THE TRUTH ABOUT PET STORES ALL pet store dogs are either "produced" in puppy mills or by unethical breeders. Do not be fooled by pets stores that claim to get their puppies from "local breeders." All puppy mills are owned by breeders. Pet stores will claim that they get their puppies from breeders and will just casually omit the fact that these breeders run puppy mills. Please don't feel compelled to buy a puppy from a pet store because it is suffering. However bad its situation is, its parents back in the puppy mill are so much worse off! If more people would stop buying dogs from pet stores, then pet stores would not find pet sales profitable and would stop buying dogs from puppy mills. Therefore, the continuing cycle of suffering would end. Also, its not the fault of an uninformed individual to buy from a pet shop. You, however, have been informed, so please don't walk into another pet store that sells animals. Several pet stores sell supplies and not animals. There are also numerous mail-order catalogs that sell pet products. (Note: Purebred cats and other animals are also produced in animal mills and by unscrupulous breeders.) If you still feel the need to "rescue" a pet store puppy, perhaps you should consider rescuing its mother or father instead! Purebred Papillons rescued from puppy mills are often available for adoption. Click on the image below to witness first hand where pet stores get their puppies from. http://www.prisonersofgreed.org/index.html

LEARN MORE. . . These are pictures of an actual Papillon that was surrendered by a puppy mill at the age of 12!!! She was used to breed the very adorable Papillon puppies that were sold by pet stores. Betsy, as she was named by her PCA foster home, lost one of her legs from a trauma which was never surgically treated. Because of the abuse she endured by spending her entire life in a cage with little human contact, she was never able to be adopted out. Instead, she spent the last months of her life with her forever foster home. This last pic is of Betsey after being in the good care of her foster home. If you feel compelled to purchase a puppy from a pet store, remember Betsy's eyes and realize that with each puppy sold, two Papillons (the sire and dam) are condemned to a life of misery. If you already purchased a pet (any pet) from a pet store, don't feel guilty. Who could imagine the real horrors behind the pet store puppy? Do, however, stay out of pet stores that sell any kind of animal. Support the ones that don't sell living animals. Please read Betsey's entire story and learn even more about puppy mills by going to nopuppymills.com

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