Photo by Dessislava Yankova
The breeder’s home page says that they are a member of the Humane Society of the United States and members of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. So why has the Border Collie Rescue of Middle Tennessee been allowed to run such a cruel and devastating puppy mill?
The Sumner County Sheriff’s raided this puppy mill yesterday and found the unthinkable. There were one hundred dogs that were matted with fleas; some of the dogs' fur was coming off where they had scratched at the parasites. Let alone dead rats rotted on the floors.
You would think that if a breeder was able to use the names of the Humane Society of the United States and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals these groups would be checking up on these puppy mills. I guess anyone can call themselves members to these groups and not have to worry.
Yes I’m being a little hard on these groups because it is important to have these breeders live up to their names. We keep reading about these puppy mills that call themselves breeders but who is really checking them out to make sure that they are treating the dogs right.
So how many more places like this are out there just making a buck with no care for the poor animals. What we really need is a federal law to help protect all the dogs and not just some states making up a law here and there. Real guild lines are needed to be followed if you are to call yourself a breeder. Let’s put a stop to these lowlife breeders now.
I hope that Richard T. Swafford who is the Executive Director and all the other employees get a heavy fine and go to jail for what they did to these dogs.
Read the article by Dessislava Yankova here.
