Letters to the Editor
To the Editor:
The Pilot hasn’t reported on a local controversy of interest to dog lovers, probably because it’s being played out on Route 7 in Branchville. The puppy store that recently opened there was easy to find on Saturday because of the placard-waving protesters parading outside, with support from passing motorists. With so many local shelter dogs up for adoption, it’s hard to believe people will pay well over $1,000 for a puppy from a store. But because they will, a dark market has developed, including the puppy mills that were the focus of the protest.
The Branchville store says their supply comes mostly from Connecticut, as if that made it better. The co-owner’s response to the protesters included being overheard to yell “get the &%*$ out of my face” followed by a sneering, “I’ll deny I said that.”
More protests are planned, and information can be found at www.againstpuppymills.org. Come and see what the fuss is about.
Ok, we’re biased, having adopted Rosie from a family that bought her from a local mall store and apparently couldn’t deal with her mistakes; she came from a Kansas puppy mill. Marigold was rescued in Alabama, where she was so drained and sick that most of the puppies she was forced to have died. Finnegan was rescued from a Tennessee kill-shelter, and is still haunted by whatever traumatized him. Fiona had lived much of her previous life in an airline carry-on box. Binky came from under cars on a busy highway. Their many predecessors also had come from traumatic situations, but all found a happy place in our pack and fill our home with immeasurable love. Try adoption first.
Mia and Bill Rossiter
Redding, Jan. 25
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