United Against Puppy Mills promotes awareness and provides help to people interested in affecting positive action for the elimination of puppy mills as they currently exist.
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Any commercial dog breeding facility can be considered a puppy mill. A puppy mill's sole purpose is to produce puppies as inexpensively as possible for maximum retail profit, often disregarding living standards and basic medical care.
Your purchase of a mill puppy (often billed as "farm-" or "family-raised" or purchased in pet stores) continues the cycle of cruelty by putting more money in the pockets of those involved, allowing the profit to be reinvested into the business so that the breeding continues.
Make adoption your first option! Finding what you're looking for at a shelter or breed-specific rescue is simple and rewarding.
If you MUST use a breeder, research first. Read our recommendations for finding a reputable breeder.
In a stunning setback in their efforts to increase enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act (AWA), USDA has suddenly reversed course and decided to, once again, tolerate substandard conditions at puppy mills. Dr. Chester Gipson, USDA’s chief of enforcement for the AWA, recently told animal advocates that the USDA needs “to enable breeders to sell […]
You asked for it and we delivered! UAPM now offers crew neck sweatshirts in our online store! We’ve also added women’s tank tops and our top-selling t-shirt in heather gray. Visit our online store to view and purchase all of our new logo apparel!
By: Garen Meguerian, Esq. Suffering animals are often referred to as the “voiceless” and as advocates you’ve been encouraged to “be their voice”. Your opponents have devised a powerful tool designed to strip you of your voice and make sure that you cannot help the voiceless animals, including those suffering in Pennsylvania’s puppy mills. That […]
October 07, 2013 Attorney General Kathleen Kane Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General 16th Floor, Strawberry Square Harrisburg PA 17120 RE: ENFORCEMENT OF PA’S DOG LAW/AUDITOR GENERAL’S REPORT Dear Attorney General Kane: United Against Puppy Mills, Pennsylvania’s largest 501(c)(3) not-for-profit group advocating on behalf of the mill dogs, has reviewed Auditor General Eugene DePasquale’s recent […]
For years, UAPM has pointed out the Bureau of Dog Law’s failure to enforce its own regulations. In “A Special Performance Audit of the Department of Agriculture Dog Law Program”, Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene A. DePasquale makes it abundantly clear that from 2008 through 2013 (covering 4 years of the Rendell administration and 2 years of […]