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~ Pet Shop Puppies ~
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Pet Shop Puppy
I'm a little puppy, so cuddly, sweet and
small
I live inside a cage, you see, at Pet Shop in the mall.
I'm not the only puppy, my sisters are all here.
My brothers, too, except for Ralph, who died coz he was scared.
It's lonely here at nighttime when all
the lights go dark,
We tremble in our cages and we whimper and we bark.
But no one comes to hold us or pet our fears away
We sit all night in terror til the store opens next day.
We don't remember Mama, left so far
behind.
She did the best she could for us til Man said "It is time."
He crammed us all in cages too small for us you see,
We rode for hours; we could not help but lay in poop and pee.
And now we sit in Pet Shop where the kids
come taunt and squeeze
They do not hear our whimpers or understand our pleas
We're miserable and it's scary here we all would rather die
But since we don't we do our best to run away and hide.
I know you think my story too sad to
leave me be
You want to take me home with you, a happy little puppy.
But please, though it is fearful to live here against our will
If you take me that leaves a spot another pup will fill.
You can stop our suffering but not by
taking us home.
You must be strong and leave us here, unsold and all alone.
For if you do not take me, then another pup won't come
And maybe he will not be shipped so far away from home.
Though some of us may not survive the
cycle 'ere it falls,
If we don't sell they will not need more puppies in these halls.
And if they need no puppies then the M an will not bring more...
Eventually it can all stop! You CAN close the door!
So when you see a puppy face so sad and
sweet and small
In a cage at Pet Shop in your neighborhood shopping mall,
The best thing you can do for him is leave him sitting there;
That is the best way you can tell ALL dogs how much you care.
Amy Butcher, Ailea Shelties
July
20, 1998
Written in protest of the sale of live puppies and kittens in pet shops nationwide.
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