A lot of people want to stop cachorro, filhote de cachorro mills, but they don't know how. But if you follow these 8 steps correctly, you and everybody else who did this will be one step closer to ending cachorro, filhote de cachorro mills, for good.

Do Not Buy Your cachorro, filhote de cachorro From a Pet Store

That cachorro, filhote de cachorro who jovens bruxas you through the pet comprar window has most likely come from a large-scale, substandard commercial breeding facility, commonly known as a cachorro, filhote de cachorro mill. In these facilities, parent cachorros are caged and bred as often as possible, and give birth to cachorrinhos who could have costly medical problems you might not become aware of until after you bring your new pet home.

Make Adoption Your First Option

If you’re looking to make a cachorro, filhote de cachorro part of your family, check your local shelters first. Not only will you be saving a life, but you will ensure that your money is not going to support a cachorro, filhote de cachorro mill. There are many cachorros waiting for homes in shelters all across the country—and an estimated one in four is a purebred! Your segundo option is breed rescue. If your coração is set on a specific breed you haven’t been able to find in a shelter, you can do an Internet procurar for a breed-specific rescue organization.

Internet Buyers, Beware!

Buying a cachorro, filhote de cachorro from the Internet is as risky as buying from a pet store. If you buy a cachorro, filhote de cachorro based on a picture and a phone call, you have no way of seeing the puppy’s breeding premises or meeting his parents. And those who sell animais on the Internet are not held to the Animal Welfare Act regulations, and so are not inspected por the USDA.

Share Your cachorro, filhote de cachorro Mill Story with the ASPCA

If you have—or think you have—purchased a puppy-mill puppy, please tell us your story. Every bit of evidence gives us mais power to get legislation passed that will ban cachorro, filhote de cachorro mills.

Speak Out!

Inform your state and federal legislators that you are disturbed por the inhumane treatment of cachorros in cachorro, filhote de cachorro mills, and would like to see legislation passed that ensures that all animais bred to be pets are raised in healthy conditions. You can keep up-to-date about current legislation to ban cachorro, filhote de cachorro mills por joining the ASPCA Advocacy Brigade.

Tell Your Friends

If someone you know is planning on buying a puppy, please direct them to our cachorro, filhote de cachorro mill information at ASPCA.org. Let them know that there are perfectly healthy cachorros in shelters waiting to be adopted.

Think Globally

Have a webpage, a MySpace page or a blog? Use these powerful tools to inform people about cachorro, filhote de cachorro mill cruelty por adding a link to our cachorro, filhote de cachorro mill information at ASPCA.org.

Act Locally!

When people are looking to buy or adopt a pet, they will often ask the conselhos of their veterinarian, groomer or pet supply store.Print flyers and ask to leave them in the offices of your local practitioners.