PUPPY MILL AWARENESS DAY

Help Stop Puppy Mills

Saturday, September 17, 20112

(Rain Date, Sun. Sept. 18)

Salem Common, 12 - 4 PM, Salem, MA 01970

Come, have fun, network with other animal lovers and learn   what you can do to save the lives of puppies                

One person CAN make a difference

ANIMALS AND HUMANS WELCOME

Raffle / drawing @ 3:30 (cool "stuff" for you and your pet)

Doggie parade @ 2 PM...'au natural' or costumes (prizes for all dogs)

Tables with information, services and pet-related items

Rescue Groups with animals to adopt and info about pet adoption

And more!

Contact info: HelpSavePuppies@verizon.net or
Natalie Femino, 978-745-5288  

In conjunction with   www.awarenessday.org/national/event 
                                                                     

 Part of a NATIONWIDE effort to put an end to Puppy Mills

All proceeds go to Puppy Mill Rescue and Animal Legal Defense Fund

WWW.PUPPYMILLRESCUE.COM     WWW.ALDF.ORG

For more information go to awarenessday.org/national/event;   PuppyMillRescue.com;  puppymillprotest.org; banpuppymills.com;  stoppuppymills.org;  aldf.org;  fund.org; dogsindanger.com;  BestFriends.org/news;  PrisonersOfGreed.org 

Help Put An End to Puppy Mills

       Millions of people unknowingly buy puppy mill puppies every year.  Through knowledge and education, this "unknowing" can be avoided, with the ultimate goal of closing down puppy mills.

       A puppy mill is a large scale dog breeding facility.  Puppy mills have anywhere from 25 to over 1,000 dogs.  They may advertise themselves as a family backyard breeder but that can be misleading. Raising a healthy litter of puppies in a humane, healthy way costs time and money (think of the time, money and effort you expend on your own dog), so to make a profit, puppy mills cut major corners. Dogs have one litter after another like breeding machines. They live in small cages for their entire lives, often in squalor and filth.  Puppies are sold too young (8 weeks or younger) and therefore do not receive the proper teaching and socialization from the mama and litter mates that is necessary for a healthy and balanced animal. There is no screening for genetic defects, and the dogs are not loved, touched, played with, walked, or even let out of their cages.

       Imagine your dog being treated this way!  But this is how many of the most popular breeds such as Yorkies, Bichons, Labs, Shepherds, Pugs, and Bulldogs are bred.  That is a cruel and neglectful life for millions of puppy mill dogs but the demand for such breeds is so great that it continues.

      Puppy mills sell an estimated 4 million puppies every year to people who believe they are getting a puppy from a good place.  Millions of the rest of them are euthanized or die from sickness and disease.

       To help advocate for laws to be passed to make these facilities illegal contact your local lawmakers or such organizations as Last Chance for Animals, Animal Legal Defense Fund, The Human Society Legislative Fund or Best Friend's Society to name a few.

                             Animal Related Resources     (Just a Beginning)

Animal Legal Defense Fund............ aldf.org (Stop Puppy Mill Campaign)

PuppyMillRescue.com

BanPuppyMills.com

PrisonersofGreed.org

Safe Haven Animal Sanctuary, Inc............... (A work in progress....we have incorporated and our next step is to file the papers to become a 501(c)3, non-profit  shelter/sanctuary for animals.  We welcome anyone interested in volunteering in the formation and then running of the sanctuary.

Our purpose is:

TO PROVIDE CHARITABLE AND HUMANE ANIMAL PROTECTION, INCLUDING SHELTER,
RESCUE AND/OR FOSTER CARE FOR STRAY, ABANDONED, LOST OR INJURED ANIMALS; TO
PLACE ADOPTABLE COMPANION ANIMALS IN PERMANENT HOMES; TO EDUCATE THE
PUBLIC ABOUT ANIMAL WELFARE AND ANIMAL RIGHTS; TO MAKE FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR
ENDEAVORS AND/OR SERVICES RELATED TO ANIMAL PROTECTION AND CARE; AND TO
PROMOTE AWARENESS OF THE MISSION OF SAFE HAVEN ANIMAL SANCTUARY,  A NO-KILL ORGANIZATION, WHERE THE BEST INTEREST OF THE ANIMALS IS PLACED ABOVE EGO OR INDIVIDUAL NEED AND WHERE NO BREED WILL BE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST....