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Please stop puppy mills. I feel for these poor dogs.

A dog is a dog no matter how you sell it. Whether it is online, or through a pet store. No matter how the dogs are being sold, they deserve the same rights every way. This is absolutely unacceptable.

please stop the suffering of these poor animals...

Please help these poor innocent animals. They don't deserve this kind of treatment.

Puppy mills are inhumane, stop them please, and help us keep a happier world for ALL animals!

Please reconsider this loophole. Animals deserve a fair, healthy life much like we do.

Puppy Mills should have regulations that protect these defenseless animals. Start licensing and inspecting puppy mills that sell dogs online!

Please help stop the madness of puppy mills. It is a sad situation and an inhumane one at that.

Please start licensing and inspecting puppy mills that sell dogs online.

Stop puppy mills! Protect our animals.

This is outrageous. Puppy mills should not even exist!!! This kind of breeding is SENSELESS and inhumane!! If you are going to allow puppy mills to exist, they at least need to have laws they need to be abiding by. They need strict regulations just like every other business out there. ESPECIALLY since this business is in the dealing out of LIVING THINGS. This seems like it would be common sense...but apparently it's not. Get your shit together and start licensing and inspecting puppy mills that sell dogs online!!

Please stop puppy mills! Please start licensing and inspecting puppy mills that sell dogs online! Animals should have rights too!

Animals should be respected.

As a civilized society there is no excuse for the inhumane treatment of animals. Without dogs where would our species be? Dogs have done so much for man kind the least we could is treat them with the same protection and kindness they have given us unconditionally.

Dear USDA, Please START licensing and inspecting puppy mills that sell dogs online. My dog is my child. She has feelings and shows more love then some humans! Please protect them, we are their only voice! Thank you for making a difference! ~Carolyn

Please start licensing and inspecting puppy mills that sell dogs online.

I work at the CT Humane Society and have seen time and time again countless dogs get brought in because they aren't being properly cared for or their owners think that they are too much work. Those dogs who are sold from pet stores coming from puppy mills care WAY more about making money then finding a safe, loving home for their dogs. There is no need for even breeding at this point when our shelters are always filled and countless dogs die every day because no one wants them.

We need to everything we can to ensure the welfare and safety of animals, especially since they can't speak up for themselves. It's completely unacceptable for breeders to put money above another's well being, this goes for ALL breeders!

Dear USDA, Please consider inspecting and licensing puppy mills online. The animals deserve better and this could change an animals life forever! Alyssa Espinoza

I am writing to STRONGLY encourage you to start licensing and inspecting puppy mills that sell dogs online. It is unacceptable that this practice is even allowed, never mind unregulated.

Please regulate the sale of puppies! ADOPT!

Dear Secretary Vilsack, Thank you for proposing a rule aimed at protecting dogs raised by large-scale, commercial breeders. I support the USDA’s effort to close a loophole that has left many thousands of dogs vulnerable to inhumane treatment without any government or public oversight. While I support the USDA’s effort to close the retail pet store loophole, in order to ensure that all animals are protected, I strongly urge you to require that buyers be allowed to personally observe all animals on the facility’s property and their living conditions prior to purchasing any animal in order for a breeder to qualify for the newly proposed retail pet store exemption. If the USDA intends to exempt a breeder from USDA inspection, all dogs and their living conditions must be open to buyers’ full scrutiny to truly ensure the well-being of all animals, including those used for breeding purposes. This small adjustment to the rule fulfills the original intent of the retail pet store exemption by allowing the public to oversee what the USDA does not. Additionally, I ask that you also ensure this rule absolutely does not impact legitimate rescues or shelters. These groups serve their communities by finding homes for needy animals, do not operate for profit, and were never intended to be covered by the Animal Welfare Act. I commend the USDA for striking an appropriate balance by attempting to exclude hobby breeders while targeting the most problematic large-scale, commercial breeders. Responsible breeders already meet the minimum standards of the Animal Welfare Act and never sell animals without first meeting the prospective buyer. I strongly support the agency’s efforts to close the retail pet store loophole once and for all. However, I urge the USDA to do so in a meaningful way that ensures adequate protection and oversight for all dogs used in the commercial breeding and pet industry.

DOGS DESERVE RESPECT WTF!!!!!! THEY HAVE HEARTS & FEEL PAIN

please stop this treatment of adult dogs and their puppies. its unforgivable how they are reared and it sickens us animal lovers around the world. thank you