Puppy Mills
3CW Testifies at City Council Hearings
Representatives of Colorado Citizens for Canine Welfare were among those who testified at several city council meetings with more planned. The objective is to have cities across Colorado join the states and cities in the USA who have passed ordinances that ban the...
Adorable Puppies for Sale? Not Here!
Two more Colorado puppy stores go belly up! Just Pets in Lone Tree closed their doors for good in March, 2024. They were followed by Pet City - Citadel in Colorado Springs which went out-of-business in July, 2024. Just a few years ago, there were 14 retail stores...
The Problems with Puppy Mills
Over 2.6 million dogs in the U.S. originate from commercial breeders or puppy mills. There are countless stories of animals being kept in miserable conditions, small cages, and with little medical care. States have slowly been putting policies in place to protect...
Where Do Colorado Pet Store Puppies Come From?
Colorado's pet stores consistently tell customers that their puppies come from responsible breeders. The truth is that they purchase puppies largely from out-of-state commercial puppy breeders and brokers. Through open access to State of Colorado import documents...
2024 Pet Store Update
Here is our updated report Breeders to Stores as of August 17, 2024. You can see that RETAIL PUPPY-SELLING STORES CONTINUE to buy their out-of-state puppy "stock" from puppy mills or puppy mill brokers. The summary page showing the Seller Types which is part of this...