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This page is designed to promote citizen support in establishing regulation and oversight to the puppy mill industry in Arkansas.

Arkansans Against Puppy Mills is an active, independent page designed to promote citizen support and volunteerism for pending legislation on large scale dog breeding facilities within the state of Arkansas. Generally defined, a puppy mill is an inhumane, commercial dog-breeding facility in which the health and well being of the dogs is disregarded in order to maintain a low overhead and maximize p

rofits. Puppy mill breeding dogs often suffer from severe neglect, living their entire lives in small wire cages, denied human companionship, toys, exercise, climate control, basic hygiene and medical care. Females are bred repeatedly -sometimes before it is safe to be bred - producing litter after litter until their bodies can produce no more. At this point, they are often destroyed (killed) and replaced by new breeding stock. At present, Arkansas has no regulations or oversight addressing large, commercial dog-breeding facilities. It is not illegal to operate a puppy mill in the state of Arkansas, and with the lack of regulation and oversight, this primarily cottage based industry in our state remains wide open to unethical manipulation and abuse of both the system and the dogs. There are hundreds of known puppy mills in Arkansas profiting off the mass production of puppies and potentially hundreds more that are not on the radar. As more states enact regulatory laws for commercial dog-breeding facilities, many mill operators pull up stakes in the more restrictive states, get mobile and set up shop in less restrictive states. Our goal is to bring regulation and oversight to the puppy mill industry in Arkansas during the current legislative session.

17/09/2025

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30/08/2025

Heartbreaking!

09/07/2025

Breaking: PETA sues AKC for standards that create unhealthy dogs.

The animal rights group argued that the club’s requirements for French bulldogs, dachshunds and other breeds promote unhealthy attributes that cause suffering.

05/06/2025

"The silence felt eerie. I sensed these were dogs with broken spirits—too scared to protest and too disassociated from their miserable existences to invite human attention."

Buckle your seatbelts as I’m about to tell you about a dog auction I witnessed.

21/04/2025

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15/04/2025

None of them are in Arkansas this year, but many are in Missouri, as always! Since AR doesn't inspect puppy mills, there aren't many records for researchers to search.

At a property in Illinois buzzing with hundreds of flies, a water bucket stood empty in an enclosure where three puppies were living. When the bucket was finally refilled, a federal inspector observed the puppies as they desperately “climbed on top of each other trying to get water.” At another ...

26/03/2025

Stop overbreeding!

The American Kennel Club (AKC) has announced that for the third year in a row, the French Bulldog is the most popular dog breed—but the demand for them has had serious consequences.

https://kinship-pets.visitlink.me/xhzbbH

27/02/2025

Someone knows something!

REWARD: We're offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible for setting an unmarked steel leghold trap that left a dog severely injured, requiring the amputation of her leg in Arkansas.

For nearly two weeks, local authorities, rescue organizations, and volunteers worked tirelessly to safely capture Willow to administer aid. After being rescued, she had to have her leg amputated. She is now recovering in the care of volunteers, who are working to find her a loving home.

For more info: https://aldf.org/article/5000-reward-offered-for-information-after-dog-found-trapped-in-leghold-trap/

21/01/2025

****** IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR PET OWNERS ******

If your pet's microchip is registered with Save This Life (commonly starting with 991001 or 900164), we strongly recommend registering it with another microchip company.

As of mid-January 2025, accessing owner information or notifying families of found pets linked to Save This Life has become increasingly difficult. We hope this issue is resolved soon, but in the meantime, ensuring your pet’s microchip is linked to a reliable and responsive registry is crucial for reuniting with them quickly if they ever go missing.

To check where your pet's microchip is registered, visit AAHA’s Universal Microchip Lookup Tool at this link: https://www.aaha.org/for-veterinary-professionals/microchip-search/

Please take a moment to review your pet's registration!

- Microchip Hunters -

After scanning lost pet, enter the number into the microchip registry tool to search for the manufacturer of the chip.

13/12/2024

Santa says: Never shop at pet stores that sell puppies! Pet store puppies are puppy mill puppies.

06/05/2024

These photos were taken by USDA inspectors at an Arkansas puppy mill that is LICENSED and can legally sell to pet stores and online. A licensed breeder isn't the same as a responsible breeder. Please, never buy a puppy from a pet store or online!

02/05/2024

Three Arkansas puppy mills are in the new Horrible Hundred report!

Uncovering national puppy mills The Humane Society of the United States is reporting on problem puppy mills, including some dealers (re-sellers) and transporters. The Horrible Hundred report is a list of known, problematic puppy breeding and/or puppy brokering facilities. It is not a list of all pup...

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