Wisconsin Puppy Mill Project, Inc.

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     Puppy Mill Survivors: Caring For Unsocialized Mill Dogs

• Printer Friendly Version: Puppy Mill Survivors: Caring For Unsocialized Mill Dogs (PDF)

     Oppose legislative draft LRB 2829/3

      Breeders With Pride: Responsible Breeders Speak Out

• Breeders With Pride: Responsible Breeders Speak Out, Printer Friendly Version (PDF)

     WPMP Position Paper on PETLAND Pet Shops

     TAKE ACTION!

• Write your state legislators

• Spread the word: Bumper Stickers, Window Signs, and Flyers

• Round Table Discussions

• Make A Donation

• Sign or Circulate a petition

• Paper Petition Page (PDF)

• Window Sign (PDF)

• Bumper Sticker order form (PDF)

• Judi's Flyer (PDF)

• Legislative Brief: History of the PFL (PDF)

     In the News: Recent Media Coverage of WI Puppy Mills.

    Animal Planet's Victoria Stilwell speaks out against Puppy Mills. 

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     What is a Puppy Mill?

• Fozie Bear's Story -- Song and Slide Show (MySpace Videos)

• Puppy Mill Links

• Video: A Tribute To Mill Dogs (A New Start on Life website)

     WPMP in the Field:   

• Make A Donation

• April 2006: Drive To Save Lives!

  • The Situation

  • The Intervention

  • The Follow-up

  • The Statistics

  • How to Help

  • Happy Endings

  • Afterword: One year later

  • Drive To Save Lives Photo Album

• Don't Buy the Lies: Thorp Dog Auction, 10 March 07

  • It's All About the Money

  • Max the Boxer: What is Brucellosis?

  • Rabies Vaccine / Cert. of Health

  • Josie's Diary

  • Print Version: Josie's Diary (PDF)

  • The Dogs

  • The Statistics

  • Thorp Dog Auction Scrapbook

  • West Bend Daily News: Humane Society buys 14 puppy mill dogs

  • Eau Claire Leader-Telegram: Protesters dog auctioneers

  • Appleton Post-Crescent: Donor helps rescue dogs headed to 'puppy mills'

  • Leader Telegram: Going once, twice, sold — and safe

     Guide to Finding a Pet

• Red Flags: Disreputable Breeders

• Identifying a Quality Breeder

• What Does AKC/ UKC/ Breed Registration Really Mean?

• Downloadable Fact Sheets

• Red Flags: Warning Signs When Dealing With a "Breeder" (pdf)

• Identifying a Quality Breeder pdf)

• Guide to Finding the Perfect Pet (pdf)

• WPMP Brochure (pdf)

     Puppy Mills and the Law:

• WI Certified Humane Officers

  • Wisconsin Humane Officers list (pdf)

  • WI Stat 173: Humane Officers (pdf)

  • Humane Officer Training & Certification (pdf)

• Existing WI "Crimes Against Animals" statutes

  • Chapter 951: Crimes Against Animals (pdf)

  • Acrobat Reader       

     What YOU Can Do:

• Make A Donation

• Reporting Animal Cruelty

• Sample Classified Ads

• Imaginative Fund-Raising

• A Step in the Right Direction: A Successful Abuse Prosecution

     The Health Connection:

• Pet Stores, Breeding Factories, and Zoonotic Diseases

• Rabies In WI: Why vaccine is so important

• Max the Boxer: What is Brucellosis?

• Pet Stores: NOT for the Birds!

• Monkeypox: the Case for Stricter Regulation

     Meet the Millers:

• Gerald Schulz, Pretty Penny Kennels

  • Interview with a WI "Puppy Farmer"

  • WTMJ News Video: Inside a Puppy Mill (Windows Media Format)

  • Inside A Wisconsin "Puppy Farm"

    Photo:  Pretty Penny Kennel, Plymouth, WI welping pens and runs Photo:  Pretty Penny Kennel, Plymouth, WI Indoor welping pens Photo:  Pretty Penny Kennel, Plymouth, WI Dalmatian mama in welping pen Photo:  Pretty Penny Kennel, Plymouth, WI Run-off from dog pens Photo:  Pretty Penny Kennel, Plymouth, WI Puppy in outside cage Photo:  Pretty Penny Kennel, Plymouth, WI mama hound

    Photo:  Pretty Penny Kennel, Plymouth, WI Dalmatian with suspected mastitis,described in A Visit to A Wisconsin "Puppy Farm" Photo:  Pretty Penny Kennel, Plymouth, WI Mama Corgi and pups in outside wire cage. Photo:  Pretty Penny Kennel, Plymouth, WI Small paws/large mesh; a close-up view of an outside pen. Photo: Goodbye, Mama -- Pretty Penny Kennel, Plymouth, WI

  • Mill Memo -- Pretty Penny update, 4 August 2006

  • Scratch's Story

    • Scratch's Scrapbook

  • Goldie's Story

• Yvonne Skinner, Woodland Pets Kennel:

  • The Story of Mr. Peabody, a WI Puppymill "Product."

     Counting the Costs:

• Indy's Story: AKC "papers" do not guarantee a healthy puppy

• Rascal the Dumpster Dog

• Jo, a breeder "reject"

• Henrietta: an Unsocialized Puppymill/Pet Store Puppy

• Shay Shay, a rescue

     From the Heart: Stories and Poems

• "Can Anybody Help My Cousin Sadie?"

• "Before I Die"

• Humane Minded: An Essay

     Picture This: Our Photo Album

• Photo #1:  Monroe County, WI — dogs in wire cages

• Photo #19:  Indy, whose AKC papers did not guarantee a healthy puppy

• Photo # 2:  Monroe County, WI — Overview

• Photo #20:  Rascal, the liver Boston Terrier who was rescued from the dumpster at a puppy mill auction

• Photo # 3:  Pretty Penny Kennel, Plymouth, WI — welping pens and runs

• Photo #21:  Pet Store Parakeets

• Photo # 4:  Pretty Penny Kennel, Plymouth, WI — Indoor welping pens

• Photo #22:  Blue and Gold Macaw

• Photo # 5:  Pretty Penny Kennel, Plymouth, WI — Dalmatian mama in welping pen

• Photo #23:  Green Wing Macaw (very similar to Scarlet Macaw)

• Photo # 6:  Pretty Penny Kennel, Plymouth, WI — Run-off from dog pens

• Photo #24:  The Signs are Everywhere

• Photo # 7:  Pretty Penny Kennel, Plymouth, WI — Puppy in outside cage

• Photo #25:  A Different Kind of Sign

• Photo # 8:  Pretty Penny Kennel, Plymouth, WI — Dalmatian with suspected mastitis,described in A Visit to A Wisconsin "Puppy Farm"

• Photo #26:  Henrietta: An Anti-Social Puppymill/Pet Store Puppy

• Photo #9:  Pretty Penny Kennel, Plymouth, WI — mama hound

• Photo #27:  There are GOOD Petstores!

• Photo # 10:  Pretty Penny Kennel, Plymouth, WI — Mama Corgi and pups in outside wire cage.

• Photo #28:  Coco was rescued from a hoarder situation.

• Photo #11:  Pretty Penny Kennel, Plymouth, WI — Small paws/large mesh; a close-up view of an outside pen.

• Photo #29:  Hoss, the garage-sale puppy.

• Photo #12: Goodbye, Mama -- Pretty Penny Kennel, Plymouth, WI

• Photo #30:  The Three Amigoes

• Photo #13:  Mr. Peabody, a WI puppymill /pet store "product", to whom we dedicate this site.

• Photo # 31: Market Day -- dogs unloaded for sale at the Thorp dog auction.

• Photo #14:  Dumplin', a rescue

• Photo # 32: To Market -- Thorp dog auction, 22 Sept 07

• Photo #15:  A careless backyard breeder's "mistakes"

• Photo # 33: To Market, to Market -- Detail of preceeding photo

• Photo #16:  Shay Shay, a rescue

• Photo #34: From one mill to another.

• Photo # 17:  Jo, a breeder "reject"

• Photo # 35: Message from Above -- Thorp dog auction protest, 22 Sept 07

• Photo #18:  Conditions at a Cat Breeding Facility

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