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Take Action: The Internet: No Place For Puppies!
Stop Internet sales of puppy mill puppies!
12/12/12: A new investigative report from IFAW depicts a thriving puppy mill trade, relying on the internet to circumvent federal regulations that apply to brick-and-mortar establishments and ensure humane treatment of animals. Deceitful Internet promotions and advertisements obscure the true nature of an animal's upbringing, as innocent consumers believe they are dealing with credible breeders. Continue signing to support stricter regulation of Internet trafficking.
Goal: 50,000
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Progress: 42,796
Sponsored by: The Animal Rescue Site
The online market is a dangerous place for puppies. That's because through this medium, puppy mill operators and uncertified breeders sell puppies that have been bred solely for rapid sale. This often means the dogs have been raised in horrible conditions, in facilities that don't live up to even basic welfare standards.
The puppy mill operators run these businesses without having to meet any federal regulations and without being subject to oversight.
Write to the Secretary of Agriculture asking that the USDA start cracking down on the online puppy mill business.
Dear Secretary Vilsack:
With the help of modern technology, it's easier than ever for uncertified puppy mill operators to participate in the unethical commerce of puppies.
Breeders are mass-breeding puppies in sub-par conditions and then selling them as rapidly as possible. The dogs are raised among countless other dogs, among feces and in tiny cages.
I need your help to stop this cruelty. These breeders are completely ignoring the health of the dogs in favor of profit alone.
Your department's own internal audit recognized the inadequacies and anachronisms of the 1966 Animal Welfare Act, which did not anticipate today's Internet marketplace. It is time to act on the proposed changes and subject online dealers to the same federal regulations and inspections as brick-and-mortar establishments.
Please continue the crusade against puppy mills by eradicating the online puppy mill trade once and for all!
Petition Signatures
May 14, 2013
Catherine Burbury
May 14, 2013
Lytha Lee
May 14, 2013
cat day
May 14, 2013
jenn rhoads
May 14, 2013
Megan Campesi
Puppy mill operators are selling their puppies online. All puppy mills must be shut down; the internet is another outlet for these terrible institutions. This cruelty must be stopped and the breeders are ignoring the health of these dogs. Please help.
May 14, 2013
John Serafin
We need To Save All The Puppies from The Online Market. They Deserve Better Homes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 14, 2013
Kelly goodman
May 14, 2013
Debbie Jensen
May 14, 2013
Joëlle Evrard
May 14, 2013
Cindy Rhodes
May 14, 2013
KAYE HOLDER-NEAL
May 14, 2013
Maria Cristina Almeida
May 14, 2013
Janice Greenwald
May 14, 2013
Tracey Crans
May 14, 2013
Charlotte Rutherford
May 13, 2013
Brooke Worley
This is wrong on so many levels. All of our furry friends should be adopted by Shelters, Rescues, & Humane Society's...period!
May 13, 2013
Emma Turner
May 13, 2013
Felicia Rivas
May 13, 2013
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May 13, 2013
Jessica Pynn
May 13, 2013
Pamela Barry
May 13, 2013
marianne th maasvaer
May 13, 2013
Briana Camp
May 13, 2013
kathy michael
May 13, 2013
christina porto
May 13, 2013
Cecelia Samp
May 13, 2013
Daniela Arado
May 13, 2013
mauricette bigard
May 12, 2013
Bojana Vuchisevis
May 12, 2013
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May 12, 2013
Stefania Nobile
May 12, 2013
Alison Adams
May 12, 2013
Dianna Kinsey
May 12, 2013
Vickie McClintock
May 12, 2013
tiziano testi
May 12, 2013
Laura Dietrich
May 12, 2013
Amy Raucci
May 12, 2013
junko Tanaka
May 11, 2013
Jan Lahr
May 11, 2013
Sherry Yeomans
May 11, 2013
vera melo
May 11, 2013
Natalie Beens
May 11, 2013
Kirsty Bingham
May 11, 2013
Dale Janks
May 11, 2013
Amy Flagg
May 11, 2013
Adam D.
If these people treat animals like this, just imagine what they would do to another human being!
May 11, 2013
Sara Dust
May 11, 2013
Caroline Murphy
May 11, 2013
achillia D.
May 11, 2013
heidi groom
I hate puppy mills, these poor animals have to suffer just because of greedy people out there. These people are in it for only the money they don't really care about the animals feelings.
