Some information below (copied from the YouTube posting):
Jerry Borders is a Dallas, Texas animal activist. After protesting Petland for months he decided to write a song against Petland and puppy mills. This is a personal video. It is not associated with any animal protection organization.
Some background (just in case you haven’t been across this issue):
The Humane Society of the U.S. investigated Petland and found that they are linked to puppy mills where the breeding mothers and also male dogs spend their lives living in cages (on wire floors) and pens breeding over and over to supply pet shops and internet breeders.
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PetSmart and PetCo do NOT sell puppies, but instead ONLY invite rescue groups into their stores to adopt out the dogs and cats who need to find their forever homes. I wish they’d do the same with Ferrets, rodents, birds and fish but dogs and cats is a start.
Five things you can do to help:
- PLEASE Consider adoption first when getting a pet. Animal shelters are filled with dogs and cats of all breeds and sizes who need and deserve loving homes. Nationwide, approximately 25 percent of the dogs in shelters are purebreds.
- Find a responsible breeder and visit their premises in person to see how the parent dogs are living and the conditions in which the puppy was raised. Responsible breeders house their dogs as members of the family and do not keep them confined to cages.
- Don't be fooled by common claims made by pet stores when pushing their puppies. Good breeders do not sell to pet stores because they want to meet the families who are taking home their puppies.
- Don't be swayed by a great website or ad: Many of the puppy mills The HSUS has raided in recent years hid behind beautiful and deceiving websites promising "family raised" puppies.
- Avoid the temptation to "rescue" a puppy mill puppy by buying him. Your purchase will only help perpetuate a cruel industry and another dog will quickly fill his cage.
For more information on how to get a puppy from a shelter or a responsible breeder, go to www.humanesociety.org/puppy
To join the Petland protests in Frisco, Plano, Dallas and Arlington please send your name and e-mail address to Dr. John Pippin at: jjpippin@sbcglobal.net
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