Unspeakable Pain: 4 breeding dogs rescued from a puppy mill

[tkdg3r]

You know how they always say, don't buy a puppy from the pet shop because then the puppy mills would have to produce more so as to take the place of the one you bought and you would be responsible for the suffering of another puppy's life?

Well that's not entirely true. You won't be responsible for the suffering of one life. You will be responsible for three. The next puppy and the mother and the father who has to produce that puppy.

You've heard of irresponsible breeding. But what about irresponsible buying? The people who buy puppies from pet shops without bothering about what kind of dirty trade they are supporting. I wouldn't say that we should all adopt and never buy because buying is not wrong. It's where you buy from that makes the difference. (Like blood diamonds). It always takes 2 hands to clap. The irresponsible breeders are one hand. The irresponsible buyers are on the other. Together, they are what caused the intense suffering of the dogs below.

Reproduced from: Zeus Communications: Unspeakable Pain

Unspeakable Pain


As I drove out from the breeding farm tucked away in a quiet part of Singapore, my heart grew heavier as I made the journey to the vet’s.

In a pet carrier on the passenger’s seat of my car, the skinny malnourished male Maltese we rescued started whimpering and broke out into baby-like cries. He was one of the four dogs we rescued from this breeder, perhaps one of the luckier four picked from the lot of some 80 toy-breed dogs who were confined to cages and pens, existing only for the sole purpose of producing puppies fronting the windows of pet shops across the island.


Rescued Chihuahua, looks to be about 3 to 4 years old

I was taken aback by the intensity of what I saw. The stench in the air was a stale mix of pet food and urine. From Poodles and Jack Russell Terriers (JRTs) to Shihtzus, Scottish Terriers and Malteses, dogs of all colours and sizes were reared for the sole purpose of commercial sales in such undesirable living conditions. As to how many of them actually end up in a loving home, I don’t know. What about the fate of those who never get sold? Are they doomed to a life of repetitive breeding?

Your guess is as good as mine.

The crying grew heavier, but this Maltese was already one of the luckier ones. Estimated to be around 5 years of age, Wally the Maltese had no major health issues except for a lack of teeth and undernourishment.


Wally the Maltese, malnourished and extremely thin


Baxter, exhausted and resigned to his fate

Accompanying him was Kit the Chihuahua, a lucky chap around 3 to 4 years old with no health issues and Baxter, a Shihtzu/Maltese Cross estimated 6 to 7 years old, who was suffering from a bout of dry eyes.


Eyes of desperation and hopelessness

	maltese

	chihuahua