Anti-Puppy Mill Campaign

Missourians for the Protection of Dogs has kicked off its campaign to battle the cruel conditions of puppy mills in the state of Missouri. Missouri has long been known as the Capital of the Puppy mill state with 3000 substandard puppy mills. The group has organized rallies throughout the state and attendance has far surpassed their wildiest expectations. They plan to gather 100,000 signatures in order to secure the Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act to be put on the November ballot to ensure that dogs at commercial breeders are treated with adequate care. The proposed law will enable Missourians to join with several other states that have enacted similiar standards. Under the Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act, large scale breeders would be required to see that the dogs in their facilities have sufficient food and clean water, proper veternary care and adequate housing protecting them from the elements, enough space to fully extend their limbs (enabling turning and lying down), regular exercise and not kept in cages 24/7 their whole life without any rest between breeding cycles. This act would also limit the number of breeding dogs to 50 or under. We have far more puppy mills than any other state and all one has to do is get rural land and a dog is considered livestock and they can have as many breeding dogs as they want. Dogs trapped in puppy mills often receive no medical care, no exercise, no socialization, no human interaction, and live a life of squalor in cramped wire cages. The hundreds of thousands of puppies are sold in pet stores, online, and directly to innocent consumers who have no idea how horrible of a life the parent dogs are living. You aren't rescuing the puppy dog....you are simply putting money into the hands of greedy puppy mill owners who treat the breeding dogs in the worst conditions imaginable. All Hudson asks is to NEVER BUY A DOG UNLESS YOU SEE WHERE THE PARENT DOGS ARE KEPT AND HOW THEY ARE TREATED !!!