Below is the just released PRESS RELEASE for PUPPY MILL AWARENESS DAY (PMAD 2009)

 

Please read about this exciting event and plan to attend.  We all need to join the fight against

Puppy Mills.  Please also pass this on to your friends and coworkers.  We are making a difference...

and we need you to be part of this to make even a bigger difference.    Thank you!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRESS RELEASE

Contact:

                Carol Araneo-Mayer

                P. O. Box 6834

                Freehold, NJ  07728

                Phone: 732-831-5251

                www.awarenessday.org

July 6, 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

 

2009 PUPPYMILL AWARENESS DAY

MARCH AGAINST CRUELTY

 

 

                                                       Please…..HELP US SAVE THEM

 

 

(Intercourse Community Park, Old Philadelphia Pike, Leacock Township, PA) – The Puppy Mill Awareness Day (PMAD) organization is proud  to announce our 6t^h  annual PUPPYMILL AWARENESS DAY on Saturday, September 19, 2009 (rain or shine) from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Intercourse Community Park in Intercourse, PA.  2009 PMAD sponsors are Adopt A Pet,  Last Chance for Animals and the Humane Society of the United States.  Special guests include Victoria Stilwell of “Its Me or the Dog”, New York’s Rescue Ink, President of Last Chance for Animals Chris DeRose, and Stephanie Shain, Senior

Director of the HSUS Puppy Mill Campaign.

 

PMAD is  committed to educating the public regarding the cruelty within puppy mills and  commercial breeding facilities.  Our goal is to not only expose Pennsylvania’s “dirty little secret” but to draw attention to other areas of our country where puppy mills are a problem.  These areas include Missouri, Kansas, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas and Tennessee.  As a society we must find permanent solutions to help the current abused puppy mill dogs and prevent future mill dog abuse.  PMAD also wants to bring attention to

“Pennsylvania grown” produce which is contaminated by using dog feces and dog bodies as fertilizer.

 

 

With Pennsylvania as PMAD’s flagship event we are committed to calling for the state of Pennsylvania to prohibit approval of new puppy mills, to adequately monitor operation of existing puppy mills and to promptly close down mills not in complete compliance with Federal and State laws.  Puppy mills (breeding facilities which mass produce purebred puppies) have become a booming business in Pennsylvania in recent years lucratively padding the millers’ pockets at the expense of the animals themselves.  Puppy mill dogs are kept in cages and pens their entire lives while their babies are either sold to pet stores across the country or advertised in newspapers and on the internet.  Puppy mill dogs are unsocialized, live in filthy conditions, crate on top of crate, barely enough food to keep them alive with little to no medical attention. Once these dogs are  no longer of use to the millers, they are sold at dog auctions  or disposed of otherwise.  Puppies born to these mill dogs are often sick their entire lives, costing the consumer large sums of money in veterinary bills not to mention the personal heartache.

 

Please spread the word about Puppy Mill Awareness Day as well as PMAD’s first annual “Dog Auction”

On Friday night, September 18^th at 7:00 PM.  PMAD defines “Dog Auction” as dogs helping dogs.  Come and bid on the art work created by puppy mill survivors to raise money to help those that they have left

Behind.  We promise that there will be laughter through tears at this event as Bruce Feinberg of Rescue Ink (and the Rescue Ink crew) will be our auctioneer.  Please visit our website at www.awarenessday.org to purchase a ticket and view details for this very special event.

 

 

 

 

 

 

PMAD anticipates an enormous turnout for this event and invites and encourages the public to attend.  As a society we can make a difference and stop the cruelty.  Nonprofit groups and rescues from all over the country will be represented at this event.  Is a rescue dog part of your family?  Come and  join  the Rescue Parade where we celebrate dogs!  PMAD will share rescue dog stories and give out prizes to all dogs enrolled in the parade.  Don’t forget the March Against Cruelty.  A pet photographer will be on site all day for portraits of your special family members.

 

PMAD’s weekend schedule:

 

Friday night, 9/18/09  7:00 PM – 10:00 PM 

 

                     PENNYSYLVANIA’S FIRST DOG AUCTION

                       (Limited tickets available for this event --- visit www.awarenessday.org)

 

 

                                   

                                                        

Saturday, 9/19/09   11:00 AM – 5:00 PM

 

                     PUPPY MILL AWARENESS DAY (PMAD)

 

-          Speakers throughout the day

-          Rescue Parade

-          Free vegan lunch

-          March Against Cruelty

-          Pet portraits

-          Over 50 rescue groups

-          A day to celebrate dogs!

 

 

Please come meet the wonderful pets available for adoption. Visit www.awarenessday.org for further information.  You can also email Carol at spayme@... or awarenessday@..., or Sandra at sjharris1120@...

 

 

 

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Sandra Harris
www.shihtzuandfurbabyrescue.com
www.awarenessday.org
Please spay/neuter your pet