User:Katharinearodriguez/Puppy mill

In addition to the information provided on the article, my citations provide additional information in order to provide a robust understanding on what the implications of what allowing puppy mills to survive are. First and foremost, the report written by the Humane Society provides insight on the veterinary issues that arise from these over-crowded, unsanitary and unhealthy environments. The article highlights the statistics that show the exposure to parasites and various other diseases that puppies have suffered from while and after their time in the mills. Secondly, another article written by the Animal Studies Repository highlights the legal roundabouts that cruel breeders have taken in order to side-step the law. Selling puppies at flea markets allows breeders to sell their unhealthy pups in a federally unregulated environment. A flea market allows for sellers to hide their breeding grounds and sell puppies without reprocutions. Another reference that was cited in my bibliography titled, Puppy Birth Certificates Mandating Licensing of Animal Breeders: A proposed legislative bill for PA to enact that would limit pet stores to purchase stock only from licensed breeders discussed how pet stores are currently purchasing puppies in large quantities due to deregulation, however, with this proposed bill, they may only be able to attain puppies from licensed breeders. Lastly, the book edited by Julie Urbanik and Connie L. Johnston and titled, Humans and Animals: A Geography of Coexistence covers an interesting deal about puppy mills and how they will only cease to exist if the public refused to buy puppies from pet shops and participating entities.