Have we become so consumed with mass production that we lose sight of our values?

I've been doing more and more research and puppy mills. I read a New York Time article,"Humane Society Traces Expensive Pups to Pet Mills." Here it is America... Mill owners almost pay nothing for their mass dog breeding agency. They buy WIRED cages to store the pups in and well....that's about it. Yet, they make a HUGE PROFIT! In Los Angeles, pups are sold for $1,000 if not more. But these mills don't have enough money to take the canines to see a vet when they have fly bites, cuts, are malnourished to the point that you can see their limbs, etc. WOW! Yet, America doesn't ban mills, because its apart of the American Agriculture Society. Alright. Well, if we want to make these agencies legal, how about we BOYCOTT THEM!
In an article that I read and commented called, "How to Save Puppy-Mill dogs: don't buy them", Gina Spadafori justifies the fact that we have to boycott puppy mills. She's been writing about animals and care that they need since 1984, and now she has completely lost the idea of ever putting an end to puppy mills. America, if we can't get puppy mills banned, there's only one way that owners will give up the dogs and not have these agencies and that is: BOYCOTT THEM! In another article that I read. "Cracking Down on Puppy Mills," investigators had been watching a mill in Virgina. Investigators had been keeping a close on eye on this mill. Come to find out, there were more than 1,000 dogs in this mill. TALK ABOUT A MASS DOG BREEDING AGENCY! These dogs were malnourished and in complete danger. Why has America become so consumed in mass production? We mass produce food, jobs, and so much more? Since the 1800's when America became industrialized, we've started to focus on mass production. But we aren't suppose to change our values for that. Some people might say that some people have to have mills in order to raise their own family and have an income. Well guess what? If these mill owners can't get a job anywhere but their own mill, there is DEFINITELY A PROBLEM! HELLO?!

Outraged by Puppy Mills

One of the articles that I read was, "Legal Killing of 80 Dogs Outrages", by Susan E. Lindt was a very informative story. She describe in detail puppy mills and what has happend, just recently, to dogs in Pennsylvania. "Commercial kennel operators shot and killed 80 dogs after dog wardens ordered some of the animals be examined by veterinarians." Elmer Zimmerman was ordered to to get vet checks on 39 of his dogs. He told the warden, " I think I'm going to go out of business." The warden explained that he could hand over the dogs, but he wouldn't agree. Days later when the warden came back, he had shot the dogs. Before these dogs were shot they were under very extreme conditons. They had fleas, fly bites, were in extreme heat, had insufficent bedding and were in cages that their paws could fall through. This is unimaginable to me. A puppy mill is a mass dog breeding agency that maximizes its profit by selling dogs to pet stores and on the internet, yet ZIMMERMAN didn't want to pay for the dogs to get checked out by a vet? Are you kidding me? The worst part about this story is that in Pennsylvania, shooting dogs isn't illegal. Do you hear that people? So Zimmerman did was LEGAL! Tell me, how can this be legal? Yet, there's another story about Blank and his mill. First, he illegally sold an agent a sickly 3 week old puppy that died from dehydration a short time after. 3- weeks? Are you kidding me? Talk about malnutrition. Pups aren't supposed to be taken away from their mother until 7-8 weeks. Days later, Blanks keneel was raided by PSPA which foudn dogs with eyes missng due to untreated disease, severed ears, abscesses, skin conditions, and splayed feet from years of standing in wire-floored cages. Hours later, Blank's license was removed. You know what I want to know? Why was he given a license in the first place? He obviously doesn't know what it takes to take care of animals. He was fine $576 dollars, 2 years of probation, and never allowed to have a mill again. That's it. All of the harsh and cruel treatment those dogs suffered and that's all he gets. You've got to be kidding me PENNSYLVANIA! This proves, that we MUST make people aware of what dogs are going through in puppy mills. Let's BOYCOTT MILLS!

Hey everyone,
My name is Jennifer and I'm a freshman at Sac State. I made this blog for my English 1A class. I hope to become more aware with this blogging extravaganza and look forward to reading, posting and replying.
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