An Amish kennel owner in Romulus was fined $300 after pleading guilty to 74 counts of inhumane destruction of dogs for using a makeshift gas chamber to euthanize animals with carbon monoxide. The sentence -- a fine of about $3 a dog -- drew the ire of many syracuse.com users, who said the sentence wasn't strong enough for the...
An Amish kennel owner in Romulus was fined $300 after pleading guilty to 74 counts of inhumane destruction of dogs for using a makeshift gas chamber to euthanize animals with carbon monoxide.
The sentence -- a fine of about $3 a dog -- drew the ire of many syracuse.com users, who said the sentence wasn't strong enough for the crime. But one user, katemm, offered a different take on the topic:
"We can help defeat puppy mills by not buying dogs from pet stores. They are bred in appalling conditions. The females begin having puppies when they are too young, keep on breeding until they are exhausted and then are destroyed. Yoder destroyed 93 dogs who were sick. How many others were on his 'farm.'
"Our little Ozzie was rescued from one of these awful places. He is afraid of just about everything, although a year of living in safe, healthy surroundings has helped enormously. Buy your purebred dogs from a reputable breeder who has only a few breeding pairs in their kennels. See where the puppy was born and has been cared for. Better, adopt a dog from a shelter and give it a chance for a good home.
"Beware of puppy mill dogs. They can be sick from the day you take them home from the pet store."
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