Oprah, please use your influence and love of animals to help us educate the public on the horrendous life puppy mills subject their dogs to. Puppy mills do not love dogs, they only love money!
Hi, Oprah,
Please do a show to inform those who do not know about where pet store puppies come from. Please give a voice to the voiceless who agonize fear and solitude, valued only for their money making potential.
Dogs of the puupy mills never sit on furiture, never lick a person in the face or have an accident in the house. These dogs are caged 24-7 given bearly enough to eat and never loved. Help end this abuse.
Please help stop people from running puppy mills. Puppy mills are all over, most recently read about Lancaster PA and the Amish running mills. This puppy mills must be shut down. The conditions that the dogs live in is inhumane. They are treated terrible. They live in small cages born to breed constantly, the puppies are sold to pet stores that will buy them. If people want a dog, adopt, rescue from a shelter or rescue group. With your help we can stop these horrible conditions. You are in a position were you can help. Thank you for your concern and support.
I have seen the conditions of puppy mills first hand. It breaks your heart! All the owners think about is the profit they are making and could care less about the condition of mothers of the pups. The conditions are unbearable, it's heartbreaking. When the mothers get to old to breed they are destroyed. Please do whatever you can to help stop this from happening.
Please expose the puppy mill situation. Let the public see the truth as to what happens at puppy mills to these poor animals - the suffering they endure just so these jerks can make a profit!! Please tell the public to go to their nearest shelter to adopt a dog or cat.
Thank you.
Oprah, I'm a long haired German Shepherd dog who is very fortunate to have a loving human family. I've heard both my human Mom and Dad talk about these dreadful Puppy Mills. Please Oprah, help those unfortunate dogs and puppies, please stop the cruelty and the suffering. Thank you for listening Oprah.
Woofs and wags
Zara
I am totally against puppy mills.
I see so many unwanted and sick animals each year and the puppy mills are greatly contributing to this cause. I bought a puppy from a pet store that got it from a puppy mill and it was sick most of its life with something.
If the public knew what was going on to produce the cute fluffy little pups they take home they would never believe it. As a person involved professionally in the shelter industry we see the fallout each day. Please help educate the public.
Oprah- We NEED your help on this. I rescued a 5 year old Doxie from a puppy mill that AKC had shut down about 5 months ago. She was in a 2x3 crate her entire life. She had never been on grass, had a collar on or even had a name. She had an ear infection, eye infection and had a growth on her head. Her long coat was so tangled & matted, you couldn't even tell what color she really was. After working on it for 4 1/2 hours, it turns out she is a beautiful Isabella Blue. Her infections are healed, the growth was removed and her teeth were cleaned & treated. Now she is in very good health, but has so many mental issued. She is SO scared all the time. She does have a couple social days now and then and I can tell she is much happier than when we first got her. I also now there is no way I will ever know the extent of everything she went through. From the way she acts...it had to be BAD!! We need your help to stop this terrible life that so many of these lovely creatures suffer. PLEASE HELP!!
I have fostered several dogs that have lived their lives in puppy mills in small cages and only used for breeding. These dogs were released by the puppy mill to a rescue group who had to pay for them. One was 8 years old and the other 11 years old- all that time in a little cage and they were angels in my home. They were adopted to a wonderful couple and have become wonderful beloved pets. They were the lucky ones there are many more who are not so lucky and never know a loving home or person.
The help of the Oprah show could make such a difference to many animals who suffer endlessly while living in puppy mills or who are shipped to pet stores, kept in dismal conditions and then sold on credit to people who quickly lose interest in them. I hope you'll consider helping this cause.
Dear Ms Winfry: I am the proud owner of three pure bred Australian Shepherd-mine came from breeders I know personally & are not used to reproduce-- pure breds are the victims of puppy mill opertors- they abuse their breeding stock only for money- unfortunated Missouri, the state in which I live, has the most puppy mill operations in the country!!! Please help us expose these monsters for what they are--- Thanks, from Tag,Scooter & Raskal
On the chance that a puppy mill is discovered, the dogs come out looking like monsters with decubitus sores and are malnurished. You look into their eyes and it seems their souls have been tortured. Someone who has your position and heart could expose these puppy mills and maybe stop the torture.
Education of the public is going to be one of the only ways people understand the importance of SPAY/NEUTER of animals. You are admired and looked up to by people all over the nations and one of your shows dedicated to this issue would carry a lot of weight. It definitely would be appreciated by all the little girl and boy dogs living in squallow conditions in puppy breeding farms (better known as puppy mills).Your suggestions will be listened to and people will take heed and begin to investigate and learn if you show you are interested in this subject. Would you help us to help these little creatures that God created. He gave man the charge to take care of all of his created beings. There is so much greed today and puppy mill owners are at the top of the list. Education can help stop and eradicate this abominable way to make a living. Margaret Bledsoe,
Jackson, TN Volunteer with the Col.Potter Cairn Terrier Rescue
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Oprah I think you have the audience that can bring attention and will spread the word regarding the situation with Puppymills (Commerical Breeders). The dogs that are living (if you want to call it living) in Puppymills usually are in their own feces and urine. Are ill and are breed until they die or physically can't produce puppies any longer. If a puppy is born very ill it will likely be "set aside" to die. Not be cared for or even humanely euthanized, no to be set aside to slowly die. This is only the tip of the problem. Many of the dogs that come from this type of environment have physical problems such as limb deformities due to their cages they are kept in. They also have numerous other health problems.
The puppies are then brokered from one place to another. Just to make some money at the expense of their lives.
I ask that you please help bring the plight of the dogs being used in the Puppymills. With the holidays rapidly approaching the push to buy a puppy in a store is going to be harder. The internet and your local shelter can help provide with information and I am sure that many of the people that sign this petition can also assist in gathering ACCURATE information.
I have 2 rescued bulldogs, one was from a puppy mill and was born w/ dwarfism, and laryngeal paralysis and now has a permanent tracheostomy as a result of the poor breeding practices of these irresponible people. It is a great pre-holiday topic b/f people run out to get the quick puppy for christmas! Thanks for your time!
America needs to know about the horrible conditions these animals endure, and you are the perfect person to help us expose this tremendous problem! Thank you in advance for your support. Eden Cherry-Markert, Atl, GA
Please please please stop this terrible industry that is mass producing unhealthy dogs not to mention the conditions the mothers and fathers of these puppies live in. Oprah you are so widely admired and a few simples words from you would make all the difference in these sweet loving babies lives.
Willful abuse of any creature is beneath contempt. Puppy mills are a perfect example of just such inhumane abuse - and for such selfish reasons. These innocent creatures need our help. Please help put a stop to this practice!
I completely agree with one of the other petitioners, "until ever dog and cat in a shelter is adopted into loving homes, and until all animals are safe from abuse, there is no need for "breeding" of any kind.
My sister just adopted a dog cast out by the puppy mill system bc she would no longer nurse her puppies. She has never seen a leash or known the love of a family. Pls help so no dog has to live like Millie was forced to. Thank you Oprah!
Please help do something to resolve the horrible, horrible situation these poor puppies are subjected to. The suffering they go through is an atrocity.
As a viewer o your show I think if you looked into this matter you would be shocked at the condition these animals are kept in and the fact that they are treated strictly as a means to the all holly Dollar.
Being owned by 2 severely abused Great Danes, and being loved every minute by these great dogs, I would hope that you, Oprah, would help those of us that fight this tragedy each and every day. Please help save a life!!!
Oprah,
Your compassionate and powerful voice can be the catalyst to educate so many! Please consider helping with this crusade for the countless animals who are given no voice! God Bless you!
Seversl yrs ago I bought a puppy unknowingly from a puppy mill, brought him home and the next day he was extremely ill with parvo which also infected my other puppy who had not had all shots due to her young age. Both dogs were featured on a local tv news station to show people about puppy mills. These are very coniving, ruthless people who need to be stopped.Thanks to a wonderful vet and staff, both dogs lived and have done quite well.The expense was tremendous, but the puppies would not have lived without it. Please Oprah, help stop this horrendous "business".
Oprah, please help us stop the puppy mills, please research this and I know you will want to do your part to help.Think about your sweet dogs and then think of them in a puppy mill...
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND BY THE WAY I LOVE YOUR SHOW!!
If you have ever seen the dogs that come out of puppy mills and the sad condition they are in you would never buy a pet store puppy again. Please stop this horrible injustice. How would you feel if your beloved Cocker Spaniels Sophie and Solomom came from puppy mills!
Oprah,
As an avid watcher of your show, I know that if you looked into how these animals are treated, you would be mortified! You are such a caring and compassionate person that you have used your celebrity power for the good of the world. Please help educate society on horrific subject. These animals deserve to be treated with love, dignity, and respect.
It's so disheartening to see female dogs used up and discarded when they can no longer bear pups. This is typical of puppy mill organizations. There is a large, informal network of dog rescuers that keep saving dogs and finding homes for them even when it seems the problem only gets worse. If you could help us turn the tide I think you would be performing a service greater than you can imagine. Thanks for listening.
Rob Salgado, German Shepherd Rescue
A society that claims to be civilized cannot treat the animals closest to our harts in this way, simply as money-making tools. You have supported animal protection in the past. Please do not turn away from the millions of dogs suffering in mass breeding operations.
Yes, please do educate the public about buying dogs from pet stores and especially internet sites which are all from puppy mills. Also about the Amish who raise them in barns with no social contact, crates stacked on top of one another, dripping feces on other animals, and then use private people to advertise in newespapers and show puppies. Good indication is when parents of dogs are not on premises. However, rescue leagues and AKC breeders should make it a little easier to obtain puppies. I just went thru this for 6 months trying to find a reputable breeder after putting my Cairn terrier to sleep. Every time I applied for a rescue dog, filled out the paperwork, got checked, approved, the dog was gone. I got very frustrated and gave up on the rescue leagues.
I think ALL NEWSPAPERS should have a warning it the PET ADS to educate people about puppy mills.
"We call them "dumb" animals and so they are, but they do not suffer any less because they have no voice" author unknown
It is up to us to be a their voice.
Dear Oprah: PLEASE help to alleviate the pain and suffering of thousands and thousands of dogs and puppies who suffer so badly. Angela Cutler - Las Vegas NV
Oprah, Thanks, in advance, for helping us with getting the word out. Animal shelter animals are THE very best! Try adoption - it makes you feel wonderful to save a life!
No more Puppy Mills...Someone should be the voice for these poor dogs.Their suffering is endless and goes on until they are gone.Opra can you help us please.It would be greatly appreciated.
Oprah, I can't believe you have never thought to do a show about this...especially when you own a couple of dogs. It is a terrific idea and so sorely needed. It is a tragedy and just heartbreaking what is going on at these mills. Please do what you can to help shut down these death mills. Thank you.
oprah, you have the power to stop this suffering !! please help as i know you are a dog lover and we will all stand together to stop this cruelty, your friend from ireland xx lisa
They're cute enough in the pet stores from which they're purchased, but how many people really know they're supporting the abusive, inhumane, sickening environment of the puppy mill from which those puppies come? The public needs to know... And they need to know that rescue is an alternative!
There are so many animals in shelters that need to be adopted. If they are not, they are put to sleep. Please let people know that it's very important to buy animals at a shelter. Thank you, and so do all the puppies and cats.
You have the class it takes to do a show that is clearly needed. My dogs ( Yorkies ) are just like my children, I hate to think of dogs that were brough into this world to be sold to anyone with the money with no regards of the right puppy for the right home mind frame. Often times a good family will buy a puppy that will show signs of being very ill later and after they are attached to the little puppy they drain their accounts paying vet bills. Good Luck, should you decide to take this on. You need to send the scums over to DR. Phil for another talking to :))
We see SO many problems with puppies coming from puppy mills. The poor dogs and owners suffer while the people who run them seem to have no consciousness. Just this week, I took a little cocker spaniel to surgery who was a hermaphrodite - had a vagina, an os penis and testicles, also had inguinal hernias and entropion - needed 4 surgical procedures to be "normal" and she is just 6 months old! Please help educate he public - they WILL listen to you Oprah
thanks
Dr Marty Greer (veterinarian in Wisconsin)
So many people admire you and look to your show for inspiration! You have the voice, you could really help to make a difference on the importance of spay/neuter and how to keep business AWAY from puppy mills!!! Please consider getting involved! There are so many animals that are living in the most inhumane of conditions.
Puppy Mills have been profiting for years because the majority of the American public is naive to the fact that they even exist. The sad truth is that a great percentage of American's dogs are products of puppy mills.
