To the editor: I share the disgust and unhappiness over the puppy mills reported in The Times. I want to ask the individuals expressing this anger in the event that they eat meat.
The billions — sure, billions — of cattle raised annually for human consumption expertise the identical, if not worse, circumstances because the canine in pet mills.
Need to save the lives of those harmless animals? Undertake your pets from shelters and considerably cut back or remove your meat consumption.
Brad Nelson, Oxnard
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To the editor: It was troublesome to learn your articles on the illicit pet commerce. There ought to be a moratorium on importing puppies and younger canine from different states into California.
If individuals need to purchase a pet, there are respected breeders in California. Even so, you need to severely contemplate adopting from our native metropolis or county animal shelters or from rescue organizations first. Shelters are overflowing with adoptable puppies and canine.
I personally adopted two canine from a rescue group. Bandit and Crash have been my valuable boys for years.
As for these breeders the place the puppies come from, they need to spend a yr in a cage below the identical circumstances their canine lived in.
Yolanda H. Lickson, Cypress
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To the editor: I simply wished to thanks with all my coronary heart for the work your reporters did in uncovering this horror.
The Instances is to be heartily congratulated on reporting that I hope strikes officers to take speedy motion and forestall additional animal struggling.
Rob Martin, Salt Lake Metropolis
