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He's an excellent choice.
He's a terrible choice.
He's okay...but I could name others who are sexier.
Don't give a shit about the thing!
That guy is just as gross as the characters he plays.
I think he is pretty hot. Has a great body as well as smile. First noticed him on Alias was Jennifer Garners best friend. Smart too graduated w/honors from Georgetown. Only curious thing was maried for 6 months to Jennifer Espisitto she plays on Samantha Who? as Christina Applegates best friend.
Still think he is pretty fine!
How anyone can not find thsi man attractive is beyond me - he is stunning
I'd ride him.
noticed he was in the cast of "yes man...that bumped the movie up n my list of "need 2c movies"
why is my name being brought up?
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Bradley is hosting SNL tonight.
I've been watching "Jack and Bobby" on THE WB On Demand lately and he's so hot in that show....2 nice shirtless scenes one in just boxer briefs the other just in bed under sheets
Thanks again! He was great! Thinned down a bit and looking like Hugh Jackman's little bro. Sorta a combination of Hugh and Ralph Fiennes. Please if someone can post pix from the show...so people don't think I am totally crazy!!!
Here's the Nip/Tuck strip clip:
"...But our rights as Americans do not depend on the approval of others. Our rights depend on us being Americans." -John Lewis
Jack and Bobby is where I first saw him. Thought he was great. Was hoping for more skin on SNL tonight, though.
One person watched Alias. You guys were missing out
I didnt know about the love scene
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You're My Best Friend - Alias: Remenants
This is Alias season three from episode ten. Sydney visits Will when he's in Witness Protection, proving she's the real sydney and not a double.
Oh Bradley you hunk.
Unfortunately, another not-so great SNL. The only skit with Bradley that was mildly entertaining was the I'm Going to Have Sex With Your Wife game show.
I think he's hot. He looks a lot better with short hair and clean shaven.
I think his character from Wedding Crashers is what made him hot to me because he was so cocky and arrogant. I liked him in Yes Man too.
Are there any more pics of him wearing those blue swim shorts?
Awww, he's so cute. I've been rewatching my Alias dvd's, and have fallen in lust with him all over again.
It's a shame he's not a bigger star.
"I don't want to change anymore. I've already paid. And I don't have to pray anymore. Because, my soul has been saved."
That guy was never handsome but he just keeps getting all the more butterface... what a creepy cross-eyed stare...
Bradley Cooper = Nick Lang
Nick Lang is my fav male pornstar
because of that I love Bradley Cooper too
both guys have piercing blue eyes
and theyre killing me
^ Looks like an improved version of Tommy Dxxx... still not my thing though
good lord this boy is so hott...i would take him shaved or unshaved....color or black and white....buff or not buff....Bradley is so freaking hott....i want him in me so bad
belamy if you don't like bradley, why you keep on posting comments on a thread to guys like me who love Bradley? Guys very nice photos...He is awesome, he sometimes is given the goofy role, but he is excelent, he is the reason why I had to watch stupid Scarlet in "He's just not that into you" I just watched it coz "Bradley I'm just quite a lot into you"
I have 2 words for Bradley:
Love those eyes and all that hair!
just got through seein the hangover a winner movie and could not keep my eyes off him, those eyes are just luring me in to go to his room and let him take advantage of me
Damn, how do I keep forgetting about SNL!
I just saw "The Hangover" tonight. although the movie was a huge piece of shit, I thought Mr Cooper looked awesome in it. He's a very sexy man.
The Hangover was effing awesome so funny.
Not one of those movies where all the best parts are shown in the previews its funny throughout and Bradley Cooper as the lead roll mmmm it was 2 hour long hilarious eye candy.
he's tottaly hot!
everytime I remember Bradley I always remember Nick Lang
their eyes so identical
I heard a rumor that he slept with his co-star, victor garber, while they were working for ALIAS.
he had a super hot scene in nip/tuck where he was doing all these joga poses in tight little briefs....does anyone have video of that?
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Graphic designer nightmare. Those colors really clash.
Anyway, that was a good game. A very good game. I love it when they win low-scoring games, because that feels like the real Giants and if they're going to win it all, I think that will be how. (Not jinxing anything by saying that. Can you even jinx something without believing in jinxes?) But I was sort of annoyed the entire game because it was an afternoon game reportedly because of a Glee re-run this evening. Glee re-run. I'm not a Glee watcher or a Glee hater. I am generally ambiguous on the topic. But seriously. Playoff baseball is important in a way Glee re-runs are not. Just to add insult to injury the broadcasters kept hyping the show. And the fact that a random football game got more TV viewers than a historical pitching matchup in a playoff game? I'm not usually a confrontational person but I would like to confront people who watch football or Glee over baseball.
Anything can happen in baseball, obviously, and the Phillies and Yankees are far from eliminated, but who actually thought we might get a Giants vs. Rangers (and therefore Buster vs. Bengie) World Series, when Bengie got traded to an AL Team? I think it crossed all our minds but we didn't think it could really happen. It could really happen. And it is Totally Time for Texas, so…
Speaking of the Bronx Bombers, I'm heading out to Yankee Town (NYC) tomorrow morning for a week and will have limited internet (aka, few or no blog posts) and probably no television (aka, I will not be able to watch games). You would think I'm going to the desert in Africa or something, from that description, but I'm going to be living in the Stone Age in one of the world's biggest cities. Life is weird, sometimes.
Diamond Girl, rocking volumized hair in the Sahara Desert.
I'm planning to make the most of the trip and take a tour of Shea Stad–sorry, City Field. (Update: just realized that silly auto-correct changed it from Citi to City. Yeah, I know it's not spelled that way. But instead of changing it I would like to display the beauty of auto-correct. Observe and enjoy.) I also may attempt to climb the fences of Yankee Stadium because they don't do tours doing the postseason and I'm not buying tickets because I'm hoping to spend my life savings on something a little more worthy. (What's more worthy than MLB postseason tickets? I'll get back to you on that.)
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to hold out on BMD and other issues. [chris]
Although this is not too surprising, it still is a pretty gloomy outlook
while there are still more than 6 months to work with--blame put squarely
on the us side here [johnblasing]
Russia-NATO missile shield talks stalled ahead of 2012 summit
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Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said on Monday that no
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"Everyone wants to be adored."
another from the wedding. not sure if it's a bubble or something, but i like nick with white stuff on his face.
looks like your boy NJ is trying to give Ashley Greene some Jonai-lovin'...i guess big bro Joe didn't quite seal the deal for her...
here's NJ w/AG at the wedding on Saturday (no, not their wedding, a JBros band member's wedding):
"Everyone wants to be adored."
not that anyone really cares about this wedding, but here's a pic of the whole deal...our boys are on the far left...
"Everyone wants to be adored."
even more pics from saturday (nick looks so fucking good, though I can't believe they made him walk in with his brother's ex-beard):
and here's a pic of nick backstage after Evita, meeting the most annoying person on the planet and ricky martin:
more random pics I had on my computer:
love his arms:
and nips:
this lady digs the total package:
Do you guys know about this tumblr??
nick, we love your ass.
^ Ha ha sweet, I didn't know about it. Off now to appreciate his fine ass.
he has a great ass
geez, i haven't seen PH in a long time; he looks a lot older and thinner. i used to read his blog frequently until he posted that he thought Michael Jackson faked his own death. after that BS, i stopped reading him completely.
also, don't let Joe know i said this, but Nick is starting to get a lot of my attention lately, like he's giving big bro Joe a run for "the hottest Jo Bro" title...
"Everyone wants to be adored."
^^^ am i a dork because i watched that vid 3x...??? i hope nick sings that song at my wedding to his brother Joe...!!!
i was thinking about the pic w/NJ & PH & RM...Nick should have been in the middle, then PH and RM could have had a Jonas sandwich...
also, it is so cool of NJ to sign autographs all the time for his fans. is this outside the theater? must be. i wonder how many gay fanboys there are. does he acknowledge them the same way he does the chicks...??
"Everyone wants to be adored."
Aww that was really sweet of Nick.
I LOVE seeing famous straight men acknowledge their gay fanbase. It turns me on knowing they know.
it must be a really nice feeling to have people, who are total strangers, like and appreciate you and your talents...that's the allure of shobiz - being accepted and wanted by everyone...
"Everyone wants to be adored."
here's a pic from yesterday of NJ and JJ shopping in SoHo (NYC)...
"Everyone wants to be adored."
[QUOTE=MJEH89;8043738]here's a pic from yesterday of NJ and JJ shopping in SoHo (NYC)...
they are so hot together
i really think he just keeps getting hotter
They are! Even the (straight) fangirls love to giggle about how Nick and Joe are always spotted having their little outings, aka dates (with Kevin nowhere to be seen) - shopping, lunch together, you name it. They think it's adorably cute/hot - who am I to argue? And after getting all worked up in each others' presence all day (wouldn't you?), they head back to the hotel room where Joe bangs Nick senseless for a good hour or two?
Thanks for the recent pics guys!
two pieces of advice:
Nick - start modeling, you're hot
Joe - nix the hat, sweetie
"Everyone wants to be adored."
I wanna take his cock right out of those baseball pants and suck it hard!
here's a pic of NJ from a B'way opening he went to last month for a show called "Once". i thought he looked nice...
"Everyone wants to be adored."
from earlier today
that's funny you should mention that because I was wondering if little Nick was still a virgin...!?!? honestly, i'm guessing no.
idk, it seems weird and a waste of time to think about Nick sexually. i mean, he's as straight (hetero) as an arrow (imo), so it seems like a waste of time to think about it. now big bro Joe on the other hand...
"Everyone wants to be adored."
I'm pretty sure he lost everything but his ass virginity when he dated his hot cougar girlfriend...and who knows, maybe she pegged him? (i would totally pay to see that) He strikes me as the kind of christian boy who is absolutely filthy behind closed doors. And yeah, he seems totally straight, but I'd be surprised if he didn't have some kind of gay experience in this broadway stint AND/OR *(like someone mentioned earlier) if he and Joe messed around when they were younger (though all of that is prolly just wishful thinking on my part)
NJ visted some school in NY (area) to help kids learn about being in shobiz (or something about being famous and rich and popular...blah, blah) check the muscles!!
"Everyone wants to be adored."
NJ gets honored!!!!! if big bro Joe wasn't jealous before, i wonder what he'll be after...??
Inside Broadways "2012 Broadway Beacon Awards" will be held Monday, June 4th, 2012 at the Hudson Theatre.
The evening will honor "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" star and singer/songwriter Nick Jonas along with model, philanthropist and "Chicago" star Christie Brinkley.
Nick Jonas began his career on Broadway after being discovered as a child in a local New Jersey barber shop, Nick quickly landed roles in Broadway productions of "Annie Get Your Gun", "A Christmas Carol" and "Beauty and the Beast". While rising to fame as a member of the Grammy and Emmy-nominated band, the Jonas Brothers, Nick has continued to perform on some of the most prestigious live musical stages in the world.
"Everyone wants to be adored."


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Looking out across the snowy pines and down the wintry slopes of the ski mountain, you can't help but smile. This is Maine's best-kept secret: the adventures and activities that are only available during winter. If you live for the chilly thrill of winter sports, you'll love Maine in the winter. Over 200 inches of snow fall here annually, ensuring that you'll have the ideal winter wonderland. ...Read more
Looking out across the snowy pines and down the wintry slopes of the ski mountain, you can't help but smile. This is Maine's best-kept secret: the adventures and activities that are only available during winter.
If you live for the chilly thrill of winter sports, you'll love Maine in the winter. Over 200 inches of snow fall here annually, ensuring that you'll have the ideal winter wonderland. Snowboard, snowshoe, snowmobile, or just come to relax by a crackling fireplace at a ski-in, ski-out lodge or cabin. Cross-country skiing allows the winter traveler to Maine a chance to glide over the snow-blanketed forests, while downhill skiing provides an icy shot of adrenaline.
If you love winter for its ability to provide hours of quiet reflection and the chance for serenity, a walk along one of Maine's trails or a winter hike will bring you your moment of Zen. Maine's Huts and Trails organization is an excellent resource for planning your trail adventure.
There are winter recreation areas like the Sunday River Resort, Sugarloaf, and Saddleback. There are mid-size mountains throughout the state, and one of the world's best toboggan runs at the Camden Snow Bowl. Maine also has 14,000 miles of snowmobile trails including the well-groomed and well-marked Interconnected Trail System (ITS).
Dogsledding is a bucket-list item you can cross off during your Maine winter getaway, with the assistance of a Registered Maine Guide. Oceanfront hiking trails remain warmer in the winter thanks to the circulating waters of the Atlantic Ocean, leaving them open for wintry exploration.
Winter holds all kinds of surprises and excitement here, and a chance to experience the beauty of Maine under a hushed snowcapped cover.
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BY DAN MIHALOPOULOS Staff Reporter firstname.lastname@example.com December 15, 2012 1:56AM
In this photo provided by the Newtown Bee, a police officer leads two women and a child from Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., where a gunman opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Newtown Bee, Shannon Hicks) MANDATORY CREDIT: NEWTOWN BEE, SHANNON HICKS
Updated: January 17, 2013 6:42AM
The tender age of many victims in Friday's massacre at an elementary school in Connecticut prompted some experts to predict the tragedy would change the nation's views on school security more radically than previous shooting sprees.
"This is another wake-up call but it's another level," said Stephen Sroka, a professor at the medical school at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. "This is a game-changer. This is different. With high school kids, you know, it's not right, it's sad.
But little kids? What used to be unthinkable is now doable. We've crossed a line."
The tragedy in Connecticut will convince communities across the country to cut other spending in favor of funding greater security measures, including adding armed guards at schools, said Peter Pochowski, the former executive director of the National Association of School Safety and Law Enforcement Officers.
Many states, including Illinois and Wisconsin, already have laws requiring schools to hold drills to prepare for attacks and to have crisis plans in place. But Pochowski says that won't be considered enough.
"It's a terrible, terrible thing to say you need armed officers in our elementary schools but it's looking more and more like that's what's going to have to happen," said Pochowski, who now leads the Wisconsin School Safety Coordinators Association.
"This is the first time we've had this in elementary schools," he added. "There will be a lot of soul searching in light of this."
An Illinois law passed in 2005 "strongly encouraged" but did not require lockdown drills. That law was amended to make those exercises mandatory in 2009, said state Board of Education spokeswoman Mary Fergus.
The School Safety Drill Act now dictates that "schools must conduct a law enforcement drill to address incidents, including . . . lock-downs, shootings, bomb threats or hazardous materials" at least once every school year.
The state also requires schools to annually review and update their crisis plans.
Pochowski said teachers should be trained to shut their classroom doors and gather their students along what is called "the friendly wall," immediately on the other side of a hallway where a shooter would likely be walking. That way, he said, the assailant would not be able to see who is in a room simply by looking in from the hallway.
"Generally, these shooters walk around and see where doors are open and they will bypass a door and keep going if they can't see straight in" at potential targets, he said.
Other experts warn that it would be impossibly expensive and unpalatable to post gun-toting sentries at every school.
"If we start going down that path, though it's inviting, then we would have armed guards everywhere," said Jeffrey Cramer, a former federal prosecutor who is the managing director of the Chicago office for Kroll Advisory Solutions. "You can make the same argument for having armed officers in movie theaters or malls. There are other things schools can implement before we have to get there."
Cramer said many schools are too permissive about who they allow into their buildings.
"Most schools have that first level of safety but the problem is there is no second level," he said. "This will obviously heighten the sense that staff authorized to buzz people in must be 100 percent sure the people they are letting in should be there. We can't let people in schools and then ask them what their business is. Once you let them through the door, your options become limited."
John LaSorsa, a former Secret Service agent and security consultant based in North Carolina, blamed the plague of shooting sprees on the decades-long national trend away from institutionalizing most mentally ill people.
"They must be in a controlled environment with no access to the outside world," LaSorsa said. "We just don't know when and where we will be subjected to some lunatic trying to kill us."
Sroka agreed that massacres like the carnage in Connecticut can best be avoided by taking a more aggressive approach to dealing with mental health issues. But he predicted more such tragedies as the nation's economic problems worsen mental-health woes and lead to further cuts in funding for counseling services.
"We don't need more metal detectors," Sroka said. "We need more mental health detectors."


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The CAPS Rescue Fund benefits from your support. CAPS has rescued a number of puppy mills dogs during its investigations of USDA licensed facilities. We have placed most of these dogs in wonderful homes. A few older dogs are in long-term foster care, and CAPS is responsible for the cost of their care. Not only will your donation help with the expenses for the foster dogs, but it will also help cover veterinary bills, including spaying and neutering, for additional dogs that we rescue from puppy mills.
Gizmo, Spring 2002. He has a wonderful home and his fur is growing back.
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Select the CAPS Complaint Form to submit a complaint regarding your pet shop or online purchase. It can also be used to register a complaint against a puppy mill.
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USDA Licensed Dog Breeding and Brokering Facilities
As the only national nonprofit dedicated exclusively to protecting companion animals, CAPS' foremost concern is the abuse and suffering of pet shop and puppy mill dogs. CAPS investigators are an integral part of our organization. We investigate federally licensed commercial dog breeders and brokers to determine: (1) compliance with local, state and federal (the Animal Welfare Act) laws; (2) humane treatment of animals. CAPS works with state humane investigators and submits documentary evidence to local prosecutors.
Since 1995, CAPS' focus has been on the USDA's failure to enforce the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) as it pertains to commercial dog breeders and brokers. In order to document AWA violations, CAPS investigates federally licensed facilities in the Midwest and Pennsylvania (more than 1000 since 1997). Based on our years of investigative experience, CAPS has concluded that although the AWA gives the USDA the power to license, inspect and regulate breeders and brokers who deal in dogs for commercial purposes, the USDA's implementation of the AWA has been grievously insufficient - fulfilling neither the letter nor the intent of the AWA. The USDA's rules are too often ignored, not only by those who are regulated but also by the regulators themselves.
CAPS is requesting oversight hearings on the USDA's failure to enforce the AWA, advocating changes to the AWA and recommending new policies regarding the actions of USDA inspectors. CAPS visits Washington, DC several times a year and continues to present documentary evidence to top USDA officials and members of Congress.
Pet Shops
CAPS works with members, local animal welfare groups and the public to monitor pet shop conditions and to ascertain the names of breeders and brokers. We investigate some of these breeders and brokers.
Public Outreach and Education
Media Relations
CAPS has a targeted media relations program that exposes companion animal abuse, particularly the plight of pet shop and puppy mill dogs. We provide information and documentation on pet shops and puppy mills to print media and television news programs (national and local).
Consumer Assistance
CAPS encourages consumers who purchased sick or dying puppies to contact CAPS for assistance. We have pet shop complaint forms on our website. We inform these consumers of their options, including the right to recover veterinary expenses under state lemon laws. CAPS relies on consumer information to document illnesses, veterinary expenses and names of breeders and brokers.
Rescue and Rehabilitation
During our investigation of USDA licensed facilities, CAPS rescues puppy mill dogs, especially unwanted breeding stock who are about to be destroyed - humanely or inhumanely - because breeders no longer view these dogs as profitable. Puppy mill breeders often want to get rid of dogs that cannot get pregnant, have difficult pregnancies or deliveries, or who don't produce large enough litters. CAPS often rescue sick or "defective" puppies, including those that have been returned to breeders and brokers by pet shops.
CAPS works with shelters, rescue organizations and individuals to provide foster care and permanent homes for these dogs. We cover veterinary costs, including spaying and neutering. CAPS also makes contact with the families who adopted the rescued puppy mill dogs.
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Truth Behind the Doggy in the Window
The following article, prepared by a CAPS investigator, originally appeared in the July/August 2007 issue of The Animals Voice Magazine and is reprinted here with permission from that publication.
Inside a small glass enclosure, a tiny ball of light brown fur with pointed ears and a black, whiskered muzzle nips at the tail of the rambunctious litter mate sharing his cage. The puppies bite each other's ears, chew each other's toys, and snuggle up together to lay down for a nap.
Lemon Laws and Consumer Protection Laws
- Contact Info for Senate Officials
- Contact Info for House Officials
- Michigan State University College of Law's Animal Legal & Historical Center
Copy and paste the state statute number from the CAPS website into the search box to pull up laws pertaining to pet shop animals.
Also useful on this page (halfway down) are the answers to Frequently Asked Questions On Dog Issues
- Laws (Title 44, Ch. 11, Article 14, sections 1799 - 1799.09)
- Puppy Lemon Law (4-97-105)
- Sale of Dogs by Breeders (Health & Safety Code Sections 122045 - 122110)
- Retail Sale of Dogs (Health & Safety Code Sections 122125 - 122220)
- Dog Pedigree Registries (Health & Safety Code Sections 122300 - 122315)
- Pet Store Animal Care Act (Health & Safety Code 122350)
- Puppy Lemon Law (22-344b)
- Puppy Lemon Law (6 Del.C sec. 4001 – 4009)
- Puppy Lemon Law (828.29)
- Laws (Title 17, Part 9, Chapter 745, sections 4151 - 4162)
- Puppy Lemon Law (330 CMR 12.05)
- Puppy Lemon Law (325F.791)
- Examination by Veterinarian (574.450)
- Provision of Written statement - Cats (574.460)
- Provision of Written statement - Dogs (574.470)
- Puppy Lemon Law (574.490)
- Knowingly Selling Dogs or Cats Requiring Immediate Treatment Prohibited (574.510)
New Hampshire
- Breeder's Health Certificate (466:6-a)
- Dogs, Cats, and Ferrets (437.10)
- Lemon Law (dogs, cats, ferrets) (437.13
New Jersey
- Revocation of Pet Shop License (C. 56:8-93)
- Puppy Lemon Law (C. 56:8-95)
New York
- Puppy Lemon Law (Article 35-D sec. 753)
- Lemon Law (73 P.S. § 201-9.3)
South Carolina
- Puppy Lemon Law (47-13-160)
- Puppy Lemon Law (20 V.S.A. sec. 4302)
- Failure of Dealer or Pet Shop to Provide Adequate Care (3.1-796.71)
- Misrepresentation of Animal's Condition (3.1-796.72)
- Sale without Animal History Certificate (3.1-796.78)
- False or Misleading Statements in Certificate (3.1-796.79)
- Puppy Lemon Law (3.1-796.80)
- Written Notice of Consumer Remedies (3.1-796.81)
- Failure to Produce Registration Papers (3.1-796.82)
Lemon Laws and Consumer Protection Laws
- Contact Info for Senate Officials
- Contact Info for House Officials
- Michigan State University College of Law's Animal Legal & Historical Center
Also useful on this page (halfway down) are the answers to Frequently Asked Questions On Dog Issues
- Laws (Title 44, Ch. 11, Article 14, sections 1799 - 1799.09)
- Puppy Lemon Law (4-97-105)
- Sale of Dogs by Breeders (Health & Safety Code Sections 122045 - 122110)
- Retail Sale of Dogs (Health & Safety Code Sections 122125 - 122220)
- Dog Pedigree Registries (Health & Safety Code Sections 122300 - 122315)
- Pet Store Animal Care Act (Health & Safety Code 122350)
- Puppy Lemon Law (22-344b)
- Puppy Lemon Law (6 Del.C sec. 4001 – 4009)
- Puppy Lemon Law (828.29)
- Laws (Title 17, Part 9, Chapter 745, sections 4151 - 4162)
- Puppy Lemon Law (330 CMR 12.05)
- Puppy Lemon Law (325F.791)
- Examination by Veterinarian (574.450)
- Provision of Written statement - Cats (574.460)
- Provision of Written statement - Dogs (574.470)
- Puppy Lemon Law (574.490)
- Knowingly Selling Dogs or Cats Requiring Immediate Treatment Prohibited (574.510)
New Hampshire
- Breeder's Health Certificate (466:6-a)
- Dogs, Cats, and Ferrets (437.10)
- Lemon Law (dogs, cats, ferrets) (437.13
New Jersey
- Revocation of Pet Shop License (C. 56:8-93)
- Puppy Lemon Law (C. 56:8-95)
New York
- Puppy Lemon Law (Article 35-D sec. 753)
- Lemon Law (73 P.S. § 201-9.3)
South Carolina
- Puppy Lemon Law (47-13-160)
- Puppy Lemon Law (20 V.S.A. sec. 4302)
- Failure of Dealer or Pet Shop to Provide Adequate Care (3.1-796.71)
- Misrepresentation of Animal's Condition (3.1-796.72)
- Sale without Animal History Certificate (3.1-796.78)
- False or Misleading Statements in Certificate (3.1-796.79)
- Puppy Lemon Law (3.1-796.80)
- Written Notice of Consumer Remedies (3.1-796.81)
- Failure to Produce Registration Papers (3.1-796.82)
Lemon Laws and Consumer Protection Laws
- Contact Info for Senate Officials
- Contact Info for House Officials
- Michigan State University College of Law's Animal Legal & Historical Center
Also useful on this page (halfway down) are the answers to Frequently Asked Questions On Dog Issues
- Laws (Title 44, Ch. 11, Article 14, sections 1799 - 1799.09)
- Puppy Lemon Law (4-97-105)
- Sale of Dogs by Breeders (Health & Safety Code Sections 122045 - 122110)
- Retail Sale of Dogs (Health & Safety Code Sections 122125 - 122220)
- Dog Pedigree Registries (Health & Safety Code Sections 122300 - 122315)
- Pet Store Animal Care Act (Health & Safety Code 122350)
- Puppy Lemon Law (22-344b)
- Puppy Lemon Law (6 Del.C sec. 4001 – 4009)
- Puppy Lemon Law (828.29)
- Laws (Title 17, Part 9, Chapter 745, sections 4151 - 4162)
- Puppy Lemon Law (330 CMR 12.05)
- Puppy Lemon Law (325F.791)
- Examination by Veterinarian (574.450)
- Provision of Written statement - Cats (574.460)
- Provision of Written statement - Dogs (574.470)
- Puppy Lemon Law (574.490)
- Knowingly Selling Dogs or Cats Requiring Immediate Treatment Prohibited (574.510)
New Hampshire
- Breeder's Health Certificate (466:6-a)
- Dogs, Cats, and Ferrets (437.10)
- Lemon Law (dogs, cats, ferrets) (437.13
New Jersey
- Revocation of Pet Shop License (C. 56:8-93)
- Puppy Lemon Law (C. 56:8-95)
New York
- Puppy Lemon Law (Article 35-D sec. 753)
- Lemon Law (73 P.S. § 201-9.3)
South Carolina
- Puppy Lemon Law (47-13-160)
- Puppy Lemon Law (20 V.S.A. sec. 4302)
- Failure of Dealer or Pet Shop to Provide Adequate Care (3.1-796.71)
- Misrepresentation of Animal's Condition (3.1-796.72)
- Sale without Animal History Certificate (3.1-796.78)
- False or Misleading Statements in Certificate (3.1-796.79)
- Puppy Lemon Law (3.1-796.80)
- Written Notice of Consumer Remedies (3.1-796.81)
- Failure to Produce Registration Papers (3.1-796.82)
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Companion Animal Protection Society (CAPS)
Pet Shop Campaigns
West Hollywood Ordinance
Following a CAPS undercover investigation of West Hollywood pet shops and a nearly six month protest of Elite Animals, the West Hollywood City Council passed an ordinance in February prohibiting the sale of dogs and cats in pet shops, with an exemption for the adoption of shelter and rescue animals. Media coverage of CAPS and the West Hollywood ordinance included The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, ABC, NBC and CBS in Los Angeles, About.com. In fact, media throughout the U.S. and the world (even New Zealand) covered this compelling story. Our work has inspired other towns and states to consider similar legislation.CAPS is currently working with Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) on an ordinance for La Mesa (San Diego County), CA and assisted Richmond, British Columbia animal advocates on a by-law banning the sale of pet shop dogs.
A CAPS investigation of West Hollywood-based Elite Animals revealed that the store was selling puppy mill dogs and defrauding customers. Undercover footage shot by a CAPS investigator showed employees telling the investigator that the puppies came from "good private breeders." Elite Animals was also selling dogs from puppy mills in Russia and violating a federal law prohibiting the import of dogs under the age of six months for resale.
The main suppliers to Elite Animals were Gerry and Angie Wensmann, USDA licensed brokers in Minnesota, who sell to pet shops all over the country. Elite Animals proudly displayed a photograph of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, to whom the pet shop sold a Wensmann puppy in 2000. CAPS investigations of the Wensmann puppy mill documented sick and injured animals in need of veterinary care, substandard housing with badly stained flooring, broken wood and jagged rusty wires that posed a danger to the dogs, green algae water, rusting, filthy feeders with soggy food, fecal and urine accumulation, and dogs whose feet were slipping through wire flooring. The Wensmanns also breed cats in buildings that CAPS has been unable to access. A 2008 USDA inspection stated that kittens were panting in 95 degree heat in a trailer house. Yet despite CAPS investigation evidence presented to USDA and USDA reports with serious violations, USDA has not taken action. We are very encouraged, though, that evidence from CAPS investigations led to the ordinance.
Four Pet Shops in the Los Angeles Area Went Humane in Just Eight Months
CAPS is very proud to announce that Aquarium & Pet Center in Santa Monica, California signed a legal agreement to convert to a humane business model. In late October of 2009, this pet store, which has been in business for over 20 years, decided to stop selling puppies from mills. Aquarium & Pet Center now works with rescue organizations to promote adoptable animals from the Los Angeles municipal shelter system. The store adopted out a number of animals in 2010 and serves as a model for humane stores.Aquarium & Pet Center had been the target of an ongoing CAPS investigation linking the store to The Hunte Corporation, the largest USDA licensed dog brokering facility in the country. CAPS is quite familiar with the practices of Hunte as the result of an undercover employment investigation at this large facility and ongoing investigations of Hunte's puppy mill suppliers. In addition to dogs supplied from inhumane breeding facilities in the Midwest, some of the puppies sold at Aquarium & Pet Center were from a puppy mill just outside of Los Angeles. This was the fourth store in Los Angeles to succumb to investigations and protests by CAPS between March 2009 and November 2009. Other stores no longer selling puppy mill dogs include Elaine's Pet Depot, Elite Animals, and Pets of Wilshire. Elaine's Pet Depot, part of a chain in the U.S. and Canada, offers rescue animals for adoption. On the basis of our efforts against Elaine's, the entire Pet Depot chain stopped selling dogs and cats (some didn't before).
CAPS had organized three weekend protests in front of Aquarium & Pet Center. On October 10, the protest was interrupted by violence when dozens of animal rights activists were shot at by an unknown assailant with a high powered air rifle, spraying them with two millimeter brass slugs. Two of the protesters were slightly injured. The police investigation into the shooting is ongoing and there is a $5000 reward for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of the shooter.
But our work in Los Angeles has just begun. We hope to convert more pet shops to humane stores. We need to use our momentum to get ordinances passed in other towns and cities in Southern California, including Los Angeles, which will in turn generate even more interest across the country. An in-depth news story on the pet shop industry in the Los Angeles area is desperately needed, which requires that CAPS investigate pet shops and the mills that supply them.
Landmark Protests of Barkworks Inside a Shopping Mall
On 12/19/09, the busiest shopping day of the year, CAPS held a landmark peaceful protest with 72 participants inside Westside Pavilion Mall in Los Angeles against one of seven Barkworks stores. This pet shop chain obtains puppies from mills, including some with serious USDA violations. The protest was a landmark demonstration for the California animal protection movement because pet shops that sell puppy mill dogs inside shopping malls had been immune to the increasing public outcry over the puppy mill issue. After researching California Supreme Court cases, we realized that the California Constitution, which is more expansive than the federal version, protected our rights to protest inside a mall - a de facto public forum under California case law. Moreover, California case law protects the rights of protesters to call for a boycott of a specific business within a shopping center or mall.CAPS' documentary about Barkworks and a customer who purchased a very sick puppy that died on 12/24, one week after purchase, was one of the most shared videos on CNN iReport in 2010. Following the release of this documentary, CAPS held a second protest on 2/13/10 with 89 participants inside the mall in honor of Valentine's Day, a loveless day at Barkworks. The third protest on 4/13/10 had more than 100 participants, including 70 inner city public high school students. In lieu of signs, CAPS protesters wore tee shirts and carried large shopping bags – all with slogans or messages. CAPS worked closely with the LAPD, and all three times, officers provided protection of our First Amendment Rights in light of the mall's threats to have security guards arrest the protesters. We will be holding another protest on 12/18/10. We are currently investigating Barkworks' breeders and brokers in the Midwest. This investigative evidence will be presented to Los Angeles media and used for a lawsuit.
Happines is Pets, Chicago Area
Founded more than 25 years ago, Happiness is Pets is a six-store chain in the Chicago area that obtains puppies from puppy mills. CAPS has been receiving complaints about sick puppies from Happiness is Pets stores for about 20 years. Some of these stores were protested during nationwide pet shop protests we held in the early 1990's. We worked on a four-part pet shop/puppy mill series with FOX News Chicago in 1995 that featured customers who had purchased sick Happiness is Pets puppies.
Many of the puppies at Happiness is Pets stores come from USDA-licensed facilities in Iowa that CAPS has investigated, including large-scale broker/breeder Steve Kruse. We have also investigated unlicensed Amish breeders in Indiana that supply puppies to Happiness is Pets through Levi Graber, a USDA-licensed broker in Bloomfield, Indiana. CAPS will continue investigating breeders and brokers who provide puppies to Happiness is Pets.
CAPS sponsors protests on the second Saturday of each month at the Happiness is Pets in Arlington Heights and the last Saturday of each month at the Lombard location. For more information on Happiness is Pets, read the blog of CAPS Chicago Campaign Coordinator Ida McCarthy: http://activerain.com/blogsview/1363708/happiness-is-pets-the-truth
Pet Works, San Diego Area
Pet Works Pet Store in La Mesa, California (San Diego County) has been selling sick puppies for over 16 years. The owner, Richard Fuller claimed, "We only get our puppies from the most reputable USDA licensed breeders." CAPS investigated some of these breeders, including Marjorie Walker, who had her broker's license revoked by USDA and was a booking agent for The Hunte Corporation, where we worked undercover for six months in 2004. The notorious Wensmann kennel in Minnesota, investigated twice by CAPS and the main reason for the West Hollywood ordinance, still supplies puppies to Pet Works. In December, CAPS investigated Nebraska breeders and a broker.
Since January of 2009, CAPS-sponsored protests have taken place in front of the store every weekend to raise awareness in the community about the pet shop and puppy mill issue. Our presence there had made a difference. The San Diego Union Tribune reported on December 1 that Pet Works is going out of business by the end of the year. CAPS Advisory Board Member Sydney Cicourel, who organized the protests efforts, and West Coast Director Carole Davis were quoted in the article. Pet Works chose to shut its doors prior to CAPS' protest with 40 activists on December 11. CAPS is still going forward with an ordinance banning the sale of pet shop puppies and kittens in La Mesa, which will be voted on by the City Council on December 14.
USDA Licensed Broker Kathy Bauck
CAPS began investigating Kathy Bauck, the owner and operator of "Pick of the Litter" in Minnesota, in 1997. Bauck, one of the largest USDA licensed dog brokers and breeders in the country, sold thousands of dogs to pet shops and Internet buyers all over the country.Due to the efforts of the Companion Animal Protection Society, Bauck will no longer be able to sell to pet shops and other dog breeders and brokers. On August 13, 2009, the USDA/APHIS filed a Motion for Summary Judgment requesting the termination of Bauck's license. It is rare for the agency to request the termination of a license, especially through the expedited means of a summary judgment. CAPS believes the use of a summary judgment was due to the pressure APHIS felt from our petition for rulemaking mandating that USDA automatically terminate a license upon an animal cruelty conviction. On September 29, the administrative law judge issued a decision and order in the Bauck case, granting APHIS' motion for summary judgment. On October 29, Bauck appealed that decision to the judicial officer. APHIS filed a response to her appeal on November 18.
The Judicial Officer's Order and Decision dated December 2, 2009 terminated Bauck's license. This termination was stayed pending Bauck's federal court appeal, which was denied. Bauck's license was officially terminated in August 2010. It is unfortunate that Bauck was allowed to keep her license during this yearlong legal process.
The USDA had licensed Bauck since 1983, and despite CAPS investigations since 1997, the USDA did not take action. The July 2008 USDA inspection report for Bauck found no violations of the Animal Welfare Act (AWA). They did not inspect her again until March 4, 2009, just three weeks before her conviction. The inspector cited her for veterinary and cleaning violations.
CAPS has been investigating the USDA's failure to enforce the AWA since 1995 and has been lobbying members of Congress for oversight hearings regarding USDA's lax enforcement of the AWA. CAPS went to Capitol Hill in June 2009 to meet with USDA officials and congressional aides, using the Bauck case as evidence of the USDA's dereliction of duty. CAPS' pro bono lobbyists submitted a petition for rulemaking requesting that AWA regulations be amended to require the automatic revocation of a USDA license upon the conviction in a court of law of a licensee, such as Bauck, for animal cruelty.
Based on evidence from a CAPS undercover employment opportunity of six weeks, a jury convicted Bauck on March 24, 2009 of four misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty and torture. On May 1, 2009, in what CAPS and animal advocates consider a great miscarriage of justice, the judge sentenced Bauck on just one of the counts, which he wrongly believed encompassed the other charges. She received a 90-day sentence, reduced to 20 days (weekday work release at the sheriff's discretion), a $500 fine (reduced from $1,000), 80 hours of community service and one year of probation.
While under a cease and desist order from the State Veterinary Board for the practice of veterinary medicine, including doing C-Sections on her dogs, Bauck continued to practice vet medicine, which was documented by her employees. However, the state allowed her to plea bargain for just one charge for the practice of veterinary medicine and dropped the cruelty charge for killing a puppy by bashing it against a pole. While on parole and serving work release, she continued to commit cruelty that was documented by a CAPS undercover investigator. CAPS submitted the investigator's hidden camera footage, photographs and reports to local authorities. This documentary evidence was the basis of the criminal case against Bauck.
At the time of the investigator's employment, Bauck's facility held 900 adult dogs and approximately 400 puppies. The undercover video shot by the CAPS investigator shows dogs that are sick, wounded, and emaciated. Dogs at her facility commonly became wounded through fights, even some of the small breed dogs.
Bauck will still be able to sell dogs on the Internet. The Animal Welfare Act does not cover Internet breeders. However, if proposed legislation in Minnesota requiring state kennel licenses is passed, those convicted of animal cruelty and their business associates will be banned from obtaining a license. CAPS plans to investigate numerous Minnesota puppy mills to provide evidence in support of this legislation.
CAPS received a complaint about a sick puppy purchased at New York Kennel Club. The complaint states that Bauck sold the puppy to the pet shop after her USDA license termination on August 16. Interstate health certificates signed by Bauck show New York Kennel Club as both the consignor (Bauck's Minnsota address) and consignee (pet shop address). CAPS plans to investigate.
The Bauck case made national headlines with coverage by CBS stations in Chicago, Minneapolis and Los Angeles. CBS Chicago had the exclusive interview and footage. ABC in Boston aired a number of reports on the Bauck case. Bauck sold dogs to several pet shops and to Internet buyers across the state of Massachusetts. CAPS is about to distribute a professionally produced documentary about the Bauck investigation, criminal animal cruelty case and USDA termination case to national media to generate stories about CAPS.
USDA's Failure to Enforce the Animal Welfare Act/Office of Inspector General Report
CAPS is celebrating a major victory – one we have been working toward for many years! We hope that as a result of this victory, USDA's APHIS/Animal Care, the division that oversees the inspection of thousands of federally licensed dog and cat breeding and brokering facilities, will implement significant changes with respect to enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act (AWA).In late May, the Office of Inspector General for USDA released a scathing 69-page report for an audit and investigation conducted between 2006 and 2008. This audit and investigation was prompted by a meeting that CAPS and Crowell & Moring attorneys had with OIG officials in May 2006. The complete OIG report is available on our website at www.caps-web.org.
CAPS will continue to cooperate with USDA while conducting ongoing oversight of the Animal Care inspection program. Since 1995, CAPS has been to approximately 1,000 puppy mills, most of them USDA licensed. See the 2011 agenda for issues we plan to address with USDA in light of the OIG report.
Iowa Legislation
In March, Governor Chet Culver signed into a law a bill that requires state inspectors to go into USDA-licensed facilities after receiving a complaint. Iowa Voters for Companion Animals and the Animal Rescue League (ARL) used CAPS undercover footage of Iowa puppy mills in support of this legislation. CAPS and ARL have worked together on cooperative efforts for a number of years
Fact Sheet - Online Puppies - Companion Animal Protection Society
Written by Super UserFact Sheet - Online Puppies
Why You Shouldn't Buy That Puppy on the Internet
Download a printable copy of this Fact Sheet in PDF format.A Google search of "puppies for sale†produces numerous puppy merchant websites (see bottom of page). But please do not buy a puppy over the internet. Many of these puppies are coming from puppy mills that sell directly to the public or that raise dogs, for the most part, for resale to pet shops (USDA licensed facilities). Reputable breeders do not sell puppies to families they haven't met in person. They do a thorough screening of potential buyers of their puppies. They provide health guarantees and provide health clearances for genetic defects inherent in the breed. It is not common to see kennel cough, coccidia, giardia, ear and eye infections, upper respiratory infections and worms in puppies that come from reputable breeders.
Save a Life
Every year, animal shelters destroy millions of dogs -- including purebreds and puppies -- and cats. PLEASE adopt a companion animal from your local shelter, humane society, rescue organization or veterinarian. In addition, many pet supply stores, such as Petsmart or Petco, sponsor adoption days. You can also find animals to adopt at www.petfinder.com, www.pet-ark.com and www.pets911.com.
CAPS Complaints
CAPS receives consumer complaints from people who have purchased puppies over the internet. Most of these puppies have mild to very serious medical problems, including hereditary defects. On May 11, 2006 CNN aired a lengthy segment entitled, "Sick Puppies Dog Some Online Purchasers.†In this story on internet puppy sales, CNN Consumer Correspondent Greg Hunter interviewed CAPS President Deborah Howard, who addressed the issues involved with internet puppy buying and showed video footage of puppy mills that sell to The Hunte Corporation, the largest puppy brokerage facility in the country. The story focused on Celebrity Kennels (aka Wizard of Claws) in Florida, who obtain many of their puppies from Hunte. Celebrity Kennels sells puppies both through a strip mall store front, where they show puppies to consumers who sit in a waiting room, and over the internet. Just because pet shops and online sellers have celebrity customers doesn't mean that these puppy merchants obtain puppies from reputable breeders.
Summary of a few CAPS' Internet Puppy Complaints
North Country Pets (www.mixedbreedpups.com), Ironton, Minnesota
Malti-poo with Portacavel Shunt who died four days after purchase.
Pages listing litters and upcoming litters immediately arouse suspicion that this breeder has a puppy mill. There are numerous dogs and puppies at this facility. The owners deliberately cross breed their dogs to produce mixed breed puppies, also know as "designer" dogs. Another indication of a puppy mill: the owners do not allow prospective buyers on the premises, claiming that humans transmit diseases to puppies. In fact, the opposite is true. Dogs have certain worms and illnesses that can be transmitted to humans (for example, roundworms, sarcoptic mange and giardia). The following paragraph is quoted from their website:
Can we visit and see the pups? - We used to answer this with a resounding YES! However, we recently had an experience with a pup that became sick shortly after going to her new home. The pup recovered nicely, but the only way this pup could have been exposed to this virus was through casual contact with visitors, as we have NEVER dealt with this virus before. No, you don't need to worry about getting a pup from us, but we really do need to safeguard the health of our puppies, for the puppies' sake, our sake, and the buyer's sake. Unfortunately, even the most diligent, clean, well-meaning visitors can bring a disease to our kennel that can spell disaster for our puppies. Think of it this way - hospitals don't allow visitors into the nursery area. Baby and Puppy immune systems are not fully functional for months.
And yet another sign of a mill is the fact that the puppies are not raised in a home:
Are the pups raised in the house? - No. Frankly, no-one could have litters of puppies like this in a clean, healthy, environment in the house. And, we have a small grooming shop and boarding kennel, so we're at work in our kennel anyway. Mike and Lucy generally begin their day with the puppies at about 6 am, and finish up about 5 pm, with a final walk for the dogs at about 9 pm. The kids, Elizabeth (12), Charles (5), Rachel (3), and Eleanor (2) love to play with the pups. The babysitter has a scheduled time to bring the three little ones out the "shop" to play with puppies every day.
Next Day Pets (www.nextdaypets.com)
Breeders: Tim and Stacy Brock, Rocky Comfort, MO - 43A-3120 Cock-a-poo arrived with Upper Respiratory Infection, Hookworm, Coccidia, ear mites and runny eyes.
This website, like many other puppy sale sites on the internet is nothing more than a place for sellers to post their puppy litter ads and websites. We have looked up the names of a number of breeders selling on this site on the USDA breeder and dealer directories, and most of them have USDA licenses. This means they are puppy mills that supply puppies to the pet shop industry. These are the types of facilities that CAPS investigates on a regular basis.
Puppy Find (www.puppyfind.com)
Importer: Celtic Cavaliers (www.celticcavaliers.com), Palatine, IL
The importer, who is based in the Chicago area, specializes in Cavalier King Charles Spaniels that she imports from Ireland. She claims: "Some of our pedigrees include top bloodlines..." Ireland has numerous puppy farms (puppy mills). Cavalier King Charles Spaniel had pneumonia, coccidia and giardia. The puppy has an open fontanel and is having seizures.
Here is what CAPS board member, Dr. Don Allen, DVM, wrote to the consumer who purchased the very sick Cavalier puppy:
The "breeder" you are dealing with is simply an unscrupulous puppy mill retailer who buys from any source she can find for a pittance and sells for enormous profit. She probably never even sees some of the dogs she buys and sells. I also doubt that her vet examined this puppy. The vet has a conflict of interest. Of course he is paid a fee for his services, and he values that extra income. So he passes nearly every pup. You should file a complaint with the Illinois State Board of Veterinary Medicine (search online) in that he has violated state veterinary code. Two vets in NJ had their licenses suspended for just this thing. It may be good to also file a complaint in Virginia with their veterinary board. You might also file consumer complaints with both states' attorneys general offices (also most are online). Too bad you can't also turn her into the IRS, because I have little doubt that she is claiming all her income.
The open fontanel generally closes shortly after birth on any animal. This is a major defect in your dog. Also, seizures are an indication of inherited epilepsy. There is no test for epilepsy, as it is generally diagnosed through the history of seizure events.
In any event, hang onto Kassidy. She needs your love and compassion. It´s not her fault, and I'm afraid her mother will never see a gentle hand.
Don Allen, DVM
For the most up to date list of online sellers you should visit www.google.com or www.yahoo.com and do a search for "puppies for sale." The following list came back from google in July, 2006:
Online Sellers
- www.anypets.com - anypets.com
- www.breedersdomain.com - Breeders Domain
- www.Breedersclub.net - Breedersclub.net
- www.celebritykennels.com - Celebrity kennels also known as Wizard of Claws
- www.celticcavaliers.com - Celtic Cavaliers imported Irish puppies
- www.crpuppylove.com - CR Puppy Love
- www.cyberpet.com - CyberPet
- www.breedersusa.com - Dog Breeders Directory
- www.dogbreedersdomain.com/ - Dog Breeders Domain
- dog-breeders.biz - dog-breeders.biz
- dogpage.us - dogpage.us
- dogsales.com - dogsales.com
- www.zooclub.biz/puppies4sale - Elite Pets Internet Club Zooclub.biz
- www.divapups.com - Emma Rose's Maltese Diva Pups
- gopetsamerica.com - Go Pets America
- gotpetsonline.com - gotpetsonline.com
- i-love-dogs.com - i-love-dogs.com
- www.nextdaypets.com - Next Day Pets
- mixedbreedpups.com - North Country Kennels
- www.thepetprofessor.com - Pet Professor
- www.petpages.com - Petpages
- www.petpurpose.com - PetPurpose.com
- www.pets4you.com - Pets4You.com
- www.petsell.com - petsell.com
- www.pupcity.com - pupcity.com
- www.puppydogweb.com - Puppy Dog Web.Com - Puppy Shop.Com
- www.puppypurebred.com - Puppy purebread
- dogsforsale.com - PuppyFind.com
- www.puppyfind.com - PuppyFind.com
- www.puppypassport.com - PuppyPassport.com
- www.qualitydogs.com - QualityDogs.com
- www.terrificpets.com - TerrificPets.com
- www.thepuppyshop.com - ThePuppyShop.com
Fact Sheet - Pet Shop Puppies - Companion Animal Protection Society
Written by Super UserFact Sheet - Pet Shop Puppies
Download a PDF copy of this brochure from: FactSheet_petshop_puppies
Pet shops usually buy their puppies from brokers. These brokers get their animals from puppy mills - commercial breeding establishments that mass-produce dogs for resale. Most puppy mills and brokers arein the Midwest Pennsylvania and New York.
Neither puppy mills nor pet shops properly socialize their puppies. They raise their puppies in tight and often cramped dirty cages - not warm home-enriched environments.
In these conditions they lack the benefits of fresh air, exercise, play with lots of positive human contact - all of basic necessities that every puppy needs to be able to grow into a well-adjusted adult dog.
Unsound puppy mill breeding practices predispose puppies to both painful hereditary medical and
physical afflictions such as: hip dysplasia, luxating patellas (dislocating kneecaps), eye maladies, and
aggressive behavior. Life-threatening genetic conditions, such as liver and heart diseases, autoimmune
disorders, and seizures can also result from careless breeding. Many genetic defects may not show up for
months or even years.
Pet shops usually do not provide information on common genetic disorders prevalent in certain breeds - such as hip dysplasia found in German Shepherds, Labrador Retrievers and Golden Retrievers.
Pet shops do not provide copies of these important health certificates: Orthopedic Foundation for Animals (OFA) on the hips of both parents; the Canine Eye Registration Foundation (CERF) on the eyes of both parents.
Pet shop and puppy mill puppies are often exposed to numerous animals at puppy mills and brokerage
facilities, during transportation by truck, van, or airplane and ultimately at pet shops. Thereby these
puppies are commonly exposed to a variety of illnesses. Moreover, the stress from transportation makes
them even more susceptible to disease.
- Pet shop puppies commonly develop worms and contract upper respiratory infections, ear and eye infections, mange, coccidia or giardia. Some of these maladies can be transmitted to humans.
- Pet shop puppies are prone to parvovirus and distemper. These diseases are highly contagious and usually fatal. Parvovirus symptoms are not immediately detectable, so a puppy with parvo may share a cage with a healthy puppy and spread the disease.
- Pet shops normally place very sick or deformed puppies in isolation - usually a depressing back room.
- These already compromised animals are held in conditions with poor air circulation and their germs are spread throughout the store.
- While some puppies seem healthy in the pet shop, their disease symptoms sometimes do not appear for several weeks when they are already in a new home.
Puppies frequently die or require euthanasia at puppy mills, brokers' facilities and pet shops.
Pet shops do not screen their buyers. Their business depends on impulse buyers - many pet shops are in
malls - who know very little about dogs. Impulse buyers may not have the proper environment for raising
a puppy. Pet shops rarely ask any of the following necessary questions:
- Will someone be at home during the day?
- Do you live in a house or an apartment?
- Will a dog be allowed indoors, especially at night?
- Do you have a fenced yard?
- Do you have the time required to exercise a dog?
- Do you have children or other animals?
- Do you understand that a dog will be a member of your family for ten years or more?
- Have you had dogs before, and if so, what were your experiences with these dogs?
- Do you have a veterinarian, or do you need a referral?
- Are you prepared to pay for professional grooming if you adopt a dog that needs these services?
Pet shops charge exorbitant prices for puppies - financing is usually available - and earn huge profits
because of substantial markups. For example, an eight-week-old Labrador Retriever from a pet shop can
easily cost around $1,000. If you see a pet shop dog selling for $300 or less, chances are it is more than
three months old and has been sitting in a cage for a least a month.
- Pet shops treat puppies as merchandise that can easily be returned for an exchange or credit toward another dog.
- Most customers, though, become attached to their puppies and will not return them.
- New owners can incur large veterinary bills.
- Most pet shop warranties, however, preclude reimbursement for veterinary expenses unless there is a state lemon law.
Pet shops are anxious to sell animals because they want to sell pertinent supplies. As a rule, they do not
provide the following essential information:
- The significance of spaying or neutering animals
- The benefits of obedience training
- The correct ways to deal with puppy teething
Every year, animal shelters destroy millions of dogs -- including purebreds and puppies -- and cats.
PLEASE adopt a companion animal from your local shelter, humane society, rescue organization
or veterinarian. In addition, many pet supply stores, such as Petsmart or Petco, sponsor adoption
days. You can also find animals to adopt at www.petfinder.com, www.pet-ark.com and
Puppy Mill FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions about Puppy Mills
Q: What are Puppy Mills?
A: Pet shops buy their puppies from brokers. These brokers get their animals from puppy mills. A puppy mill is a commercial breeding kennel that mass-produces dogs in usually cramped, crude, filthy conditions for resale. The constant confinement and a lack of adequate veterinary care and socialization often result in animals who are unhealthy and difficult to socialize.
Q: How Do Puppy Mills Operate?
A: Puppy mills operate like a business, except instead of car parts or shampoo, the "goods" produced are puppies to be sold to consumers. This dog business is much like any other business in that there are three basic operating principals; the increase of goods, the decrease of costs, and the maximization of profits. In puppy mills dogs are bred for quantity, not quality. As direct result, breeders, brokers, and pet stores ensure maximum profits by not spending money for proper food, housing, or veterinary care.
Q: Where Do Puppy Mill Dogs Live?
A: To save money on the cost of housing dogs,puppy mill kennels can consist of anything from small cages made of wood and wire mesh to tractor-trailer cabs or simple tethers attached to trees. Because of this make-shift housing, mothers and puppies often suffer from year-round exposure to temperature extremes.
Q: How Many Litters Can A Mother Dog Produce?
A: Female dogs are constantly bred and are often destroyed when they are no longer able to produce puppies. Because of this continuous breeding, mothers and their litters often suffer from malnutrition, chronic stress, and exhaustion. To save on costs, the mothers rarely receive proper, if any veterinary care.
Q: I got a puppy from the pet store, but she's really sick, what happened?
A: Much like livestock, puppies are taken from their mothers at a young age and sold to brokers who pack them into crates for transport and resale to pet stores. Both sick and healthy puppies are packed into pickup trucks, tractor trailers, and/or airplanes. Puppies who are shipped like commodities from mill to broker, from broker to pet store can travel hundreds of miles often without adequate food, water, ventilation, or shelter. By the time the puppy has reached the pet store, they have survived the unsanitary conditionsat puppy mills and the grueling transport to the pet stores, they have rarely received the kind of loving human contact that is necessary for them to become suitable companions.
Q: Why are so many of these pet store dogs ending up in animal shelters?
A: Due to inbreeding and over-breeding, unmonitored genetic defects and personality disorders, often passed on from generation to generation, are common. Pet shop customers can end up with very high veterinary bills. Often these sick, unsociable, or maladjusted dogs are abandoned within weeks or months of their adoption by frustrated buyers—furthering the companion animal overpopulation crisis.
Q: What happens to all of those breeds of dogs I see in the movies?
A: Some people impulsively obtain purebred dogs, even though they may not be ready for the commitment that animal companions require. Movies, TV shows, and commercials have caused a jump in the popularity of certain breeds, yet very few potential dog caretakers take the time to investigate the traits and needs of the breed that they are considering. Dog breeders see this as an opportunity for a profit. When there is a surge in demand for a particular breed, puppy mills try to meet that demand, but when Jack Russell te rriers don't turn out to be just like Frasier's "Eddie" or St. Bernards don't act just like "Beethoven," rescue groups and animal shelters become flooded with these breeds.
Q: Doesn't the AKC (American Kennel Club) help consumers purchase good dogs?
A: The AKC, which opposes mandatory spay/neuter programs for purebred dogs, receives millions of dollars from breeders who pay AKC registration fees. Buyers may be swayed by talk of "papers" and "AKC registration," but these papers cannot ensure good temperament or good health.
Q: Ask yourself - do we adopt our children from commercial child-breeding facilities?
A: The answer and the decision is yours, but is it all that different to adopt dogs from puppy mills or get cats from catteries rather than going through an adoption facility?
Q: What Can I Do To Help?
A: Save A Life. Every year, animal shelters destroy millions of dogs -- including purebreds and puppies -- and cats. PLEASE adopt a companion animal from your local shelter, humane society, rescue organization or veterinarian. You can also find animals to adopt at www.petfinder.com, www.pet-ark.com and www.pets911.com
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- Pet shops and puppy mills
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- Puppy mills investigated by CAPS / Read puppy mill investigation reports
- Report abuse in puppy mills
- Lobby against puppy mills / What can I do to help eliminate puppy mills?
- Stop puppy mills now!