Tuesday, October 27, 2009

The AKC Helps Sell Puppy Mill Dogs for Petland



This post is about a document you are not supposed to see.

This post is about PRIME -- the AKC's new program to register puppy mill dogs sold through pet stores like Petland.

You are not supposed to know about it.

You can read the AKC-branded manual here. In it, dogs are called "inventory" to be taken from, or returned to stock.

In the past, I have told the story of the AKC and puppy mills.

The AKC, a financially failing organization which has always been morally bankrupt, is simply reverting back to form.

Here's the truth: the AKC has always registered puppy mill dogs, and every year it pockets millions of dollars from commercial kennels whose core business plan is to pack dogs into cages where they are "bred until dead."

  • If you watch Westminster, you sanction the cruelty.

  • If you register a puppy with the AKC, you sanction the cruelty.

  • If you go to AKC dogs shows or trials as a participant, vendor, or viewer, you sanction the cruelty.

And let's be clear here: puppy mills are a lifetime of cruelty.

These dogs are bred until dead.

Most of the smaller breed dogs will never leave their wire cages.

They will never play on grass, run with children, or be properly socialized.

Most will spend their lives on wire-bottom floors, pacing in endless boredom, with constant noise day and night.

You want to see what a "Blue Ribbon Kennel" looks like?

This is what the American Kenenel Club is endorsing. This is the AKC's economic life blood.



Who thinks dogs should be raised in cages?

Who sanctions "bred until dead" as a defensible business model?

Let us name the names:

  • Ronald H. Menaker
    Chairman of the American Kennel Club
  • Dr. Thomas M. Davies
    Vice Chairman of the American Kennel Club
  • Dr. Carmen L. Battaglia
    Delegate, German Shepherd Dog Club of America
  • Dr. William R. Newman
    Delegate, Mastiff Club of America
  • Nina Schaefer
    Delegate, Back Mountain Kennel Club, Inc.
  • Dr. Patricia Haines
    Delegate, Cincinnati Kennel Club, Inc.
  • Ken Marden
    Delegate, German Shorthaired Pointer Club of America
  • Patti Strand
    Delegate, Dog Fanciers Association of Oregon, Inc.
  • Dr. Thomas M. Davies
    Delegate, Springfield Kennel Club, Inc.
  • Walter F. Goodman
    Delegate, Skye Terrier Club of America
  • Ronald H. Menaker
    Delegate, Rockford-Freeport Illinois Kennel Club
  • Lee Arnold
    Delegate, Southern Colorado Kennel Club
  • Carl C. Ashby, III
    Delegate, United States Kerry Blue Terrier Club
  • Alan Kalter
    Delegate, American Bullmastiff Association
  • Dr. Robert D. Smith
    Delegate, Memphis Kennel Club
  • Dennis B. Sprung
    Ex Officio member of the AKC board


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