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I watched the show over the weekend, and it was great that this topic was put on a stage as grand as Oprah's. Whenever I put myself through watching shows like this, I always go through the same range of emotions. First the heartbreak from watching how these poor dogs are kept and treated. Then the adrenalin starts flowing and I get a wave of anger beyond belief. After a while I settle down and just watch in disbelief...disbelief that beings of our own species can be so cold-hearted and greedy that they can treat these animals the way that they do. I had to fast forward through the euthanasia part in the shelter because I honestly can't handle it, but that's one of the main reasons I do rescue. I don't know if they mentioned it in the part I forwarded past, but shelter dogs are euthanized at the rate 1 EVERY 9 SECONDS in this country alone...mostly because of over-breeding both by puppy mills and backyard breeders.
There are 2 simple things that everyone can do to help put a stop to these horrors without costing a single penny:
1) don't ever buy a puppy from a store...any store.
and
2) don't shop for ANYTHING at ANY pet store that sells puppies for a profit.
As Jim pointed out, when you adopt from a rescue or shelter, the entire, meager adoption fee goes to help other dogs. For example, our rescue spends anywhere from $50 for a routine spay/neuter all the way to $7000 for surgery for an injured dog. And we spay/neuter every intact dog before they are adopted out to help curb the overbreeding problem.
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