A lot of people want to stop কুকুরছানা mills, but they don't know how. But if আপনি follow these 8 steps correctly, আপনি and everybody else who did this will be one step closer to ending কুকুরছানা mills, for good.

Do Not Buy Your কুকুরছানা From a Pet Store

That কুকুরছানা who চার্মড্‌ আপনি through the pet ভান্দার window has most likely come from a large-scale, substandard commercial breeding facility, commonly known as a কুকুরছানা mill. In these facilities, parent সারমেয় are caged and bred as often as possible, and give birth to কুকুরছানা who could have costly medical problems আপনি might not become aware of until after আপনি bring your new pet home.

Make Adoption Your First Option

If you’re looking to make a কুকুরছানা part of your family, check your local shelters first. Not only will আপনি be saving a life, but আপনি will ensure that your money is not going to support a কুকুরছানা mill. There are many সারমেয় waiting for homes in shelters all across the country—and an estimated one in four is a purebred! Your সেকেন্ড option is breed rescue. If your হৃদয় is set on a specific breed আপনি haven’t been able to find in a shelter, আপনি can do an Internet খুঁজুন for a breed-specific rescue organization.

Internet Buyers, Beware!

Buying a কুকুরছানা from the Internet is as risky as buying from a pet store. If আপনি buy a কুকুরছানা based on a picture and a phone call, আপনি have no way of seeing the puppy’s breeding premises অথবা meeting his parents. And those who sell জন্তু জানোয়ার on the Internet are not held to the Animal Welfare Act regulations, and so are not inspected দ্বারা the USDA.

Share Your কুকুরছানা Mill Story with the ASPCA

If আপনি have—or think আপনি have—purchased a puppy-mill puppy, please tell us your story. Every bit of evidence gives us আরো power to get legislation passed that will ban কুকুরছানা mills.

Speak Out!

Inform your state and federal legislators that আপনি are disturbed দ্বারা the inhumane treatment of সারমেয় in কুকুরছানা mills, and would like to see legislation passed that ensures that all জন্তু জানোয়ার bred to be pets are raised in healthy conditions. আপনি can keep up-to-date about current legislation to ban কুকুরছানা mills দ্বারা joining the ASPCA Advocacy Brigade.

Tell Your Friends

If someone আপনি know is planning on buying a puppy, please direct them to our কুকুরছানা mill information at ASPCA.org. Let them know that there are perfectly healthy সারমেয় in shelters waiting to be adopted.

Think Globally

Have a webpage, a MySpace page অথবা a blog? Use these powerful tools to inform people about কুকুরছানা mill cruelty দ্বারা adding a link to our কুকুরছানা mill information at ASPCA.org.

Act Locally!

When people are looking to buy অথবা adopt a pet, they will often ask the উপদেশ of their veterinarian, groomer অথবা pet supply store.Print flyers and ask to leave them in the offices of your local practitioners.