How Airlines Fuel the Puppy Mill Pipeline
Discover how airlines enable the puppy mill industry by shipping vulnerable puppies across the U.S., driving online sales and enabling lack of transparency.
USDA Indiana Dog Breeders 2021
This map shows the locations of USDA licensed commercial dog breeders in Indiana as of September 2021 Stop Online Puppy Mills mapped the dog breeders by county.
Indiana Amish and Mennonite Dog Breeders on the Rise
Amish and Mennonite communities in Indiana The Amish are well known for fresh baked goods, hand-crafted furniture but, in the past five years, records show these communities are expanding into the profitable dog breeding business. These kennels (puppy farms) could have anywhere from 20 to 500 or more breeding dogs. Destinations for the…
APHIS Onsite Dog Breeder Compliance Audit Canceled Due To Pandemic
Disrupted by the pandemic, the OIG planned inspections of onsite USDA licensed dog breeders to ensure compliance in regard to the Animal Welfare Act. This audit was also a follow up on the last OIG audit report completed 10 years earlier in May 2010, entitled Animal Care Program Inspections of Problematic Dealers. This is where the dogs lose.
Fact Finding Is Important For Puppy Mill Advocacy Work
Fact finding is important for advocacy work. How we get our information and research questionable dog breeders and puppy brokers.
Why We Question American Humane’s Collaboration with Puppy Spot
This relationship might lead new puppy buyers into thinking their new very expensive puppy is not coming from a puppy mill. The nonprofit animal welfare organization American Humane is in something they call a “collaboration,” with the massive online puppy selling broker website Puppy Spot. Puppy Spot boasts a “No Puppy Mill Promise” on their website that could mislead new puppy buyers that the breeders they use are not puppy mills. Puppy Spot also posts about their “collaboration” with American Humane one of the nation’s oldest animal protection organizations.
Just Say No To PuppySpot
PuppySpot is USDA registered as a puppy broker. Stop Online Puppy Mills does not endorse puppy broker websites selling thousands of puppies from hundreds of breeders.
Fighting for the Dogs
Regarding the Washington Post article titled Dog Fight, written by Kim Kavin who is seemingly a commercial dog breeding proponent. There are two sides to every story. You need to hear about what it’s like for the dogs that are in the hands of America’s USDA dog breeders.
Dogs Sold At Auction
At dog auctions, dogs, are sold “as is where is.” Attending an auction clearly defines the priorities of this industry and demonstrates how cruelty can be legal. Eleven “lucky puppies” French Bulldogs and a Pug, were recently rescued from a dog auction in Missouri. These lucky puppies were part of an all bulldog auction where 110 bulldogs were being sold “as is” to the highest bidder. These dogs usually never see the sun or touch grass and do not know what it is like to be loved or have a warm touch from a human.