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Finalists announced for A Puppy Store-Free-USA video contest
We asked and you responded. Creative animal advocates from around the nation submitted 30-second public service announcements for a Best Friends Animal Society contest aimed at exposing the truth about puppy stores.
The three finalists have been chosen and now it’s time for
you to help select the winner.
Please go to the
A Puppy-Store-Free USA website to pick your favorite. The contestant whose video receives the most votes will win a trip for two to the Best Friends annual
Lint Roller Party on Thursday, November 13 at the Hollywood Palladium.
“We were inspired by the response to our invitation to create videos about the ills of puppy mills,” noted Jon Dunn, Best Friends social marketing specialist. “These videos will educate the public that the ‘cute little doggy in the window’ for sale at pet stores probably came from a puppy mill.
“The videos ranged from the simple and poignant, to the very serious, to a humorous approach and they all show that while puppy stores may appear cute they hide an ugly truth. Almost all puppies sold in stores come from puppy mills. In Los Angeles alone, thousands of dogs are killed in shelters each year while hundreds of stores sell purebred puppies, sourced from puppy mills, to an uninformed public.”
Efforts on behalf of
Puppy-Store-Free L.A. have already been successful. So far three stores have either closed or at looking at new business models and a fourth may be heading in that direction.
“This video contest is one more step in Best Friends’ ongoing efforts to end the exploitive breeding of dogs and to change the practices of the stores that sell the puppies,” Dunn said.
HOW YOU CAN HELP:
1. Please go to the
Puppy-Store-Free USA website and vote for your favorite. Remember to choose carefully, as each person receives only one vote. Hurry, the deadline to vote is Sunday, October 19.
2. For more information on how you can get involved in the fight to close down puppy stores in your own community, please visit
Don’t Buy Puppies.
For more information:
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The Truth About the Pet TradePosted by Jennifer Hayes, Best Friends staff
Photo credit: taken by Jennifer Hayes