Every year, millions of cats and dogs are euthanized in shelters across the US. Many of these animals started off as family pets. They were either abandoned, left to fend for themselves on the cold, dark, dangerous streets, or even brought to the shelter by the ones they thought cared for them. Some pets were given as "gifts," only to be discarded by the receiver who didn't want it in the first place; others adopted from breeders or pet stores, and some even return to the shelter from which they were adopted.
All too often to parents allow their pet to become pregnant and give birth, most of them doing so to teach their children the "miracle of birth." What these parents should be doing instead is showing their children the "tragedy of death." Because of this useless life lesson, millions of perfectly adoptable animals are killed in shelters. These new litters of cats and dogs go out to not just real families with good homes, but to animal labs, puppy mills or catteries, and other not-so-good homes.
A main reason people allow their animals to have litters is for the novelty of pure-bred animals, as if they are better than the poor mutts in the shelters. Unfortunately, pure-bred animals in pet stores have a high chance of coming from a puppy mill or cattery, and have a likely chance of developing a behavioural or health disorder. People who argue this don't stop to think why a reputable breeder who loves his or her animals would sell their litters to pet stores with no idea of where the animal is going or how it will be treated. The local mall in my area recently received a new shipment of puppies, which came in a semi-truck, with cages lining the walls of the trailer. What reputable breeder sends their animals in a semi? 
Animals in shelters can be euthanized in one of a few ways. The most humane, and the most often practiced, is lethal injection. The next common way, because of its affordability and being less expensive than injection, is a gas chamber, which takes up to twenty minutes at times for some animals to die. Other shelthers (unconfirmed if this is practiced in the US or not)have been known to poison their dogs and cats with cyanide inside their food, only to cause the animal to die a very slow and painful death. The horrific nature of these euthanizations isn't deserved by any living thing. If more animals were adopted instead of bought from breeders and pet stores, this kind of torture will inevitably become less and less prevalent.
Puppy mills have been known to exercise a plethora of ways to deal with thier animals. Some mills have been know to "debark" dogs by shoving metal rods down their throats to damage the voice box (sources: [x] [x] [x]). Breeding animals are forced to live in confined spaces where they have little room to move, be social, or do anything your happy playful family dog loves doing most. Instead, they are forced to give birth whenever they are able, being bred many times a year. Would you like to give birth to a baby every year? The animals have at least two to three or more litters a year. Quite a damper on the body. Animals that die may be fed to the current living animals to reduce waste. When food is available, it is usually the poorest quality available. Some states have laws that require these operations to be licensed and inspected. Others don't have any restrictions whatsoever. Go to this website to see what restrctions your state has: https://gateway.hsus.org/spm/bigpicture/index.cfmViewing 12 of 54 friends
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