Millions of people unknowingly buy puppy mill puppies each year from pet shops or from websites of what appear to be legitimate breeders. Puppy Mill Awareness Day is an annual event designed to educate and inform the public about the neglect, unsanitary conditions, forced confinement and ailments caused by lack of basic vet care common to puppy mill dogs.

Puppy mills are breeding facilities that produce puppies in large numbers. Documented problems of puppy mills include: unsanitary facilities, overbreeding, inbreeding, disease, minimal veterinary care, poor quality of food and shelter, lack of human socialization, overcrowded cages and the killing of unwanted animals. Often the puppies are sold directly to the public via the Internet, newspaper ads, or at the mill itself. In other cases they are sold to brokers and pet shops across the country.

Puppy Mill Awareness Day on Sept. 19, 2009, hopes to education people about puppy mills and what they can do t help stp the mistreatment of dogs caught up in the inhumane industry. Find an event in your area.