Ban Puppy Mills

Dear reader,

"Angela" didn't know when she started work at a Chicago area pet store that her job would involve propping up puppy mills and selling unhealthy dogs to the public. She just wanted to be employed, and she loved animals.

Angela was told during her interview that the store manager was very picky and selected hand-picked puppies from local breeders. Later, she saw paperwork indicating that the store purchased many of its puppies from a distant broker in the Midwest.

Worse, Angela regularly saw sick puppies being treated by untrained store staff instead of a veterinarian. The puppies were often sold to the public while they were still sick, and some of them later died.

Angela got tired of seeing these tiny victims suffer. She contacted her local humane society and The HSUS.

Unethical puppy stores typically promise purchasers that they only sell healthy dogs who have been raised by premium breeders, but often these people are in the business of selling unhealthy puppies from miserable puppy mills.

If you have purchased a sick puppy from a pet store in Illinois, or if you otherwise have had a negative experiencewith any of these businesses, please contact us immediately. If you have friends, neighbors, or family members who have had a problem with a puppy from an Illinois pet store, we would also like to hear their stories. Please share this email with them and ask them to contact us.

If you believe that you have been duped by a pet store into purchasing a sick puppy, please share your story with us.

Thank you for your continued support in our campaign to stop puppy mills.

Sincerely,
Wayne Pacelle
Wayne Pacelle
President & CEO
The Humane Society of the United States

PS—The HSUS recommends adoption as the very best option when getting a new pet. Animal shelters are filled with deserving pets in need of good homes. If you know someone who is considering purchasing a puppy, please help us spread the word about how to get one from a humane breeder or a shelter or breed rescue—and warn them never to buy a puppy from a pet store or Internet site. Visit humanesociety.org/puppy for more information.