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ASPCA Launches "No Pet Store Puppies” Campaign

08/15/2011

Thanks to our friends at Care2 for sharing this story with us

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) just launched a new No Pet Store Puppies campaign to raise awareness about cruel practices in puppy mills. Unbeknownst to most consumers,many pet stores and websites selling pets get their puppies from puppy mills. While the stores and websites themselves may not be treating the puppies cruelly, they are supporting the puppy mills where such abuse is taking place. It doesn’t take much to understand the bigger picture, and yet there are still some consumers who refuse to inform themselves accurately about where many puppies come from, or are simply oblivious.

For example, in the area where the campaign was launched, a poll found 86 percent of local residents would not buy a puppy if they knew it was from a puppy mill, 74 percent were unaware of the fact that most puppies sold there do come from puppy mills.

‘Those adorable puppies in the pet store window are hard to resist, but, unfortunately, shopping at pet stores that sell puppies only serves to support the puppy mill industry,” said Laurie Beacham, Senior Director, ASPCA Strategy & Campaigns.

Quite often, the purchase of a puppy at a pet store is often done on a whim, without careful consideration of where the puppy comes from, and how buying one from a puppy mill unintentionally supports cruelty to them, because puppy mills put profits over proper care.

The ASPCA was founded over 140 years ago, and continues to be a leading advocate for animal welfare.
Learn more about how you can support the No Pet Store Puppies campaign at nopetstorepuppies.com or at Care2.com