Wexford's Diary

Oprah Show on Puppy Mills!

Taken from www.aspca.org/puppymills

"On Friday, April 4, Oprah Winfrey is bringing to light the horrors of puppy mills to her millions of viewers. Oprah’s undercover investigator, Lisa Ling, went undercover into a handful of Pennsylvania’s puppy mills to expose the realities of this cruel industry. National attention to the realities of the puppy mill industry is long overdue!

Thousands of puppy mills exist all over the United States, with particularly high concentrations in Missouri and Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The numbers also appear to be increasing in other areas, including upstate New York, Ohio and Oklahoma. Dogs rescued from puppy mills have been documented to exhibit a wide array of veterinary and behavioral problems, including severe malnutrition, rotting teeth and severe periodontal disease, extreme matting of fur sometimes leading to skin lesions, mange, flea, tick, and parasite infestations, and serious foot and leg injuries from living an entire life on wire mesh flooring. Female dogs in puppy mills are typically bred at every opportunity until they are physically spent and can no longer reproduce. Puppy mill dogs live out their entire lives in tiny enclosures, never having a chance to get out of their cages for exercise or socialization. Ling’s undercover investigation shows the horrors that these dogs must endure, day in and day out."
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