Join Sheryl Crow and Animal Rescue Corps (http://animalrescuecorps.org/) in educating to end puppy mills. ARC, an international animal protection organization, is launching a puppy mill awareness initiative called "Educate To End Puppy Mills" which includes the release of this public service announcement (PSA) featuring Grammy Award winner and animal advocate Sheryl Crow. Three versions of the End Puppy Mills PSA have been distributed to 500 cable outlets and will begin airing November 2012. The other two versions of the PSA are available here:    • ARC's End Puppy Mills PSA with Sheryl...   and    • ARC's End Puppy Mills PSA with Sheryl...  

In the PSA Sheryl Crow explains, "Puppy mills are mass-production factories where mother dogs suffer their entire lives producing nearly 100 percent of the puppies sold in pet stores and on the Internet." Puppy mills often warehouse hundreds of dogs on a single property in small, overcrowded, unsanitary, wire-floored cages without sufficient food, water, grooming, socialization, or veterinary care. Therefore, puppy mill dogs suffer from a multitude of social, emotional, and physical conditions. With an estimated 15,000 puppy mills in the United States, Animal Rescue Corps is dedicated to educating the public in order to end the cruelty and suffering these puppy mills perpetuate.

ARC's Educate To End Puppy Mills initiative asks supporters and the public to become involved by educating others in order to end puppy mills, including sharing this PSA, to educate and advocate for spay and neuter initiatives, and to always make adoption your first choice when choosing an animal companion.

To learn more, please visit http://educate2end.org or http://animalrescuecorps.org.