http://www.spcawake.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Summer_Campaign_2011

So sad They seem to be mostly westies and poodles.

6/24/2011 7:44:55 PM

The General Assembly nearly passed a law to crack down on puppy mills last legislative session, but being a short session and before a contentious election they weren't willing to take on anything too controversial.

Stopping puppy abuse wouldn't be controversial, save for the pork industry getting involved trying to draw the line at it being okay to mistreat puppies, because if they don't pigs could be next. So they decided to hold for a year until a long session when they have more time to deal with stuff, and it would be after the election was over.

Then a new majority took over, whose priorities are more about anti-abortion bills, a constitutional amendment to doubly ban marriage for gay couples (already banned by law, but this could go farther & keep companies from offering benefits & towns from having domestic partner registries, etc), and ending pre-registration for young-almost-of-age voters which keeps the voting electric a little older on average.

Its so annoying that the whims of the pork industry and national politics get in the way of doing the right thing. (Some more discussion of that bill & susie's law here: http://thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=596953&page=1 )

6/24/2011 8:56:04 PM

Yeah that whole thing with the pork industry stepping in really pissed me off when that law was being debated.

6/24/2011 9:27:11 PM

Sad.
Those pictures make me want another poodle. But two dogs is more than enough.

6/25/2011 10:10:41 AM

damn it, now I am going to have to donate some money since I definitely can't take on a third dog

6/25/2011 11:22:44 AM

Most people don't give a shot how pigs are treated, only how they are cooked and what sauce goes on them. People will absolutely lose their shit when a dog gets mistreated. These puppy mills need to be shut down.

6/25/2011 12:34:20 PM

I want paolo

6/25/2011 4:29:51 PM

I donated money to one of the older westies. Poor things

6/25/2011 8:27:42 PM

"puppy mill" is one of those things that, while bad, sounds much worse than it is

6/25/2011 11:12:23 PM

puppy mills, a new alternative fuel:


















































[Edited on June 26, 2011 at 3:09 AM. Reason : boner alert]

6/26/2011 3:03:47 AM

6/26/2011 9:09:59 AM

A story about the mill they raided:

http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/06/29/1308376/puppy-mill-yields-sad-tales.html

Quote :

" Until this month, the dogs, some as old as 6, had spent their lives in filthy cages in a kennel in Caldwell County, near the mountains. Animal control authorities say the facility, Mason Creek Kennels, was a "puppy mill." They raided it two weeks ago, rescuing 276 dogs. When Square Pants, a petite Pomeranian, left the cage for the first time, hewouldn't let anyone pet it. No one had ever tried. The dog has sores all over his body, and his teeth are decayed and loose. But what really gets to Molly Goldston of Saving Grace is that the dog's years of squatting in a cage have given Square Pants emaciated hind legs with barely any muscle mass. "Square Pants is not even square," Goldston said. "

6/29/2011 8:35:29 AM

6/29/2011 9:18:03 AM