LNKS OF RESEARCH PROJECT

In my english class, we are furthering our research by starting to form our annotated bibliography. In trying to figure out which cites I should use, I have posted a couple of links and sources of interest about my civic issue: Has America become so deeply consumed with mass production that our values are at stake? Are puppy millsa prime example of the loss in human morality in industries? Has man's best friend formed into the American dollar? Could the awareness of methods used for financial gain, such as puppy mills, bring forth the necessary public concerns to end mills?

The link below explains what a puppy mill is, what actions the HSUS have taken in hopes of ending puppy mills, and what each dog endures while at a puppy mill.
http://www.hsus.org/pets/pets_related_news_and_events/puppy_mill_fight_continues_040408.html

One of the first website's that I went to when I heard about puppy mills was the oprah winfrey website. I initially heard about puppy mills from her show. In the following link, it's a summarization of Oprah's episode about puppy mills. It includes quotes from Lisa and Bill that went undercover in puppy mills. This link is heart wrenching and really informs the people what is going on in puppy mills.
http://www.oprah.com/slideshow/oprahshow/slideshow1_ss_global_20080404/3

After going to Oprah's website, there was a follow up link that you could go to. In this next link I read about the HSUS, what the organization is and what they are doing for these dogs. It gives a complete description with details of what puppies undergo and a list of things that we can do to help mills.
http://www.stoppuppymills.org/

When talking about puppy mills, there is another side to the story: rescue shelters. This is a place where dogs come from different walks of life, to be saved. People foster these animals as if they are their own. This opened my eyes, because if people aren't buying dogs from puppy mills, they can buy them from shelters.
http://www.rainanimals.org/index.html

Here we are in today's society in another voting election. Proposition two is about farm animal treatment. The propostion is to require farm animals to be confined in a space that allows them to lie down, stand up and extend their bodies. What I don't understand is how American's can vote YES to this, yet we still have puppy mills? Yes, I agree that this propostion should be approved, however if we can approve for animals that we EAT to have comfortable space, why can we approve for MANS BEST FRIEND (OUR PETS) to have a comfortable area to live in?
http://www.animalrightsblog.com/2008/08/27/proposition-2-and-online-debates/
and
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oew-dawn21-2008oct21,0,1110640.story

In researching dog rights and what they are going through, I came upon this link about DOG CAGE FIGHTING. Why is it that man's best friend is now just a paycheck? Here, dogs fight and some die, but the owner gets paid and entertained. WOW!
http://www.hsus.org/hsus_field/animal_fighting_the_final_round/dogfighting_fact_sheet/



There are many different links and sources that i have come upon, but these are just a few. What a research project!