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Of course it's horrible ....poor dogs. At least they got caught. Hopefully a good portion of the dogs can be rehabilitated and re-homed....but unfortunately many dogs who live their lives in cages with no socialization like that, have a very hard time adjusting to life in a home.



There was a large scale puppymill raid in Kansas City a couple years ago, involving the breed I own, Basenjis. Most of the dogs were placed in homes but many of them still have health and behavior issues today. I own a female who was in a puppymill the first year and a half of her life- and while she's adjusted much better than some mill dogs, she's still got her quirks.



It seems we're hearing of more and more of these puppymill raids, and the horrible conditions these poor dogs are being kept in. It makes me happy whenever I hear of one of these places being shut down....BUT I wonder, for every puppymill they shut down....HOW MANY MORE are out there under the radar, keeping dogs in filthy conditions and not getting caught?



I think the commercial pet store industry needs to go the way of the "fashion fur" industry. The market for fur has sharply declined in the last 20 years and I bet it put a good percentage of fur farmers out of business. The market for pet store puppies needs to DISAPPEAR the same way! Thanks to educational efforts and recent publicity (Oprah's puppymill show!) it is becoming increasingly un-PC to buy a pet store puppy. With any luck, one day buying a pet store pup will carry the same stigma as buying a big fur coat.

That just makes me sick. I was watching the news last night and they found puppies and dogs dumped on the side of the highway in 2 different counties in my state, nc. They were suspected of being from a puppy mill, with the dogs having rotten teeth, sores and matts. It showed them at the humane society all cleaned up. They were adorable little dogs, all jumping around, happy at being rescued, I'm sure.

Glad to see another one biting the dust. Its as bad as when they raided the one in Buxton Maine last october. The owners had the nerve to go to court and try to get some of their 200+ animals back. Most of them and the 175 taken from another mill in the same month have found permanent or foster homes.



Its absolutely sickening to see the conditions in which they lived and were allowed to continue in physically with various illness and health issues.

~ I just received that email this morning. What a shame, but at least something has happened now.



I wish people that wanted to save puppies from puppy stores would look at this and realize what harm they are doing to these dogs in these situations. It just breaks my heart that anyone could see animals as food on their table and money in their bank while the animals suffer right in front of them.



The only good way to stop this is to adopt, adopt, adopt!

It is heartbreaking I know.

I deal with this everyday on the computer doing animals rescues. (Mainly wolf &wolfdogs)

People are horrible and you are right about that!

It's an epidemic that is only going to get worse with the economy.. If you have a my-space, go to my page

www.myspace.com/neomaxiezoomedweebe.

We are loosing this war to save animals. There are days where I just want to say screw this ****, But I can't, that would mean more dogs and cats are for sure going to die.

There are groups all over the place(animal rescues

Join me and my friends and maybe we will be able to save more lives

I with you on this one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...

Denise

Terrible, just awful, the people responsible should be put in a pen, in the sun, no water or food the way they did the animals so he/she/they can see just how awful it is. Animals are here to be our companions, and depend on us to care for them and love them. How could anyone be so cruel!

Unfortunately yes, I believe it.



Where do you think all those "cute adorable" puppies in the pet stores come from?



When they're not "cute & adorable" anymore they wind up in shelters and the luck ones get adopted and the not-so-lucky...well...

Yeah, I saw that on the news yesterday and today.

(They're covering it more here b/c I live in TN)



Whereever it was I had never heard the name of the city, It's supposedly south of Nashville. It's deffinatly a very remote place, I'm guessing thats why they are just now finding it.

Yeah, I just read that when I checked my email as well. That is very awful, but I'm so glad they saved the animals and hopefully they can find good homes to them all. I can't believe people would actually do this to animals.

That is so awful andI am a dog lover and it really upset me to see that. My dogs are like my kids and I don't know how people can do that to poor helpless animals.

how could people do this!!! it makes me sick!!!!

i hope those people are sued BIG TIME!!!

PS to everybody out there did you know that most of the puppies in pet stores are puppy mill puppies??!

save their mommies ADOPT DON'T SHOP!!!!!

this is horrible!!! almost makes me want to cry. i love dogs so much, and to just think of something like this to be happening to them is just sick! dogs are people too!

I can't believe someone would do something like that to innocent animals. It shouldn't be allowed or tolerated at all. Very sad.

That is awful. I absolutely hate all puppy mills. Even in what is considered good conditions they are bad. Hopefully there are alot of people who will be able to adopt these poor babies. I wish I could!

That is disgusting! Those poor dogs! But I am SO HAPPY that they are being rescued!



I really think the penalties need to be harsher for puppymillers.

wow i cant believe that! people like that dont deserve to owm places like that. and people need to start spaying and nueturing there pets! if they had then this might have never even happened!

OMG!

thats horrible i cant believe ppl dont care!

i wish i could help! can you?

if so tell me plz!

OH that wants to make me cry.....seeiing those inocent faces being forced to bred yet so forgiving. HOw can people be so heartless?

There is a special place in HELL for people who do this.

omg! thats horrible!!! im a dog lover so this is crazy to me! omg!

its truely horrible!

i wish it was unbelievable but i know there are alot of sick people out there!! sad but true!

I got the same email.... I was excited they stopped it!

OH MY GOSH; THAT'S TERRIBLE. I feel sick just thinking about it. How could something like that even HAPPEN?