Puppy mill puppies rescued
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- November
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More news today from the Best Friends Animal Society:
Approximately 150 cast-off puppy mill dogs from a number of Midwest states are safe today after being transported by Best Friends Animal Society and delivered to North Shore Animal League America. After thorough medical evaluations, much-needed grooming, and a lot of TLC, they eventually will be available for adoption at the Animal League and through local rescue groups, hopefully in time to spend the holidays with their new families.
After a long, cross-country journey, they were delivered this morning to the Animal League in Port Washington by Best Friends Animal Society, which arranged for the release and provided transport of the dogs. While the majority of the dogs will remain at North Shore Animal League America, two other animal welfare organizations—Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons, Wainscott, NY and Noah’s Ark Animal Welfare Association, Ledgewood, NJ—will provide homes for the dogs until they are adopted.
Among the rescued dogs Best Friends delivered, are adults that were used for breeding, adolescents and puppies, including various breeds such asdachshunds, Westies, French bulldogs, poodles, Boston terriers, beagles, Brussels griffons and bichon frises.
“Just because the puppy mill staff decide that these dogs are no longer profitable doesn’t mean they deserve to be discarded. We are glad to offer them a second chance at a new life,” said Kelli Ohrtman, campaign specialist for Best Friends Animal Society, which funded the transport of the dogs to the New York area through its “Pup My Ride” transportation program. “Many of these dogs will be walking on grass, playing with toys, eating treats and being held and cuddled for the first time in their lives.”
The rescue and transport of the dogs are part of Best Friends Animal Society’s “Puppies Aren’t Products” national campaign, which also targets the retail end of the puppy mill industry through informational demonstrations at New York puppy emporiums. Since 2008, the peaceful pet store demonstrations have caused some stores to only offer for sale pets that come from rescue groups and shelters.
The Animal League will announce later in the week when the animals will be available for adoption and advised interested individuals to visit the Animal League website for details.
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on Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 at 6:27 pm by Laurel Babcock.
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Laurel, at the beginning of the year we applied for an adoption of a Yorkie rescued from a puppy mill somewhere in Midwest. I think it was through Oprah’s show(don’t ask). Anyway, it was a doggie with a special needs and we agreed to take anyone, no matter what the needs were. Never got a response. My guess, we didn’t qualify because we are not home enough. Yes, we are both doctors with long hours, but give me a break! I hope they all found their homes. And trust me, this one would be a very caring household. Just a thought.
I hear you. It’s a somewhat understandable irony of many shelters. I faced the same thing when I was considering getting a dog a while back, being single and not home. You’d think they rather the dog have a home. Then again, it’s fair that they want to insure the animals get good homes. I don’t know the answer.