Info About Pet Shops And Puppy Farms?

[mr.mister]

Hi there, guys.

My next assignment in my Design course is to design an ad for a cause - and I've chosen pet shops and puppy farms. As well as designing the ad, I need to put together an essay with hard facts and statistics. So far in my internet searches I've found websites that explain why puppy farms are bad, but do not necessarily have any sources, cited facts or statistics. Are there any sites out there that supply no-frills information on the subject that is cited and reliable? If anybody has any links, it would be much appreciated.

Thanks everyone.

[Leelaa17]

hiya mr mister!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puppy_mill

I typed in 'puppy farms' into google and went to the wikipedia site which is 'puppy mill' - if you scroll down to the bottom you will be hit with a lot of references that the people on wiki have used to cite the site (lol).

now I think there are a lot of American references but you may still be able to use some.

hope this helps

[Lillynix]

I'm on my phone at the moment so it's a bit hard to check the website properly for referencing, but this us my 'go to' website: http://www.wheredopu...an-puppy-mills/

Edited May 25, 2011 by Lillynix

[Dogsrawesome]

What a cool assignment sorry i cant help

[Christina]

Very difficult to get numbers/statistics etc as so much of this kind of thing is undercover/hidden. They don't exactly advertise the facts.

Maybe start here http://www.alv.org.au/storyarchive/0504prisoners/index.php

They may be able to give you specifics if you contact them.

Good luck.

[MavericksMission]

Could try contacting Oscar's Law maybe?

Oscar's Law, they also have a facebook page.

[mr.mister]

Thankyou so much all. :D

[Jam4na]

Try the RSPCA they have info and a petition going to close those nasty farms down

[Muttaburra]

Here's a few links from my files

saynotoanimalsinpetshops.com

Say No To Animals In Pet Shops - ways to help

petrescue.com.au

abc.net.au story link

www.news.com.au/heraldsun

[yellowgirl]

All the best with your assignment MM. Very good topic you've chosen

[mr.mister]

Another question - does anybody know the 'regulating' body of pet shops and puppy farms? Is it the PIAA? I'm not 100% sure so thought I would ask. It's very hard to search for something when you don't know its name.

[tdierikx]

PIAA can only "regulate" their members' pet shops... plenty of pet shops out there that aren't members of the PIAA... and the only thing the PIAA can really do to their members is revoke their memberships... *sigh*

Wouldn't they be regulated by Animal Welfare Acts, POCTAA, and various other state run government bodies like the DLG in NSW? Not to mention Fair Trading, etc...

T.

[Mystiqview]

Dare I say it.. Also try the RSPCA and Animal Welfare League up here in Qld. I remember AWL pushing to have compulsary desexing of all dogs and cats and other stuff before our Animal Management (Dogs and Cats) Act 2008 came in. There was also a big community input phase where DPI also were handling certain aspects.

They may have some information tht may be of assistance. Sorry do not have a website.

Do a search for the public consultation phase to that Legislation: It may point you in a diretion of who to contact.

Here is some things I found: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CBkQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dlgp.qld.gov.au%2Fresources%2Fnewsletter%2Flgbulletin%2F2008%2F1608-consultation-animal-management-bill-2008.pdf&rct=j&q=animal%20management%20act%202008%20consultation&ei=CsXkTfSaCITcvwOs8bSTBw&usg=AFQjCNGlThmbMPmGTlA87WviXYqpctGp-A&cad=rja

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=7&ved=0CD8QFjAG&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ndn.org.au%2Ffiles%2FSummitProceedings%2F9.45-QLD-Bill.pdf&rct=j&q=animal%20management%20act%202008%20consultation&ei=CsXkTfSaCITcvwOs8bSTBw&usg=AFQjCNEts9xWf7-aWnUeHqvMjdFmpgFOog&cad=rja

http://deathrowpets.wordpress.com/2011/03/31/update-from-national-rspca-on-stop-puppy-farm-campaign/