1,000 dogs rescued from mill
Remember: Everytime you buy from a pet store or some “breeders,” these dogs most likely came from a situation like this.
From the Humane Society of the United States:
This past weekend, The Humane Society of the United States led a massive rescue effort to free nearly 1,000 breeding dogs and puppies from one of the most prolific puppy mills in West Virginia.
Please watch our exclusive video that takes you inside the rescue of these hundreds of innocent victims from the deceptively named Whispering Oaks Kennel. Some of the dogs were as young as one day old. (The video can be viewed here. >> https://secure.hsus.org/01/puppy_mill_rescue_wv/nK7NzbS5q5-GJ?source=gabhcu)
Our dedicated staff has set up an emergency shelter and will continue to work with local authorities and other animal protection organizations to provide the loving and medical care these dogs so desperately need. Placement of all dogs has already been coordinated, and they soon will be making their way to humane organizations to be placed in secure homes for the remainder of their lives.
This latest bust follows on the heels of other major successes in our fight against puppy mills. Just two months ago, our animal rescue team saved 750 animals from deplorable conditions at a Tennessee mill. Last November, we saved nearly 1,000 dogs from a southern Virginia mill. And our fight extends to the halls of state legislatures and the U.S. Congress, where we have curbed the worst puppy mill abuses in Louisiana and Virginia and have banned foreign puppy mill imports into the United States.
Tragically, hundreds of thousands of dogs still suffer at the hands of this industry that traps them in a dismal cycle of suffering. These are the animals our rescue teams are trained to save.
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