Buying Dogs Promotes Animal Abuse
Nobody can resist in front of the sweet gaze of cute puppies, who often observe us from behind the bars of a fence or a cage. They bark, wag their tails, in search of a caress and in the hope of being chosen and taken away, to a better place. But buying dogs is a practice that hides a long path of mistreatment, abuse and violence that we will talk about in this article.
It is natural for us humans to feel empathy for another living being. Yet, often, we are willing to accept a compromise with our consciences, in order to get what we want.
As in the case of buying a dog, perhaps of a rare or exotic breed, when on the contrary it would be better to adopt one. There are many who live in kennels and shelters, yet there are still those who prefer to foment the trafficking and illegal breeding of animals.
Buying dogs: where do puppies come from?
Without realizing it, we are part of a chain of suffering hidden behind the business of buying and selling dogs. Have you ever wondered where these young dogs come from?
Just to talk about Europe, know that most of them come to you from pirate farms built in Eastern countries, such as Slovakia or Hungary.
These are real puppy factories in which no one thinks at all about the health and welfare of animals. On the contrary, they are considered to be mere products, to be sold to the highest bidder.
What many do not know, however, is that the trauma and violence suffered will forever mark the personality and behavior of these innocent animals.
Products, not animals
In order to “stock up”, of course, mothers end up being squeezed to the maximum, as if they were simple machines. Confined to small spaces and malnourished, they are often left to die of dehydration or victims of some infection.
Pregnancy after pregnancy, females do not live normally, serving only as mere mares . Their movements appear atrophied and are kept alive until they can give birth to new puppies, physically consuming themselves completely.
These unscrupulous breeders only care about the earnings. So they go way beyond the normal reproductive capabilities of any single bitch.
Regardless of whether these excesses can destroy their reproductive organs or even result in the death of the animal.
In general, reproduction in normal conditions is regulated by rules that tend to safeguard the safety of mothers. For example, respecting and choosing between the various moments of heat and offering the animal a very long recovery time, between one birth and another.
Obviously, guaranteeing the animal the correct supply of proteins and regular veterinary assistance.
Some puppies are directly discarded, or eliminated, if considered unsuitable. It may be that they do not meet the aesthetic requirements or are not robust enough.
They are replaced as soon as possible with new pregnancies. But, obviously, those who survive will develop a whole series of latent problems, including psychological ones. And that can appear in adulthood with dangerous consequences for unsuspecting buyers.
Buying dogs instead of adopting them makes people complicit in this illegal animal breeding and trafficking system.
A chain that exploits ignorance, the superficiality of those who are willing to pay even high amounts to go beyond rules and laws.
All moved only by the desire to make money. Obviously to the detriment of animals to which the slightest right is not recognized.
The transport of the puppies, a real odyssey
After 5 or 6 weeks of birth, the puppies are snatched from their mother and taken to dark rooms, kept in cardboard boxes, plastic containers or cages.
On the floor, only dirty newspapers to be able to absorb excrement and urine. Viruses and infections spread easily, since in these same spaces they are given food and drink, always in an approximate way.
The journeys, to get to the destination, take more than 72 hours.
The first stop is the complacent pet shops that take orders from customers and activate their distributors.
The police often blocked whole trucks full of puppies, with crates and cages that allowed to stow 150 to 200 puppies in a single load .
Between the crates, only a thin strip of blotting paper is placed. A kind of roof that should prevent urine and faeces from falling from above, onto the cages below. Imagine what kind of experience these poor animals are forced to endure.
The reason for filling the trucks to the maximum is due to the fact that many specimens die during transport. In short, it is a measure to “optimize costs” of shipping.
I sell it in shops: do not buy dogs
There are no stops for puppies to stretch their paws, breathe fresh air, see the sunlight or do their own business. Food and water are not always provided. They are still too young to be put under so much stress.
Despite this, they are transported using obviously forged health and hygiene certificates.
The high demand for purebred dogs promotes this type of treatment. These ranchers without scruples or ethics put profit above everything.
As we have seen, they even put at risk the physical and mental health of animals that we will then find circulating in cities and parks all over Europe.
Pet shops, websites and even clandestine markets promote the sale of puppies, in many cases already sick, but drugged with antibiotic cocktails to fool the buyer.
There are many cases of puppies with undiagnosed parvovirus or distemper that inevitably die after a few days once they arrive in their new homes.
Adopting means saving lives
Animal shelters and kennels offer warmth, well-being and affection to abandoned dogs, especially since they are not purebred.
Instead of looking for their dog in these places, too many people still choose to buy dogs. Perhaps driven by advertising, fashion, or a whim or the desire to get noticed.
A person who truly loves nature and living beings would never accept being complicit in the commercial structure that still keeps the illegal dog breeding and trafficking alive.
Adoption is the most beautiful gesture that animal lovers can do.
If the number of adoptions increases, there will be less demand for the purchase of puppies . The sustenance for these criminals would automatically fail, and they would be forced, little by little, to close the shop.
Buying dogs instead of adopting them makes us complicit in animal abuse!
