Puppy Mill Legislation

Your Help Is Needed!

We have an opportunity to help hundreds of thousands of dogs serving life sentences in puppy mills. I ask you to reach out to your state representatives and encourage them to vote in favor of the Puppy Protection Act (Bill H.R. 1624). It will only take a few minutes.

Photo by Susannah Kay (SusannahKay.com)

If passed, the Puppy Protection Act will require puppy millers to provide:

• Increased enclosure sizes to allow dogs to stretch out.

• Solid flooring as opposed to wire flooring.

• Continuous access to potable water.

• Exercise. Most puppy mill dogs live in cages or small enclosures 24/7.

• Consistent feeding. Talk about a basic need!

• Better protection from extreme temperatures.

• Meaningful socialization with humans and compatible dogs for at least 30 minutes each day.

• Adequate veterinary care.

• Breeding limits, so dogs are not bred on every single heat cycle.

• Reasonable efforts to rehome retired dogs instead of discarding or killing them.

While eradication of puppy mills altogether is the ideal outcome, the Puppy Protection Act stands to make a difference.

Please call or write your state representatives — better yet, do both — and urge them to pass bill H.R. 1624. By the way, this a bipartisan bill! Here’s a sample letter you can use along with a quick, easy way to find your representative’s phone number and email address. I’ve heard representatives say that, even just a few phone calls and emails from constituents are influential.

Once you’ve contacted your state representative, please let me know.

Thank you for helping puppy mill dogs!