When we
showed you photographs of "commercial breeder" dogs in Wisconsin and
asked,
IS THIS OK WITH YOU?
the answer was a resounding:
NO, IT IS NOT OK WITH US!
"NO, it is NOT OK
with us!" from the legislative committees who voted unanimously to send
AB-250/SB-208 on to the full legislature, with recommendations to pass as
amended.
"NO, it is NOT OK
with us!" from the full Assembly, who voted unanimously to pass
AB-250.
"NO, it is NOT OK
with us!" from the Joint Finance Committee, who voted unanimously to pass
SB-208 on to the full Senate, with recommendations to pass.
"NO, it is NOT OK
with us!" from the full Senate, who voted unanimously to pass the bill
into law.
"NO, it is NOT OK
with me!" from the Governor Doyle, who, with his signature on 1 December
2009, turned the Commercial Dog Breeders Licensure Bill into the Commercial Dog
Breeders Licensure LAW.
THANK YOU, WISCONSIN, for doing
undercover investigations, authoring articles, sending photographs, circulating
and signing petitions, protesting in rain and snow and hot sun, raising funds
and donating services, helping get the word out about puppymills and lending
moral support when we suffered setbacks. Thank you for your thousands of
emails, letters, and phone calls to your legislators, letting them know that
puppymills are NOT OK with YOU! History is being made in Wisconsin, and you are
all a huge part of it.
Today, we celebrate. Tomorrow, we go
back to work -- have you thought about what comes next for the puppy mill
breeder dogs in Wisconsin? WE have.
There will still be abuses; there
will still be dogs needing our help. And, as those millers who find regulation
too "expensive" start shutting down, there will be hundreds, possibly
thousands of dogs, who will need vet care, rehabilitation, interim housing, and
new homes.
With your help, Wisconsin Puppy Mill
Project will be there for them, the rescues and shelters who take them in, and
the wonderful people who adopt them!
We'll keep you posted as events
unfold, and let you know how you can help. Meanwhile, we have a great way for
you to shop for your dog-loving friends and help out puppymill dogs at the same
time. (PS -- if you ask, we can also add cat-themed, horse-themed, and general
items to our store!)
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About the
Wisconsin Puppy Mill Project:
The Wisconsin
Puppy Mill Project is a 501(c)3 registered non-profit. Our goal is to offer a
valuable educational resouce for:
- those seeking to end the institutionalized form of animal
cruelty known as "puppy mills"
- those looking for ways to fight abuse in their own
neighborhoods
- those wishing to add a healthy, loving, animal companion to
their families
Members of our
group started working to alleviate the suffering of mill dogs in 1999 and
officially organized as the Wisconsin Puppy Mill Project, Inc., in 2004. Our
mission is to educate the public about puppy mills, to prevent cruelty to
animals, to foster understanding of responsible pet acquisition and ownership,
and to promote adoption of homeless companion animals.
 This website is
dedicated to Mr. Peabody. Pea was bred and born in a Wisconsin puppy mill, and
languished in a filthy cage in a Wisconsin pet store, at the mercy of
neglectful and sometimes abusive sales people. Even though he finally found a
loving home, there was no "happy ending." Pea suffered from poor
breeding, chronic health problems, and emotional scars due to his background,
for all of his six years.
It is because of
Pea that the Wisconsin Puppy Mill Project exists. It is because of Pea and dogs
like him that Wisconsin puppy mills will someday CEASE to exist.
It's easy for
people to shake their heads and murmur how terrible all this is, but it doesn't
affect THEM. One of our goals is to show that the problems of pet profiteering
affects EVERYBODY, one way or the other.
We also want to
help people find healthy, loving, lifelong animal companions. We would prefer
that everyone adopt from shelters and rescues, but also want to give you the
information you need to choose a reputable breeder.
And, of course, we
hope to enlist your aid in putting an end to the form of institutionalized
animal cruelty known as "puppy mills."
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"...if one person is
unkind to an animal, it is considered to be cruelty, but where a lot of people
are unkind to animals, especially in the name of commerce, the cruelty is
condoned and, once sums of money are at stake, will be defended to the last by
otherwise intelligent people." -- Ruth Harrison
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