An extraordinary dog rescue campaign called Operation Cavalier Rescue in the U.S. has led to the rescue of 108 abandoned animals (most of them Cavalier King Charles Spaniels) from a puppy mill auction in Missouri.
The little puppies, many of which needed medical attention, will be distributed to foster homes and animal shelters, where they will receive the medical and psychological evaluations the adorable dogs need before being distributed to forever homes.
Read on for more information about this gripping story of putting animal abuse to an end.
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A heartless breeder was attempting to sell all these poor dogs to puppy millers
Many were blind or deaf from infections and covered in fleas and their own waste
Operation Cavalier Rescue started raising money to buy them out from a breeders’ auction held on Nov. 22
The campaign raised hundreds of thousands of dollars from contributors all over the world
“Auctions are not a place for people who see dogs as pets,” according to the campaign’s organizers.
“Auctioneers rattle off a dog’s qualities to attract bidders, shouting things like ‘she’s pregnant, that’s money in the bank.'”
The volunteers’ goal was to leave no Cavalier behind, and they succeeded – all of the dogs were bought out
A couple of dogs were bought at the last moment, after already being loaded into a breeder’s truck
96 Cavaliers, 7 Shiba Inu, 2 Cocker Spaniels, 1 Shih Tzu, 1 French Bulldog and 1 Yorkshire Terrier were rescued for a total of 108 dogs
After medical and psychological evaluations, they will be distributed to animal shelters and rescues across the nation
Hopefully, they will all wind up in forever homes!
I am so happy the puppies will have a better life! But they actually had to pay to get the dogs? That's not rescue, it's keeping the system.
All I can say is it mattered to the dogs that were saved AND it has started a dialogue across the nation about the HORRORS of puppy mills.
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?! So the protestors actually contributed to this, by financing the puppy farm?
GOD, MY THOUGHT, TOO??? I don't understand. Won't that PROMOTE This happening over and over again??? Puppy Farms make money no matter what?!
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uhm.... 'bought out'? Not confiscated by the ASPCA then? So.... The sick b*stards who did this to them, they got their pay day still then?
What makes you think the ASPCA do not profit from these situations? They just call it "donations" instead of profit.
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I am so happy the puppies will have a better life! But they actually had to pay to get the dogs? That's not rescue, it's keeping the system.
All I can say is it mattered to the dogs that were saved AND it has started a dialogue across the nation about the HORRORS of puppy mills.
Load More Replies... ?! So the protestors actually contributed to this, by financing the puppy farm?
GOD, MY THOUGHT, TOO??? I don't understand. Won't that PROMOTE This happening over and over again??? Puppy Farms make money no matter what?!
Load More Replies... uhm.... 'bought out'? Not confiscated by the ASPCA then? So.... The sick b*stards who did this to them, they got their pay day still then?
What makes you think the ASPCA do not profit from these situations? They just call it "donations" instead of profit.
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