Working together to break the chain of cruelty
United Against Puppy Mills is a 100% all volunteer non-profit advocacy group to educate the consumer about the horrors of puppy mills.
What is a puppy mill?
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.
How your purchase may contribute to the problem
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.
UAPM News & Updates
Maryland Enacts No More Puppy-Kitten Mills Act
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/476562-maryland-officially-bans-pet-stores-from-selling-dogs-from-puppy-mills?fbclid=IwAR27HpUYGALcW87unT4GYeqM5pErMUJnD2yMD5CjMM23RltPvvCQkSSku68
“…those sickened who were interviewed reported contact with a pet store puppy”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2019/12/18/puppies-may-be-behind-outbreak-thats-sickened-people-states-officials-say/
Penalty for leaving dogs outside in the cold
UAPM Responds to Auditor General DePasquale’s Report on the Enforcement of Pennsylvania’s Dog Law
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 […]
A Special Performance Audit of the Department of Agriculture Dog Law Program
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 […]