These dogs have been born in a cage and a lot will die in the same cage, being bred over and over again, their pups will be taken to dog auctions to be bought by other "dog breeders" to live the same life.  They are forced to stand on wire. They are forced to reproduce repeatedly until they are no longer fertile, and disposed of. They are forced to live in feces filled cages, suffer from urine burns and severe tooth loss from drinking from rabbit bottles. They are forced to do their business through the bottom of the cage onto the dog underneath, they have no choice.  They suffer infections, and sometimes slow painful deaths.  If you buy a dog online or from a pet store you are most likely to be supporting a puppy mill.  If we do win then we save the lives of thousands of dogs of all breeds.  If we lose then the cycle continues and more and more dogs are born to die in this inhumane way.  In the USA there are over 200 puppy mills and most have names like Kuddly Kritters Kennels or In Gods Hand's Kennels.  Many of these so called breeder even casually describe "euthanizing" unwanted dogs with a gunshot to the head or a barrel of water.

I care about these dogs as I am a dog lover and I hate to see any animal suffer.  We should abolish this barbaric ritual that is all for the love of money and let these dogs live as they should.  They say a dog is a Man's Best Friend, would you let your best friend be treated like this.  They are often betrayed by the very hands they trusted to care for them.

I am sending this petition to the 2 State Representatives of Missouri which is the Puppy Mill Capital in the hopes they are willing to help this worthy cause.  There are hundreds of  puppy mills operating in the State of Missouri and as State elected representatives they need to enact legislation to STOP the Puppy Mills and associated puppy auctions.

PLEASE HELP save our best friends