On the other side of the coin...

Guess who is the latest reciepient of the Cage of Shame Award?  That's right!!

 

AWARENESS DAY IS SAD TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAVE OUR
FIRST TWO TIME CAGE OF SHAME AWARD WINNER ..(Drum Roll Please)

THE PENNSYLVANIA BUREAU OF DOG LAW!

What could this fine establishment possibly have done to garner a second award
when people like Daniel Esh and Skip Eckhart have none?

Meet Barnabus an Old English Sheepdog.  Looks like a killer, huh?
 Read the account of his short young life, and his un-timely execution that
was enthusiastically received by the very same people that are sworn to protect
the very dog they advocated for death.. Shame on you...
Did he have the option for a pardon from the Governor?? The very same
Governor that has pledged to not only clean up Pennsylvania's Reputation, but
straighten out the Bureau of Dog Law so the laws on the books are enforced
fairly and competently?

Read Awareness Day's view on the Execution of Barnabus..

Awareness Day would like to present the Cage of Shame Award to...

Awareness Day awards their CAGE OF SHAME to the USDA and the PA Bureau of Dog Law Officials
for their complicity in the ongoing cruelty

Meet Amber

MEET AMBER:

 

Those beautiful eyes and that gorgeous face don't really tell her story.  She does have a scared look to her but with good reason.  Amber was used in a Commercial Kennel (Puppy Mill) as a breeding dog. 
This is what we do know about her.  She is between 2-4 years old.  She was wearing a USDA tag.  She has had so many litters of puppies that she had to have her uterus reinserted in her body.  That was done while she was at the Commercial kennel. When they bred her yet again the uterus popped back out and she was of no use to them anymore.

What normally happens to useless breeding stock did not happen to Amber.  She is still alive and with rescue.  The kind farmer decided not to do what is the accepted practice for breeding stock that is no longer productive. She was not shot, nor was she drowned. Her body was not put in the compost heap and later spread on the fields.

Amber and the family who will ultimately take Amber home and make her a pet, thanks the person who decided she didn't need to be killed.

Another known fact, is that the kennel from which Amber came was inspected in October of 2005. There were a number of violations, such as dirty water, to small cages, etc.  There was no mention of the golden retriever with the obvious medical condition.  Additionally, no one ever came back to see that the noted violations were taken care of.

Most Commercial Breeders chose not to let the public see the shape of their discarded breeding stock.  They are told never to turn these dogs over to rescue.  We thank the man who didn't listen. 

Please know that there are tens of thousands of dogs with pleading eyes behind the walls of the boarded up barns, and out buildings.  Most of them would be happy to be quickly killed. It would end their daily suffering. 

We thank Governor Rendell, for his compassion for these animals.  I am sure his two Golden Retrievers would love to meet Amber and give her a kiss.

 AWARENESS DAY

The Zoning Boards that approved the following Puppymills...

ANOTHER PUPPY MILL BROUGHT TO YOU BY PENNSYLVANIA

Mark Z Hoover - 1173 Reading Rd, Bowmansville, PA 
A K-3 kennel approved with the stipulation that the kennel has to be cleaned daily...
Go here to read the whole report...
(ed. note... Cleaned daily? I have some waterfont property in Aizona to sell ya.. cheap..)

 

 

APPROVED FORMER POULTRY HOUSE WILL NOW HOLD 150 DOGS.
Mark S Leid, at  595 Martindale Ephrata 
Mr. Leid said there will be 34 cages which will be 36" by 48"

"What's that you say?  How do they determine cage size?  It's easy!!
The Cage Size Determination Chart - USDA Style!! (so you know it benefits the dog)