SCVNews.com | Feeling/Commentary: Pup Mills: Purchaser Beware | Marcia Mayeda
Buyer Beware
Marcia Mayeda, director of Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Command.
Thirty many years back, I led an animal shelter in Topeka, Kansas and we were being usually named on to assist when authorities raided unlawful and inhumane puppy mills. These neglected, unwell animals required secure havens wherever they could receive remedy and in the end be positioned for adoption. We accepted this difficult and heartbreaking duty simply because of the compelling need to have to help save these animals and assist stem the fraud perpetrated on unsuspecting purchasers of their offspring.
The recollections of the atrocities I witnessed as I labored together with Point out inspectors, veterinarians, and animal welfare colleagues at these places continue to haunt me to this working day. The gross and callous disregard for basic animal demands and extreme suffering were unconscionable.
The Humane Culture of the United States (HSUS) defines: