Did you know that by purchasing a dog you can be contributing to the death of another dog? Due to the massive overpopulation of dogs, many are euthanized daily. By purchasing from a breeder or a pet store you are encouraging and supporting the business of breeding, which both adds to the problem of overpopulation, and supports animal cruelty at commercial dog breeding facilities. People should be adopting dogs from shelters, rather than buying them from breeders and pet stores.
Shelters across our country are crowded due both to the increase in the population of dogs (and other animals), and not enough people willing or able to adopt them. Roughly four-million dogs enter the shelter system a year in the U.S. These shelters are incapable of taking care of the mass quantity of dogs. This strained system finds it necessary to euthanize roughly half of these animals, which is around 5,000 dogs per day in the U.S. This waste of life could be drastically reduced or eliminated if we stopped breeding dogs and started adopting them.
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At puppy mills certain dogs are selected to be caged their whole lives to be used for breeding only, until they no longer can do so and are drowned. Dogs are allowed by law to live in cramped stacked cages with wired flooring, with no room to move whatsoever. Also, at some of these mills there are no protections for the puppies from weather such as rain, snow, and intense heat. If any of the puppies are born not meeting certain standards and expectations they too are drowned, all in the name of profit. Because the Animal Welfare Act allows for these abuses, it is up to us to put an end to them by refusing to buy a dog from a pet
Shelters across our country are crowded due both to the increase in the population of dogs (and other animals), and not enough people willing or able to adopt them. Roughly four-million dogs enter the shelter system a year in the U.S. These shelters are incapable of taking care of the mass quantity of dogs. This strained system finds it necessary to euthanize roughly half of these animals, which is around 5,000 dogs per day in the U.S. This waste of life could be drastically reduced or eliminated if we stopped breeding dogs and started adopting them.
Purchasing a dog from a breeder contributes to their overpopulation …show more content…
At puppy mills certain dogs are selected to be caged their whole lives to be used for breeding only, until they no longer can do so and are drowned. Dogs are allowed by law to live in cramped stacked cages with wired flooring, with no room to move whatsoever. Also, at some of these mills there are no protections for the puppies from weather such as rain, snow, and intense heat. If any of the puppies are born not meeting certain standards and expectations they too are drowned, all in the name of profit. Because the Animal Welfare Act allows for these abuses, it is up to us to put an end to them by refusing to buy a dog from a pet