First off, we want to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving. Here at ZS we are so grateful to all of you who continue to support us. We could not do this without you! In the spirit of Thanksgiving we want you to know what Zoey and Abby are grateful for this year. YOU!!! Flossies [...]
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Plenty to be thankful for this year!
Just like a mill….er…pill?
Here at Zoey Story and Protected Paws we wanted to recognize Puppy Mill Awareness Day and with it an enormous thanks and shout-out to PINK for helping to educate the public on the horrors of large-scale dog breeding facilities AKA Puppy Mills. Last week, she tweeted against puppy mills and the pet stores that profit [...]
Why Prop B Matters… Another Brief Update
We’ve written before about Proposition B, on the ballot in Missouri this November, which codifies minimum standards for dog breeding facilities in what is renowned as the “Puppy Mill Capital” of the country. Check out this press release from the ASPCA, which recently rescued 100 dogs from a miller who could no longer care for [...]
False Advertising
If you look really closely, you’ll see this is a picture of Zoey. Months after we brought her home from Raising Rover and Baby, “Manhattan’s One of a Kind Puppy and Baby Boutique,” she was still being advertised on this website by the owner of the store, who claims repeatedly that he “is not an Internet [...]
Progress…
A recurring theme in our blog posts is the need for legislative and regulatory oversight to force puppy mills to finally make the necessary changes. But those in positions of power also have to hit the millers where it really counts: the pocketbook. As we’ve seen, mills can be extremely lucrative, between the low cost [...]