Pink Twitters For Puppy Mill Awareness
Written by Vegetarian Star on September 20th, 2010 in Animal Issues, Celebrity Tweets, Female Singers.
Vegetarian and animal lover Pink took to Twitter to share some info about dog adoption, in celebration of Puppy Mill Awareness Day.
“Its”puppymill awareness day”and I just got back from the incredible event at La Brea Tar Pits. Chris DeRose is amazing.No more puppy mills!!”
“Puppy mills are awful, filthy, cruel places where dogs never see daylight, sleep in their own feces, and r bred over n over for pet stores.”
“Boycott pet stores people!!!!”
According to the ASPCA, puppy mills got started shortly after World War II, as a way to guarantee cash when widespread crop failures occurred in the midwest. Later in the 70s, puppy brokers on the East Coast in the U.S. convinced Amish farmers to breed dogs to be taken to pet stores and even conducted seminars to teach farmers how to operate breeding facilities.
Due to this “booming” industry on the East Coast, Lancaster County, PA has the highest concentration of puppy mills of any county in the nation and has been nicknamed, “Puppy Mill Capital of the East.”
Besides having to endure the horrible conditions (cramped housing, lack of adequate sanitation, poor socialization) at puppy mills, the dogs are often afflicted with numerous congenital health problems such as Epilepsy, Heart disease, Kidney disease, Musculoskeletal disorders and Endocrine disorders.
It’s time for this business to go into recession.
Photo: PR Photos
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