Don’t shop at stores that sell puppies. Yes, we (and other organizations) say this

Image from: the HSUS.org

all the time. But it’s true. If you’re shopping at a store that sells puppies, then your supporting the puppy mill because you’re supporting the store. So, shop at a PetSmart or a PetCo, or a local pet store that has adoption weekends and promotes shelters and rescues!

Write a letter to any pet store that sells puppies asking them to change. The Humane Society of the United States has a letter all typed out and written for you. All you have to do is go here, print it, and send it off to all the puppy selling pet stores. You can also write your own letter if you prefer, asking them to stop selling puppies and switch to hosting adoption weekends and supporting the local rescues.

Donate to organizations such as the ASPCA and the Humane Society. And don’t forget local shelters, too. The ASPCA and The Humane Society, and many other’s, do so much to help protect animals. They both have done so many raids, cared and nurtured the puppies and dogs back to good health. But we need to help them, too. Please remember to donate to them and other organizations that help put the cruelty to an end. Also, please remember to donate to your local animalshelters. They care for the animals and give them a safe, healthy place to live until they’re adopted.

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Print posters, make a blog, or host a fundraiser. Getting people to become aware of the harshness of animal cruelty is important. The more people that know the truth, the more they will be willing to help out. So print posters and hang them around town (with permission, of course), make a blog and spread awareness that way. Or you can always host a fundraiser and help the local shelters near you and pass out flyers the give information about puppy mills and why they need to be stopped.

There are so many ways to get involved! So, please do!

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problem? Most pet stores that sell puppies, actually receive their puppies from puppy mills.

More then 50 stores in the US sells puppies.

Going to these pet stores can actually help support puppy mills, which is a huge don’t. If you go to these stores, you are actually helping the puppy mills by supporting the store, even if you don’t purchase a dog.

However, even though there are a lot of pet stores that sell puppies, there’s also many that do not sell puppies! It’s great to look at the two images and see that there are more stores that do not sell puppies, then stores that do.

photo: nomorepetstorepuppies.com

If you’re thinking of getting a dog or even a cat, these stores offer adoptions. They have local shelters come by and bring their loving pets that would like a forever home! So make sure to check out all the good stores in your state and start shopping and stopping puppy mills!

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Research shows that more then half of puppies are purchased online. The danger? It’s probably a puppy mill dog, which in that case the conditions the dogs live in are no joke and puppy mills should be stopped.

There are so many puppy mill breders and the reason being is that there’s “no way to keep track of them all.” ASPCA’s Cori Menkin tells ABC News.

Since Facebook is such a highly populated site, banning the ads would keep a few million people from seeing the cute puppies and being tempted to purchase online. However, ads from animal rescues are still aloud on the market place, which is good as it’s helping to promote adoption.

According to MNN the ASPCA had set out a wide campaign about Puppy Mills and the Facebook banning the ads, was part of their campaign. Great job to the ASPCA for getting Facebook to ban the ads!

Sources: BASP, ABC News, and MNN.

If congress were to pass this law, Puppy Mills owners would no longer be able to operate because they would need a license to do so! This bill’s summary is:

Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act – Amends the Animal Welfare Act to define a “high volume retail breeder” as a person who, in commerce, for compensation or profit: (1) has an ownership interest in or custody of one or more breeding female dogs; and (2) sells, via any means of conveyance, more than 50 of the offspring of such dogs for use as pets in any one-year period. Considers such a breeder of dogs to be a dealer. Requires dealers to include on licensing applications and annual renewals the total number of dogs exempted from exercise on the premises of the dealer in the preceding year by a licensed veterinarian. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to promulgate requirements for the exercise of dogs at facilities owned or operated by a dealer, including requiring daily access to exercise that: (1) allows the dogs to move sufficiently in a way that is not forced, repetitive, or restrictive; and (2) is in an area that is spacious, cleaned at least once a day, free of infestation by pests or vermin, and designed to prevent the dogs from escaping. Allows an exemption if: (1) a licensed veterinarian determines that a dog should not exercise because of the health, condition, or well-being of the dog; and (2) such determination is reviewed and updated at least once every 30 days by the veterinarian, unless the basis for the determination is a permanent condition. Subjects such a determination to review and approval by the Secretary.

- Source: GovTrack.US

It would make the puppy mill have to clean the place where the puppies and dogs are, the puppies and dogs would have to exercise and they would have to provide clean water and food. It would force the puppy mill to be inspected by USD every year. Which means, they’d have to care for the puppies and dogs and provide proper care. How great would this be?

Please help out and sign the letter put together by Best Friends! Let’s get this passed!

Please spread the word!

I’d really like to get this trending. If people see #AnimalsDeserveLove on the Trending Topics, maybe when they click on it and see all the tweets, they’ll realize how much animals do need our help.

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 RedApes.org is testing Apps for Apes which would allow orangutans to communicate with other orangutans using the iPad.

Already, the iPad is becoming a huge hit with the orangutans. According to Animal Talk, the  orangutans are not holding the iPads because orangutans are very strong and they have the ability to break the device in half. But, if you hold an iPad up to them with a drawling app up, they will draw. I think it’s quite interesting to allow orangutans to communicate with other orangutans across different zoo’s. Here’s a video of an orangutans using an iPad!

Many people, including the Huston Zoo have already donated some iPads! Many Zoo’s have been receiving iPad donations!

You can help the Apes out by donating a slightly used iPad to Red Apes! How cool would it be knowing that your iPad is being used by an ape!? Personally, I think it’s very interesting!

To learn more about the App for Apes project, please visit RedApes.org!

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PB Teen is teaming up with the ASPCA and selling these ah-dorable pillows! Come on, how cute are they! If you buy one, $5 goes to the ASPCA to help abused animals! You’re now saving animals while shopping!

Make sure to buy one for you and maybe one for a friend too! Let’s help support the ASPCA!

Well Super Bowl sunday is approaching us, but for all us bloggers, it’s Super Dog Sunday! 

To celebrate Super Dog Sunday, Dog Tipper and All Things Dog Blog are hosting a charity fundraiser photo contest that will help the Petfinder Foundation!

So, make sure you go check it out and enter because like I said, it’s for a good cause!

Since there are so many people that are on Twitter (obviously, considering the fact that it goes over capacity all the time!) so we thought we’d use a social network site to spread the word! What better way, right!?

Don’t have Twitter? Why not sign up? It’s free, fun, and you can connect with pretty much anyone famous on there! I know you want to join. Go on, click right here. I’ll wait for you to come back!

Did you create one? Great! Be sure to follow us! Anyway, back to what we were talking about.

So, basically what we want to do is use the hashtag #animalsdeservelove as much as possible in your tweets. The more you use it, the higher it will go in the charts on Twitter, and eventually be in the top 10 trending topics. So basically we’re going by the motto of Tweet it. Trend it. End it. Tweet the hashhtage. Trend the hashtage. End animal cruelty. Simple as that.

So, even if you didn’t join Twitter but you have a Facebook (or a blog or anytype of social networking site.) just spread the word! Tell your friends on Facebook, they might have a Twitter, or tell your blog readers! Please just help us get the word around!

We also made a video, so if you don’t want to read this long post (which is totally understandable!) you can just watch the video!

Thank you so much & please remember beginning FEBRUARY 1ST ADD #ANIMALSDESERVELOVE TO YOUR TWEETS!!!!