If you want to help us fight the abuse of dogs in puppy mills you can do the following: - Sign here our online petition - Do not buy any products in shops that sell puppies. Not even accessories or food. - Do not buy magazines that publish advertisements for puppy mills. Write the editors an email to let them know why you have decided not to buy their magazine anymore. - Make people aware of the problem. Give a presentation about puppy mills to your schoolmates or coworkers. - Have any experiences with puppy mills? You can send us your story and/or pictures: meldpunt.broodfok@gmail.com. We will treat it with the utmost reserve. Personal information will not be transmitted to third parties. - Become actively involved in our fight against this dog abuse. Send us an email at broodfok@gmail.com, including your name, address and telephone number. In the subject you write: ACTIVIST. Personal information will not be transmitted to third parties. - Tell our government that they must stop these practises. Send the minister a letter or an email. Below you find an example, but you may also write them a personal letter. Send it to: Email: dierenwelzijn@health.fgov.be Address: FOD Volksgezondheid, Veiligheid van de Voedselketen en Leefmilieu Eurostation, Blok II (9E10) Victor Hortaplein 40 bus 10 B-1060 Brussels Belgium Please also let us know if you have sent an email or a letter: broodfok@gmail.com <<Example>> Dear,, With this writing I would like to draw your attention to the problem of puppy mills in Belgium. uture puppy owners are rarely asked any questions regarding their incentives for buying a dog of a certain breed, nor does a sale ever fall through. Puppy mills most often offer a major variety in popular breeds without showing any interest whatsoever in the specific problems (medical and/or behavioural) nor characteristics concerning the dog breeds they have 'in stock'. Furthermore, no dog deserves to spend the first weeks aka months of its life behind bars or glass. Being a social creature by nature, it craves repeated social contacts. All dogs do. If dogs are deprived from these social contacts, the risk of them developping behavioural difficulties which cause serious burdens on human society, increases with over 200%. If the previous arguments haven't drawn your attention, maybe the breeding-bitches' fate will. They have to produce one litter after another, without ever being given a break from breeding nor the opportunity of just living a normal dog's life. When the day, finally, comes they are no longer economically viable, they are simply dropped at animal shelters, or worse.. Let your imagination run freely, but getting its head bashed in is not a nice way to end the average breeding-bitch's life. Therefore I would like to ask you to expand the existing regulations with the following proposals: - an explicit ban on dog sales in shops and stores - an explicit ban on dog sales through puppy mills - a curtailment of the number of dogs AND breeds that may be used for active breeding by one breeder - mandatory breeder inspections by two  independent vets. Recorded violations will automatically and irreversibly result in the withdrawal of all previously granted permits - a ban on cross boarder puppy transports, except under prior conditions decreed by law. Sincerely Yours, <<Your Name>> <<Example>>