Andrea Rosebrock 
Seems there have been more and more puppy mill busts lately and I applaud each and every one of them but lament the fact that they exist at all and the busts even have to take place. The people who run these things are such low forms of life that I cannot even begin to describe. They must have no heart and it’s obvious they’re already sold their soul to the devil to be able to treat innocent and defenseless creatures with such wanton disregard for life!
This latest puppy miller piece of trash is Barry Davis of Eatonton, GA.
Acting on a complaint filed by a neighbor, the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office and the Georgia Department of Agriculture investigated.
“We inspected the premises and found a number of dogs in very bad condition,” the Sheriff Howard Sills said. “Some of the dogs were in cages that were stacked four high. … This is the first one of these things I’ve been to, and it was pretty graphic. I don’t know how to describe it.”
On top of the cruel conditions in which the dogs, mostly small breed such a dachshunds and poodles, Davis had not renewed his license not were the dogs up to date of their shots.
A total of 172 dogs, many is very poor health, were seized. Putnam County Animal Control shelter’s taken several of the dogs, and the rest were farmed out to animal rescue organizations across the area because of the sheer number of dogs. Some of the dogs that are in the most serious condition are with a Putnam County veterinarian and sadly, some of them will have to be euthanized.
Barry Davis has not yet been charged yet and although Sills declined to specify what charges Davis could be facing, he did say they could include animal cruelty charges, which would be a felony. Davis also faces violations of county ordinances for the license infractions.
Sills said people interested in adopting one of the dogs should contact Putnam County Animal Control at (706) 485-3970.
I have said it before and I will say it again…Put these mill people in their own special jail with cages stacked on top of one another!!!But oh…that would be cruel and unusual punishment..wouldn’t it??What kind of a monster can do this??It’s beyond disgusting!!And cruel!!!Torture,breed,sell…torture,breed,sell…And I’m sorry…Hadn’t renewed his license???Big %^&&* deal!!This large scale breeding crap should not even be legal!!!!You said it best Deanna…puppy miller piece of trash…
@Kerry – Thanks Kerry, always look forward to your comments because so often you say what I want to!
D.
when will our government wise up? the USDA is not doing their job. how the hell can they always renew their licenses, are they blind or geting paid off! what about tax evation, get them on that & close these hell holes down
I don’t think your right about Puppy Mill owners. You shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. Some puppy mill owns take care of there animals and play and love them every day. You don’t have the right to judge people because of some fools in this world. After all everyone in this world isn’t cruel and hurtful to the dogs & puppies in there kennel.
Talking about all puppy mill owners is a very bad and hurtful thing to say about those who take care of there animals. Besides you all don’t seem to be good people either to sit there and talk about all the decent people who get them sprayed and neutered before they send the puppies to a new home.
Some breeders only breed to insure the life of breeds close to extinctions (like a zoo).
So with all respect, PLEASE watch what you say when you talk about puppy mill owners. NOT ALL ARE BAD!
(I have heard tons of stories about puppy mill owners abusing there dogs and puppies, so I know how you feel. But i also have heard about some puppy mill owners who love and care for their dogs and send them to loving homes that they visit to ensure the puppy a good life.)
I am shniqha, 13 year old all about animals. (watch animal planet every day and watch how the ASPCA and other groups work to save the animals they care for, so much. I plan to become a vet myself in future time, or becoming a breeder of animals that are near extinctions.)
Also if everyone sprayed or neutered there dogs and cats (other animals) Soon when the animals get old and die they will go extinct because everyone wants to spray or neuter. (THINK BECOME YOU SPRAY OR NEUTER!!! WHY? BECAUSE YOU WILL NEVER KNOW IF ITS THE ONLY FEW OF ITS KIND THAT ARE LEFT UN-NEUTERED!! WHICH COULD EXTINCT THEM!
ITS GOOD TO SPRAY AND NEUTER YOUR PETS BUT DONT TAKE IT TO FAR BEFORE THE UN-THINKABLE MITE HAPPEN!! ( LOSING A BREED OF ANY ANIMAL)
I am going to try,HARD, to be as kind as I can be in response to the previous comment…
That being said, there is no such thing as a “kind” puppy miller…I am not talking about a good breeder…I am talking about a puppy miller…Someone with a barn,warehouse,garage full of hundreds of different breeds of dogs for the sole purpose of making money from their off-spring…There is nothing “kind” or “good” about it..Can one person(family) go by each and every cage of hundreds(Note:I said hundreds..as in large-scale puppy millers) of dogs each day…Let them out for a walk…Have personal one-on-one time??Socialization??Grooming??A simple game of fetch??Even clean the cages of that many??NO!!It is not only physically impossible, it obviously doesn’t fall into the priority catagory if there are that many dogs to begin with…And as far as the “kind”,”good” puppy millers who have their animals spayed or neutered before selling them….Well, that seems to me to be pretty contradictory…Why not let everyone have the opportunity to cast this “kind” treatment on an animal, make some cash, and add to the pet-overpopulation crisis??If it’s o.k. for some…why not everyone??Or, could it be…there is something wrong with it??Hmmm…..
And here comes the extinction “comment”…(See, I’m being nice…This is a young person)We are in no danger of putting the canine companion on the endangered list….There are 4-6 million homeless companion animals being destroyed every year…30% of those are purebreds..And then there are the unknown numbers of animals patiently waiting in rescues and foster homes….AND, as for other animals in danger of becoming extinct??The answer does not lie in breeding in captivity…The answer lies in STOP KILLING THEM AND STOP DESTROYING THEIR HABITAT!!!I applaud each and every human that is trying to restore what mankind has destroyed, and hope and pray their efforts do not turn out like the poor people who restored the Wolf….only to have their work slaughtered after 35 years!!!
The young people in this world are very important…Server, you obviously have a love for animals and that is a very valuable commodity in my eyes..Please continue your education(and love) for the animals..
Deanna, I apologize for the length of this comment(book?)…Because this is a young mind, I wanted to take a little extra time and try to further their understanding of the animals plight…Not sure if I did…I swear I was trying to be civil..I thought long and hard about even responding..As a personal rule..I do not engage in the attacking of young people through the keyboard…We have all heard the horror stories of cyber bullying..That is not my intention here…I only wanted to relay some facts…and of course…voice my opinion …I hope I was able to do that without being threatening or belittling….Everyone needs to be cautious in their statements when it pertains to a young person…JMO…
@Kerry – Kerry, considering, i think you did a very nice job and thank you.
thank you Kerry, very well stated. i’m glad you posted before i did, i’m not sure i could have been as kind.
Yes Thank you Kerry! Perhaps that is what the 13 year old meant that there are some kind breeders out there. But they would not be called puppy mills. It would be someone who owned around 12 dogs and didn’t always have a litter to sell because they truly care about the breed and are not in it for the money. The only way for these people to make a profit is to have way too many dogs that they can’t possibly take care of and sell the puppies. They are being very cruel. I hope by all of us writing to our state representatives we can have laws passed that will make it not worth being in the breeding industry. Like child labor laws had to made so children were not exploited by the greedy, more animal advocate laws need to be passed. We need zero tolerance.
Since the topic is a(nother) Georgia puppy mill, I will simply say this –
The ones who are charged with overseeing the protection of housed animals in Georgia, namely the infamous Ga. Dept. of Ag Animal Protection Division – are not protecting the animals. Not by a long shot.
Please click on my website, and scroll down to read 17 reasons why the Ga. Ag. Animal Protection Division should not even be involved in puppy mill cruelty investigations. You might be surprised when you see who the puppy miller’s best friend is.
Hint: The Animal Protection Division is a regulatory office – they are not an enforcement agency. They do not, and cannot, file any sort of criminal charges of any kind. Period. They seem to like people to believe they can – they cannot.
You’ll even read news interviews at these puppy mill raids, where Ag management or an inspector refers to themselves as an “investigator”. In Georgia, one has to be licensed with the Secretary of State to be an investigator. The Animal Protection Division is comprised of ‘inspectors’ – like the Ag person that marks ‘pass’ on the beef you buy at the grocery store.
Can a housing inspector file criminal charges against a homeowner for installing a faulty electrical outlet?
No – the AP Division is the same, simply an ‘inspection’ office – nothing more.
As far as puppy millers, most ARE “nice” people – very social, very friendly. Does that make them a nice puppy miller? No.How does a ‘nice’ person come to treat animals so horribly?
Money. Greed. Vanity.
There are no ‘nice’ puppy mills. None. Zilch. Nadda.