However, if people are determined to buy an animal, we suggest that they always buy from a reputable breeder, that they insist on seeing the mother of the puppies, that they check that the puppy is healthy, has had their injections and is at least eight weeks old before they leaves their mother. We strongly recommend avoiding buying from online classified sites especially from people advertising different breeds of puppies for sale and from pet shops, which may be supplied by puppy farms.
Do your homework before choosing your new furry friend to help put an end to puppy farm abuse. How is puppy farming legal? We always recommend adopting a rescued animal rather than buying one. While I question the accuracy of this figure i. That is, So, if we extrapolate that We will start with the theory that 93, dogs are being killed in shelters in Australia each year. This is a rough, and probably generous, estimate. Australia has over 23 million people.
This means, that if 0. With 90, extra dogs available, we just have to bump this figure up to 2. There are about 3. This is significant because:. Dogs are typically owned by people. While it is common for cats to live in free-ranging communities and never have a true owners, dogs are not the case.
When a dog becomes lost, typically, there is a home trying to find them. So the good news is that we can try to get these 93, back to their original home instead of into a new home. Shelters can:. Many argue that there is an overpopulation of dogs because dogs are dying in shelters. This is not evidence of an overpopulation problem. Shelter killing is the result of shelters killing. Shelter killing is a choice that shelters make.
They choose to not actively pursue reclaims, they choose to not market animals to get them into new homes, and, then claim they have no choice but to kill their charges. We may use it to provide you with information, services and products.
Without your information, we may not be able to provide you with the requested services or products, or with information about campaigns, activities, products and services that you may be interested in. We may disclose your information to state and territory RSPCA organisations which are members of RSPCA Australia, and those organisations will use your information in accordance with their privacy policies.
We will also disclose your information when legally required. In some cases we use third parties to manage our data collection and storage, some of who may store information overseas. However, while these law changes will help in the fight against irresponsible breeders and puppy farms, the onus remains on you, the buyer, to be vigilant when checking the integrity of a breeder.
Find out more about these new laws and regulations. Puppy factories Think about the mothers.
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