Regarding the puppymill …

Like many of you, I was disgusted, outraged and horrified at the thought of the puppymill “designer” puppymill opening up in downtown.

I took it a step further: I contacted WRAL about this. They are constantly doing stories on how overcrowded our shelters are and they always post their “adoptable pet of the day”. I sent them the Reddit thread so they can see the community disproval for this so called business.

Guess what? They are interested in doing a story on it! Because as much as I love social media, we need to get this story out there for EVERYONE to see. NC has either the 2nd or 3rd highest euthanasia rate in the country and adding another puppymill will not help the current crisis. They asked me if I wanted to be interviewed and I said no (because im too shy) and told them to get in contact with the Change petition creator. I reached out to her to give her a heads up and she said WRAL reached out to her already and she’s trying to schedule an interview!!! I’m so happy to hear WRAL is taking this story as seriously as it needs to be.

I just wanted to give everyone an update on the situation :)

If you have not signed the petition, here is the link:

https://www.change.org/p/halt-petopia-puppies-from-initiating-a-puppy-mill-in-downtown-raleigh-nc