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How to Write a Letter to the Editor
Letters to the editor will help to educate the public about the horrors of puppy mills and may even spur a reporter to investigate. Letters should be brief—no more than three paragraphs or 250 words. Here are some points to include:
• Most puppies sold in pet stores come from miserable places called "puppy mills," where breeding animals spend lonely lives locked in cages, producing litter after litter. They usually have no bedding, little protection from the elements, little or no veterinary care, and no human companionship.
•Because there is so little concern for the animals—profit is the puppy mill owner’s goal—many puppies have serious health problems. Unsuspecting people who buy from pet stores may spend hundreds or even thousands of dollars in veterinary care.
• People who buy puppies from pet stores enable puppy mills to continue their despicable trade. Meanwhile, millions of homeless dogs are killed in shelters every year. Those who can give a dog a good home should visit a local animal shelter and adopt.
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