The Negative Effects Of Animal Overpopulation

The overpopulation of the dog supply is even negatively affecting the dogs themselves. A novelist named Douglas Anthony Cooper predicts that “next year, 4 million dogs and cats will be killed in shelters” (Cooper). Sometimes there are even cats at puppy mills as part of the business, however the focus is still on the dogs and unfortunately the shelters have to put the dogs down when there is no room for them because of the overpopulating supply. Robyn F. Katz emphasizes “at that time, the dogs are either sold to other breeders, left on the side of the road, neglected, or even killed” (Katz). Dogs are affected when the puppy mills go out of business because they are already severely damaged from living in the puppy mills for a long time and a lot of them would not have anywhere to go because there are so many of them. The growth and development is also affected due to the overcrowding in the cages (Wirth). Therefore, because the puppies are in such small cages with …show more content…
People should not be letting puppy mills treat dogs in the conditions of which they are already being treated. Dogs are living beings just like people are and if it is illegal to kill a person, then it should be illegal to be killing dogs as well. Overcrowding is from the puppy mills are making the shelters suffer and making them look like the bad guys, but if people advocate to adopt more, then the puppy mills will eventually slow down and decrease the population. The fake advertising to “help you pick that perfect breed” is not worth the time nor the money. Puppy mills should honestly become illegal and even though there is nothing anyone can do to eliminate the ones that are currently operating now, people can still do something to prevent future puppy mills from starting up and make more restrictions to make the ones operating right now run out of