, fifth annual Puppy Mill Awareness Day was busy beginning Friday evening, where advocates mingled at a meet and greet. Representatives from many active anti-puppy mill organizations met and talked, which set the stage for the following day; The Big Day.

Forty rescue groups and organizations attended this years PMAD, plus hundreds of individuals there to learn more about puppy mills and what they can do to help stop them. Tourists enjoying the Amish goods in quaint Lancaster County that day got quite a surprise when hundreds of people (and dogs) marched through Intercourse with their signs and t-shirts, repeating no more puppy mills! There was a clear consensus among advocates—tourists needed to know that the Amish people in the area are known for producing more than beautiful quilts and furniture: they grow puppies too.

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[crazyzoopeople]

I'm almost ashamed to say I live in PA. People come from all over the country to see the wholesome lifestyle of the Amish and comment on their gentle nature but if most of them only knew the truth. They see animals as a cash crop, just like corn or tobacco. . I'm horrified by the images recorded in puppy mills. This practice should have been stopped long ago. Enough is enough! The amish should be punished for this along with anyone else who practices this cruel treatment! DOWN WITH PUPPYMILLS!

[mingorules1returns]

i would like to know how to get the dogs out of the puppy mills! i was reading a puppy mill book and it too sad! then i found out my pickignese's parents are in a puppy mill! i want all that to stop where is puppy mils!? where can i rescue dogs from the puppy mills or can i? just asking! way to go yall are on strike for puppy mills! thats auwesome! god bless!

[catherineyronwode]

How the supposedly peaceful Amish got into this animal torture racket is beyond me -- but they did, and in a big way. Amish puppy mills are nothing more than concentration camps for dogs, normally social animals that are kept in qrossly unacceptable conditions by their heartless breeders. Stop the trade in puppy mill puppies -- don't buy puppies from pet stores, and petition your state legislature to outlaw puppy mills.

[mike78]

Thanks for sending this message to us!

[Snakehaven]

Woo hoo! Excellent job! I felt almost like I was there. Gosh, I hope Kelli is right. I hope we can turn a corner and make this industry a part of our sordid past. We're better than this. Thanks, Clay.