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title: "Puppy Mills Are So Cruel"
url: https://healthierdogs.com/puppy-mills-are-so-cruel/
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date: 2012-03-02
modified: 2018-03-18
markdown_url: https://healthierdogs.com/puppy-mills-are-so-cruel.md
author: "Brigitte Smith"
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# Puppy Mills Are So Cruel

I've said it before and I'll say it again - puppy mills should be outlawed. Boycott them. How?

![puppy mills](http://healthierdogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/puppy-mills3-300x199.jpg)

- Buy your puppies only from a reputable breeder where you can see the puppies and their parents in their home environment before you even consider buying. Or go to an animal shelter and rescue a puppy or dog that desperately needs a good home.

- Never, never, never buy puppies from pet shops - it perpetuates the whole puppy mill industry and keeps it going. You contribute to the cruelty by buying a dog from a pet shop.