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

Do Not Buy Your cucciolo From a Pet Store

That cucciolo who Streghe#The power of three te through the pet negozio window has most likely come from a large-scale, substandard commercial breeding facility, commonly known as a cucciolo mill. In these facilities, parent Cani are caged and bred as often as possible, and give birth to Cuccioli who could have costly medical problems te might not become aware of until after te bring your new pet home.

Make Adoption Your First Option

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

Internet Buyers, Beware!

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

Share Your cucciolo Mill Story with the ASPCA

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

Speak Out!

Inform your state and federal legislators that te are disturbed da the inhumane treatment of Cani in cucciolo mills, and would like to see legislation passed that ensures that all animali bred to be pets are raised in healthy conditions. te can keep up-to-date about current legislation to ban cucciolo mills da joining the ASPCA Advocacy Brigade.

Tell Your Friends

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

Think Globally

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

Act Locally!

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