I’m not sure i see what’s so bad about animal planet’s airing of Petland’s buying and selling puppy mill puppies. Most american’s STILL continue to buy from pet stores despite warnings, advice, thousands of shelter dogs dying, and watching their friends’ dogs die or get put down b/c of bad breeding/care. I don’t care what petland says, their dogs come from puppy mills. the only way they can get around it is that they might technically buy from brokers. And USDA licensed facilities may or may not actually get inspected 1x/year. I’ve known USDA inspectors to “inspect” places over the phone! Just b/c they’re licensed doesn’t mean they aren’t puppy mills, and it doens’t improve their breeding practices.

I am glad I was enlightened about HSUS.  I have been contributing monthly for 2 years. 

  I have only wanted to help the animals.  There is a animal shelter here which is where my contribution will now go.

Thanks for spreading the word.

Why? Because why would anyone listen to a group that employs lies, misrepresentation and fraud? That lies on its tax forms? That purposely attempts to deceive people into contributing $$?

There is no such thing as a “mill.” There are large kennels and there are substandard kennels. If a small kennel is substandard, if a medium kennel is substandard, then it is. Let’s call a spade a spade. The word mill has nothing to do with it but is used by HSUS on purpose to emotionally get a reaction.

Obtaining that *reaction* emotionally is purposely done as a marketing ploy. Going to court over it doesn’t necessarily mean HSUS wins, in fact HSUS likely *solicited*  pet buyers, as does Best Friends in Utah.
The thought behind “mill” is that HSUS believes no animal is property in the law. So HSUS wants outrage at any “treatment” they don’t believe is up to their standards. We don’t support substandard kennels, but we also don’t believe every large kennel or medium kennel is substandard.

The glittering generality behind all of HSUS is that they get an emotional subject and then blow it up with graphics. That is their fundraising method and if it requires lying or misrepresentation, they will do it. They have done it for decades.

Buying into HSUS propaganda stops many people from thinking on their own. But HSUS knows that. HSUS is like a bad movie that keeps repeating.