Comments on: What One Person Did to End Puppy Mills

By: Your Vote Can Make A Difference | Pets

Your Vote Can Make A Difference | Pets — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:48:08 +0000

[...] has previously written about the little known world of puppy mills and backyard breeders that were exposed by Oprah on her show. [...]

By: Your Vote Can Make A Difference » Dogster for the Love of Dog Blog

Your Vote Can Make A Difference » Dogster for the Love of Dog Blog — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:35:37 +0000

[...] has previously written about the little known world of puppy mills and backyard breeders that were exposed by Oprah on her show. [...]

By: pamela

pamela — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:40:01 +0000

I applaud Bill Smith and his rescue group!! My question is how to get something done in some of these rural areas where the shelter I have worked with for years to do something? We have fought for a humane officer and get turned down at every corner. The county has one, but they have no idea of the humane laws and aren’t allowed to go to a place even to check unless getting the ok from the sherriffs dept who have less of an idea on all. I know we are not the only shelter in this area that have stood on our heads to try and stop the Puppy Mills and animal cruelty and shedd tears on the whole thing. We survive on donations and no building and about 150 animals in foster care in private homes. Not always that easy when we are no kill and thank the stars when it is just an animal that was lost and we were able to return it home. Pam

By: Buffy

Buffy — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:14:05 +0000

If we could only shut down ALL the Pet stores, that would help. How? I don’t know. Anyone have suggestions? They are in an area, like a large Mall, where there are lots of people and kids that see these cute little puppies in the windows. They are more accessible to the public rather than the public going to a shelter or their local Humane Society. Being an animal lover, I too, hope that Oprah’s show will make a difference.

By: Betsy

Betsy — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:56:14 +0000

I am so glad to see this kind of information being disseminated by someone as popular as Oprah. I hope this movement extends to the midwest where the problem of puppy mills (and abandoned dogs) is so bad! Our wonderful dog family members have always come from rescue facilities.

Anyone in Connecticut? I have recently moved away from CT., but can tell you that CT. has done a wonderful job with rescue. The major CT humane societies are all NO-KILL facilities. CT. has also partnered with North Carolina and goes down regularly to pick up dogs to be rehomed in CT.

By: Peter Anthony

Peter Anthony — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:34:39 +0000

Great informative article. I have a Pet Adoption Rescue website that discusses all aspects of pet adoption including how pet adoption helps decrease the existence of puppy mills. Please feel free to drop by any time.

By: Kathleen Buda-Gozy

Kathleen Buda-Gozy — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:25:04 +0000

Last year my spouse and myself was looking for a small
dog for a pet. My friend, Robyn introduced me to a whole new world named ARNI. Two ladies named Nicole & Kim opened this rescue care for all kinds of animals.They get them medical care, spay or neuter the ones that need it,
and then find new homes for them. NONE of them are put to sleep. If you’re unable to keep your pet for any reason, they request that you bring them back to ARNI’s. And they’ll readopt them to another loving family.If they’re sick and unable to be adopted out, the girls place them out on their property and keep them as healthy as they can until their
time comes to go to heaven. These ladies do a great job and once you meet them, you will love them for aall the goodness in their hearts. Hopefully this September, they’ll have their new facilities open in Daytona Beach, Fl.
ARNIFoundation.org
I would like to THANK these ladies for all their hard work and love of animals!

By: Julie Bridwell

Julie Bridwell — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:03:19 +0000

Bill Smith and MLAR…You are totally awesome! You took that extra (big) step and put up that billboard to bring some very needed attention to the matter of puppymills. I hope kitten mills are next to get some attention. You made a major impact on the entire nation with you efforts. Bless you! Oh and Thank you Oprah!

By: Angela Moore

Angela Moore — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:36:49 +0000

To Ken P.: You made an excellent point, and thank you for speaking up for the felines. We here at Dogster/Catster agree with you entirely and are making the same efforts to save cats as dogs. Check out our Cat Adoption Center. Interestingly, we are running a poll on both sites that reveals more of our member cats are from shelters or rescues (over 50%) as opposed to dogs (less than 40%). I would be very interested to hear everyone's thoughts on that topic.

By: Terri

Terri — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:22:19 +0000

PS
Ken you are so very right! I adopted a feral cat, loved her her whole life.

the shelter I got my Sami had cages upon cages of cats waiting. Lucky for them at the time, they were a no kill shelter & cats are so easy to care for. They have since been shut down because they kept too many cats.