Amish & Mennonite Puppymills

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New York Post article on puppy mills in Amish country:

"Inside the picturesque barns and wooden fences of Amish country, pedigree puppies are bred by the tens of thousands, many living in a hellish world of filthy, crowded cages. They are 'puppy mill' puppies, and they bring in $4 million a year for the 100 Amish and Mennonite farmers who supply boutique dog-shop markets, including at least two New York dealers, the ASPCA says. 'It's not just some cottage industry by people who sell bread-and-butter pickles by the roadside,' said Roger Caras, ASPCA executive director. The farmers sell 20,000 puppies a year to wholesalers for an average $223 a pup, government records show. And it's making some of these quaint farmers quite rich. U.S. Department of Agriculture documents show that one farmer in the town of Blue Ball sold 1,293 puppies last year for an estimated $290,000 though federal inspectors have cited his farm for numerous violations since 1992 including overcrowded cages and inadequate sanitation, pest control, feeding and watering of animals. 'Then these sickly, genetic nightmares are delivered to the upscale pet shops,' Caras said. 'They given them a bath and blow dry them and fluff them up and pray they don't die before they're sold,' for $1,000 or more each."
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You may think that the Amish just make quilts, bake breads and make homemade jams.
And I'm sure that some of them do.
Some of them also do something else. They mill dogs and puppies in the worst of the worst ways.
The Amish truly are among the worst of the offenders in the way that they treat their animals, both dogs and horses.

This is more about it on Google.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&i...=Google+Search

Amish puppy millers have personally told me that God gave them animals to "make a living off of" and no man or government is going to tell them how to treat their animals.
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(The following pics were taken with permission of the owner today.)
All (these dogs) have been on wire (all their lives, both indoors and outside) and have splayed feet.












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