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bpatters

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When you buy a guinea pig, there's an excellent chance this is what you're supporting:

From Pennsylvania:

–Newborns were lethargic with abnormalities that included sunken eyes that were crusted shut and the hair around the eye wet with a clear discharge.
–A dead newborn embedded in the bedding of the enclosure in a pen.
–Sales slips do not include the name and address of the dealer or person to whom the guinea pigs are sold thus making it difficult to track the animals and document changes in ownership.
–The facility’s inventory of 509 guinea pigs listed only adult females but a total of 1,248 adults, weanlings and newborns were counted.
–Pens had unsealed bare wood surfaces that are difficult to clean and sanitize.
–Approximately 90 percent of the self-feeders attached to the inside of the guinea pig enclosures contained fecal material mixed in with the feed
–The majority of the enclosures had accumulations of excess fecal material, soiled bedding and discarded food throughout.

https://www.lockhaven.com/news/loca...-against-a-clinton-county-guinea-pig-breeder/
 

ItsaZoo

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This farmer is a member of the Loganton Amish community. There have been a number of investigations involving USDA and animal protection organizations trying to stop Amish farmers from raising animals in these horrible conditions. The Amish operate many of the puppy mills in the midwest and in Pennsylvania. They raise and sell all kinds of animals that are kept in small dirty cages with inadequate food and water, and no veterinary care. When the animals can't produce more litters, they are killed or just left to starve.
 
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