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This is grassroots. Your help is needed. It requires deliberate action to change how people treat animals. Minnesotans have the opportunity to set an example.
What you can do to: Help fight animal cruelty in breeding facilities
Animal anti-cruelty laws kick in after the neglect or cruelty has happened and a complaint has been filed. Help prevent animal cruelty before it happens.
1. Learn more.
2. Tell others.
Go to Downloads and download, print and distribute materials in your community. Encourage others to adopt a dog or cat and save a life. Forward this website to others.
3. Report it.
It all starts with a complaint. If you see or suspect animal neglect or cruelty, report it to local law enforcement and the Animal Humane Society. To learn how, go to Report it.
4. Write a letter to the Editor of your local newspaper.
Write a letter to the editor in your local newspaper about puppy and kitten mills.
5. Tell your story.
If you have purchased or rescued a dog or cat from a pet store, website or directly from a Minnesota breeder and this animal was unhealthy (physically or psychologically), please send us your story. We need your voice. These stories give proof that inhumane breeding is a problem that impacts animals and consumers.
6. Sign up.
Sign the online petition (supporting the humane treatment of animals). Get at least 10 friends, work colleagues or family members to sign up. Our strength is in numbers.
Please donate money to Animal Folks MN to help support our research, advocacy and legislative (lobbying) efforts.
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8. Adopt, don't shop.
Teach people why it's best to adopt from their local shelter or rescue group (reduces euthanasia). Educate others to: 1) Never buy a puppy or kitten from a pet store — unless it’s ‘adoption days’ through a humane society or rescue group. 2) Never buy a puppy or kitten directly from a website, through a classified ad or at a parking lot — insist on seeing the animal’s parents and living conditions. Attend pet store protests.
9. Run ads.
Run a classified ad in your local newspaper in the “pet” section warning people not to buy unless they first meet the breeder and see the mother and breeding conditions. Many inhumane dog and cat breeders sell through newspapers.
Your local humane society or rescue group needs help. Volunteer to foster a dog or cat, help at fund-raising events or care for animals within a shelter.
11. Get involved with your government.