**FAUN "Adopt, Don't Shop" demo @ "Puppy's" pet store in East Brunswick, NJ**
Details
In the U.S. alone, about 4 million dogs are bred in high-volume commercial kennels (puppy mills) every year, while nearly 5 million animals are killed in shelters every year. Retail pet stores such as "Puppy's" in East Brunswick are emblematic of this problem. They buy animals from sources they won't readily reveal, vaguely hinting that the animals come from a "reputable breeder." We know where these animals come from: high-volume commercial kennels (puppy mills) in the midwestern United States, and we have USDA records to prove it.
Here are some consumer complaints RE "Puppy's" owners' previous operation,"The Pet Shoppe" in Edison NJ, which closed down amidst a hail of complaints in 2009 and was miraculously resurrected in East Brunswick as "Puppy's":
http://www.ripoffreport.com/directory/The-Puppy-Shoppe.aspx
Please come out and help us enlighten the public to the reality of today's overpopulated, overwhelmed shelter system, and the intrinsic connectedness of retail pet stores and puppy mills to this burgeoning problem.
WHAT: FAUN "Adopt, Don't Shop!" demonstration
WHERE: Puppy's Pet Store, 510 Route 18, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
WHEN: Saturday, June 18th, 2o11
TIME: 12:00 ~ 3:00pm
DIRECTIONS/PARKING: Please call 732-693-9044 for information.
OBS: We'll be following this demonstration with a live market demonstration at Marzigliano's Live Market in West New York, NJ. For more information on that demonstration and/or to RSVP, please click on the following link.
https://www.meetup.com/FAUNNJ/events/18812231/
Additional "hard/fast" info on pet stores/puppy mills
http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-puppy-mills
http://www.prisonersofgreed.org/Commercial-kennel-facts.html
http://www.idausa.org/facts/pmfacts.html
More background on the problem of puppy mills
It is estimated that more than 90% of the puppies supplied to retail pet stores today come from puppy mills. Most of the "reputable breeders" shamelessly advertising themselves and selling their living commodities in newspaper classifieds, on the Internet and, of course, in retail pet stores such as Puppy's, are also connected to puppy mills. Those unscrupulous people who own and run puppy mills wheel and deal in innocent living beings for one reason alone - PROFIT.
That added to the fact that the upkeep of dozens or even hundreds of animals for later sale is a costly endeavor, means most puppy mills are run on a threadbare budget; all expenses related to animal safety, health, welfare and happiness are minimized, with the express purpose of maximizing profits from the sale of those very same animals.Yes, exactly, it's wholesale exploitation. These animals live in dilapidated sheds, in rows of rusty cages, in filthy barns. Dogs are confined to miserable cages, they rarely have more space to move around than the minimum required by law - six inches more on all sides than the physical size of the dog.
"Breeder" females are impregnated incessantly, and when they are no longer able to have babies (add to the puppy profiteer's wealth) they are considered a liability, discarded, even gassed. Puppy mills. This is the murky, insidious world in which most of our "companion" animals spend the first part of their lives. Horrible though they be, puppy mills are legal and regulated by the federal government and some state governments as well. Government regulations, however, do not ensure a humane life for dogs; they do little more than require food, water and shelter.There are nearly 6,000 federally licensed commercial kennels in the country, and all exist to supply the nation’s pet stores with a constant supply of new puppies.
We can not depend on political, religious or social "leaders" to make the changes that need to be made to this morally bankrupt system which puts a dollar sign on everything that lives and breathes on this planet. It's up to conscientious individuals to stand up for these precious little beings and be their voices,, to share with the public of East Brunswick and elsewhere what we know about the horrible trade which is the soft white underbelly of retail pet stores, and which so heartlessly commodifies living beings and subjects them to confinement, sickness, disease, all manner of physical and psychological ailments. Our signs, literature and video paint an irrefutable picture of who and what we're fighting for, what we need are compassionate, valiant volunteers like you to come out and stand with us as voices for the voiceless.
Fight for animal rights!
Anthony Botti
www.faunnj.org (http://www.faunnj.org/)
732-693-9044