I posted this at the end of TexasRanger's "Interesting Ad" thread, but thought it might get more response as it's own thread.
The puppy sale referred to in the ad is being held at a city-owned facility, the Leon Valley Community Center (San Antonio area) The seller is paying $600 for renting the community center on Sunday. Community Center
Sylvia Gomez is in charge of community center rental. Her email address is [email protected]
Here's my email to Ms. Gomez (please compose your own; nothing worse that canned emails)
Dear Ms. Gomez,
I am very disappointed that the Community Center is being rented to a puppy mill. The company's ad in the paper lists 27 different breeds for sale. I'm sure the seller will say he buys puppies from good breeders, but no responsible breeder allows their puppies to be sold like that.
Puppy mills mass produce puppies in horrible conditions with no concern for the health of the mothers or the puppies. By the way, every puppy mill will "guarantee" the health of their puppies. Read the fine print and you'll see that they'll only "replace" the sick puppy with a new one (which will also be sick, but eventually the buyer will give up).
From the NewsBlaze:
"Puppy mills are commercial dog breeding facilities that confine adult dogs in small, cramped cages and keep them in perpetual cycles of breeding. A female dog will often spend her entire life confined in a cage, producing puppies every heat cycle. When she can no longer reproduce, she is usually destroyed or abandoned.
Puppy mills are flooding the pet market with inbred, unhealthy puppies being sold to unsuspecting buyers in pet stores and through Internet ads. Many of these puppies die soon after being purchased or require the owner to spend thousands of dollars in veterinary care to try to save them.
Puppy mill operators often use misleading ads claiming to be small breeders providing humane conditions and proper care when, in fact, they are confining hundreds of dogs in cruel, filthy conditions without veterinary care and proper nutrition."
It really saddens me that Leon Valley would do business with puppy mills.
Please review the following websites to learn more about puppy mills in the San Antonio area
Adopt Don't Shop San Antonio - PuppyMills - Educate Yourself
The Dog Blog
Hopefully you can cancel the rental.
Thank you,
Bob Dorman
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Please take a moment and send an email to Ms. Gomez, or any other Leon Valley public official you can find.
What would really be great if some San Antonio Chazhounds picketed the sale! Heck, I'll pay the cost of printing up flyers to hand out. Seriously, if you want to do it just let me know where to send the flyers.
The puppy sale referred to in the ad is being held at a city-owned facility, the Leon Valley Community Center (San Antonio area) The seller is paying $600 for renting the community center on Sunday. Community Center
Sylvia Gomez is in charge of community center rental. Her email address is [email protected]
Here's my email to Ms. Gomez (please compose your own; nothing worse that canned emails)
Dear Ms. Gomez,
I am very disappointed that the Community Center is being rented to a puppy mill. The company's ad in the paper lists 27 different breeds for sale. I'm sure the seller will say he buys puppies from good breeders, but no responsible breeder allows their puppies to be sold like that.
Puppy mills mass produce puppies in horrible conditions with no concern for the health of the mothers or the puppies. By the way, every puppy mill will "guarantee" the health of their puppies. Read the fine print and you'll see that they'll only "replace" the sick puppy with a new one (which will also be sick, but eventually the buyer will give up).
From the NewsBlaze:
"Puppy mills are commercial dog breeding facilities that confine adult dogs in small, cramped cages and keep them in perpetual cycles of breeding. A female dog will often spend her entire life confined in a cage, producing puppies every heat cycle. When she can no longer reproduce, she is usually destroyed or abandoned.
Puppy mills are flooding the pet market with inbred, unhealthy puppies being sold to unsuspecting buyers in pet stores and through Internet ads. Many of these puppies die soon after being purchased or require the owner to spend thousands of dollars in veterinary care to try to save them.
Puppy mill operators often use misleading ads claiming to be small breeders providing humane conditions and proper care when, in fact, they are confining hundreds of dogs in cruel, filthy conditions without veterinary care and proper nutrition."
It really saddens me that Leon Valley would do business with puppy mills.
Please review the following websites to learn more about puppy mills in the San Antonio area
Adopt Don't Shop San Antonio - PuppyMills - Educate Yourself
The Dog Blog
Hopefully you can cancel the rental.
Thank you,
Bob Dorman
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Please take a moment and send an email to Ms. Gomez, or any other Leon Valley public official you can find.
What would really be great if some San Antonio Chazhounds picketed the sale! Heck, I'll pay the cost of printing up flyers to hand out. Seriously, if you want to do it just let me know where to send the flyers.
