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by Nicole Dungan

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Filed under: Animal Cruelty, Animals, Pets, Puppy Factories

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Watch this. Now, do you have a dog? Did you get it from a pet store? Or online?

Oscar weighed just 1.6kg. Pic: Deb Tranter

If you did get your dog from a petshop or ordered it online, there’s a strong chance you have unwittingly bought a dog from a puppy factory.

A puppy factory – like the dark satanic mills which ruthlessly exploited children of the Industrial Revolution – churns out cute designer crossbreeds which we all go goo and gah over. While the puppies mostly go on to have good lives with owners, walkies, grass, toys, food and vet care, the breeding animals do not. They exist for the sole purpose of breeding, and live in appalling conditions, in tiny cages, sometimes with barely enough food and water to sustain their horrible lives.

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amba says:

11:24am | 30/12/11

I have a 2year old daughter and would love to get a snall breed dog to grow up with her and be her best furry friend like i had growing up with my old dog who lived a good 19 years. Ive read a lot of things about puppy farms… Read more »
Yip says:

09:47pm | 20/12/11

@Anthony, your obsession with doing ‘rewarding’ and ‘interesting’ things with jumped-up, de-furred apes is more freakish to the rest of us, I’m sure. I’m glad you feel that you’re better than anyone who believes that animals need protection. I guess saving an overabundant, Earth-destroying, foolish species that is, in truth,… Read more »

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