Petland Protest Pkg

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Lead: Although Governor Culver signed the puppy mill bill into law last month one former Petland employee says that’s not enough.

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PUPPY MILLS HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO OVERBREED DOGS AND FORCE THEM TO LIVE IN SMALL AND UNSANITARY CONDITIONS CAUSING HEALTH ISSUES AND BIRTH DEFECTS. IN MARCH GOVERNOR CULVER SIGNED THE PUPPY MILL BILL WHICH PLACES HARSHER RESTRICTIONS ON COMMERCIAL DOG BREEDERS. THE BILL ALLOWS STATE INSPECTIONS OF COMMERCIAL DOG KENNELS THAT DRAW COMPLAINTS AND FORCES BREEDERS RAISING FOUR OR MORE DOGS TO PAY A NEW LICENSING FEE AND REGISTER WITH THE STATE.

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Briana O’Neill
briana-oneill@uiowa.edu

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Here in Iowa we have the third largest number of puppy mills in the nation with just over 400 facilities.

IOWA CITY LOCAL AND ANIMAL WELFARE ACTIVIST KATIE FIELD ORGANIZED A PROTEST AGAINST PETLAND IN IOWA CITY WHO ALLEGEDLY BUY THEIR DOGS FROM PUPPY MILLS. FIELD WORKED AT A PETLAND FOR A YEAR AND A HALF BEFORE REALIZING WHERE THE PUPPIES CAME FROM…

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Katie Field
Animal Welfare Activist

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The bottom line is reputable breeders, they would never ever sell to a pet store.

ONE PROTESTER SAYS SHE BOUGHT HER POMERANIAN DOG MIA ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO FROM THE IOWA CITY PETLAND WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE DOG CAME FROM A LOCAL REPUTABLE BREEDER.

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Protester

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Well it turns out that he had never actually met this woman he was lying to me the whole time trying to make a sale.

SINCE THEN MIA HAS ENCOUNTERED NUMEROUS EXPENSIVE HEALTH PROBLEMS. FOR THESE PROTESTERS AS LONG AS PET STORES KEEP SELLING PUPPY MILLS WILL STAY IN BUSINESS.

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Anchor on Camera:
Petland was not available for comment.