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09-05-2006, 07:29 PM
Puppy Mill Awareness Day
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Join Last Chance for Animals and Adopt-A-Pet for Puppy Mill Awareness Day 2006!
What: Puppy Mill Awareness Day
Where: Intercourse Community Park, 3529 Old Philadelphia Pike,
Leacock Township, PA
When: Saturday 9/16/06 10am - 4pm
Who: Special guests include LCA President and Founder Chris DeRose, Poison drummer Rikki Rockett, Dogs Deserve Better Founder Tammy Sneath Grimes, animal law expert Claudine Wilkins and more!”
The Basics: Puppy Mill Awareness Day 2006 is an event aimed at educating consumers and mobilizing activists. This year’s event includes speakers, booths and a protest march through the “Puppy Mill Capital of the East Coast” – Lancaster County. For more information, click here! (http://www.awarenessday.org/ad2006.htm)
(http://awarenessday.org/2006_walk.htm)
We look forward to you joining us at this very special event!
http://www.lcanimal.org/cmpgn/pa/march.jpg
Puppy Mill Awareness Day 2005
http://www.lcanimal.org/cmpgn/pa/PAProduce_logo.jpg
http://www.lcanimal.org/cmpgn/pa/FTR6.jpg Lancaster County, Pennsylvania -- known as “The Puppy Mill Capital of the East Coast” -- has the largest concentration of dog breeders for any county in the United States. Lancaster is commonly recognized for its large Amish population. Although the Amish are known for their very traditional, religious lifestyle, they also own and operate many of the worst puppy mills in Lancaster. Their involvement with these mills brings them millions of dollars each year.
Lancaster’s breeding facilities house an average of 119 dogs, almost twice the national average of 60 dogs per USDA-licensed facility. There were 193 licensed breeding kennels in Lancaster County that produced more that 200,000 animals in 2004. However, even with licensing requirements, it is estimated that half of the breeders in Lancaster County are unlicensed -- which means they are difficult to locate and operate unregulated by the USDA.
Recently, activists in Pennsylvania found evidence of another of Lancaster’s dirty little secrets. Choose from the menu below to read more about what the activists found!
Why Boycott PA Produce? Lancaster’s Dirty Little Secrets (http://www.lcanimal.org/cmpgn/cmpgn_pasecret.htm)
What PA Governor Ed Rendell Has Pledged To Do About Puppy Mills (http://www.lcanimal.org/cmpgn/cmpgn_pagovenor.htm)
Puppy Mill Awareness Day and Dog Walk (http://www.lcanimal.org/cmpgn/cmpgn_pawalk.htm)
What You Can Do (http://www.lcanimal.org/cmpgn/cmpgn_pawhatdo.htm)
http://www.lcanimal.org/cmpgn/pa/puppymiller.jpg
Join Last Chance for Animals and Adopt-A-Pet for Puppy Mill Awareness Day 2006!
What: Puppy Mill Awareness Day
Where: Intercourse Community Park, 3529 Old Philadelphia Pike,
Leacock Township, PA
When: Saturday 9/16/06 10am - 4pm
Who: Special guests include LCA President and Founder Chris DeRose, Poison drummer Rikki Rockett, Dogs Deserve Better Founder Tammy Sneath Grimes, animal law expert Claudine Wilkins and more!”
The Basics: Puppy Mill Awareness Day 2006 is an event aimed at educating consumers and mobilizing activists. This year’s event includes speakers, booths and a protest march through the “Puppy Mill Capital of the East Coast” – Lancaster County. For more information, click here! (http://www.awarenessday.org/ad2006.htm)
(http://awarenessday.org/2006_walk.htm)
We look forward to you joining us at this very special event!
http://www.lcanimal.org/cmpgn/pa/march.jpg
Puppy Mill Awareness Day 2005
http://www.lcanimal.org/cmpgn/pa/PAProduce_logo.jpg
http://www.lcanimal.org/cmpgn/pa/FTR6.jpg Lancaster County, Pennsylvania -- known as “The Puppy Mill Capital of the East Coast” -- has the largest concentration of dog breeders for any county in the United States. Lancaster is commonly recognized for its large Amish population. Although the Amish are known for their very traditional, religious lifestyle, they also own and operate many of the worst puppy mills in Lancaster. Their involvement with these mills brings them millions of dollars each year.
Lancaster’s breeding facilities house an average of 119 dogs, almost twice the national average of 60 dogs per USDA-licensed facility. There were 193 licensed breeding kennels in Lancaster County that produced more that 200,000 animals in 2004. However, even with licensing requirements, it is estimated that half of the breeders in Lancaster County are unlicensed -- which means they are difficult to locate and operate unregulated by the USDA.
Recently, activists in Pennsylvania found evidence of another of Lancaster’s dirty little secrets. Choose from the menu below to read more about what the activists found!
Why Boycott PA Produce? Lancaster’s Dirty Little Secrets (http://www.lcanimal.org/cmpgn/cmpgn_pasecret.htm)
What PA Governor Ed Rendell Has Pledged To Do About Puppy Mills (http://www.lcanimal.org/cmpgn/cmpgn_pagovenor.htm)
Puppy Mill Awareness Day and Dog Walk (http://www.lcanimal.org/cmpgn/cmpgn_pawalk.htm)
What You Can Do (http://www.lcanimal.org/cmpgn/cmpgn_pawhatdo.htm)