Lacy Burke is a real estate agent in Santa Monica, California, where
he specializes in Los Angeles County’s Westside real estate.
He has taken up the cause of pet adoption, and made a public plea to the Los Angeles County Animal Services to shut down pet breeding operations that he was aware of. “I didn’t realize how important pet adoption is until I visited a dog breeder,” he said. That visit shocked him: he described seeing dogs kept in filthy, tiny cages. “If these dogs weren’t sick already, they would be soon. They were clearly living sad, painful, and miserable lives.”
According to the Humane Society, such dog breeding operations, known as “puppy mills,” are inhumane facilities, and yet they are reported to supply ninety-nine percent of the puppies sold in pet stores in the United States. These facilities are focused almost exclusively on the bottom line, and as Lacy Burke’s experience bears out, they disregard the health of the dogs they raise. The Humane Society estimates there are at least ten thousand puppy mills in the United States, and fewer than three thousand of them are regulated by Federal authorities.
The experience of seeing such a place first-hand changed Lacy Burke. After his visit he adopted a dog from a local animal shelter, and says it is “the best decision I’ve made in years.” He says his new four-legged friend seemed to understand that she had been rescued. He is now committed to getting the word out on the horror of puppy mills and the need for animal adoption.
Sources:
http://www.humanesociety.org/news/publications/whitepapers/puppy-mill-research.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/
http://www.thepuppymillproject.org/about-puppy-mills/
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He has taken up the cause of pet adoption, and made a public plea to the Los Angeles County Animal Services to shut down pet breeding operations that he was aware of. “I didn’t realize how important pet adoption is until I visited a dog breeder,” he said. That visit shocked him: he described seeing dogs kept in filthy, tiny cages. “If these dogs weren’t sick already, they would be soon. They were clearly living sad, painful, and miserable lives.”
According to the Humane Society, such dog breeding operations, known as “puppy mills,” are inhumane facilities, and yet they are reported to supply ninety-nine percent of the puppies sold in pet stores in the United States. These facilities are focused almost exclusively on the bottom line, and as Lacy Burke’s experience bears out, they disregard the health of the dogs they raise. The Humane Society estimates there are at least ten thousand puppy mills in the United States, and fewer than three thousand of them are regulated by Federal authorities.
The experience of seeing such a place first-hand changed Lacy Burke. After his visit he adopted a dog from a local animal shelter, and says it is “the best decision I’ve made in years.” He says his new four-legged friend seemed to understand that she had been rescued. He is now committed to getting the word out on the horror of puppy mills and the need for animal adoption.
Sources:
http://www.humanesociety.org/news/publications/whitepapers/puppy-mill-research.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/
http://www.thepuppymillproject.org/about-puppy-mills/
Information – http://LArealestateHomes.com; 310-666-9752
Get a Free, Personalized Home Valuation Report at http://MyHomePropValue.com
