The loss of 80 more lives can be chalked up to Pennsylvania’s antiquated Dog Law and the people who continue to hold up the passage of new legislation as well as the two men who actually pulled the trigger and shot and killed the doomed puppy mill dogs.

Rather than clean up and take care of their dogs, two Berks County kennel owners, Elmer Zimmerman of E&A Kennel and brother, Ammon Zimmerman of A&J Kennel, shot and killed their entire kennel population, about 80 dogs.

On July 24, after receiving poor inspection reports and told to have their dogs checked by a vet, Elmer Zimmerman shot his 70 small breed dogs and threw them on a compost pile and his brother killed 10 at about the same time.

It is legal for kennel owners to shoot their dogs in Pennsylvania!

Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Dennis Wolff released the following statement in response to the shooting of 80 dogs at two Berks County kennels:

“The recent shooting of 80 dogs at two Berks County kennels is saddening. The decision by commercial breeders to kill healthy dogs instead of paying to repair a kennel and seek veterinary care is alarming, and will likely outrage many people. Unfortunately, the killing of the dogs was legal under current Pennsylvania law.

“The two kennels involved have both voluntarily closed, but until our state’s outdated dog law is changed kennel owners may continue to kill their dogs for any reason they see fit, even if it is simply to save money. We can’t afford to wait any longer to pass legislation that would ban commercial kennel owners from killing their dogs.

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Authorities are asking for the public’s help to find the person(s) who brutally abused two dogs, killing one, near the corner of 98th Avenue and Lawlor Street, Oakland, on August 1.

In this horrific case of abuse, two dogs were shot then tossed from a vehicle on East Oakland Street. Several neighborhood residents “reported hearing several gunshots, a car door open, a dog yelping and the sound of car racing off. One resident said she went outside after hearing the noises and found the two dogs in the gutter.”

When police arrived they found a small female miniature pincher, battered and broken, dead in the gutter. She had a gunshot to the neck and her back, leg and spine had also been shattered.

The other dog, a small brown mix male has a broken back and pelvis and a possible gunshot wound to the neck. He is being treated at the Oakland Animal Shelter.

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This morning, I woke up & kissed my dad’s head.
I peed on the carpet, then went back to bed.
“The life of a puppy, oh my, this is great.”
Then I thought about breakfast,” I hope it’s not late.”

Mom took me outside, we walked for a while.
This never fails to make Mama smile.
I sniffed of everything, that we did pass,
I ate something weird - it gave me gas.

I’m sure God loves me, I know that is true.
He gave me so many great things to chew.
Rugs, plants or rocks, I really don’t care.
What I truly like best, is Dad’s underwear.

That obedience book, was sort of yummy.
Though it didn’t sit well on my poor puppy tummy.
I threw up a bit, but that was all right,
When Mom found it later, I was well out of sight.

I made streamers of T. P., while running at full speed.
Mom is pretty quick — but I was still in the lead.
I flew under the bed, and Mom flew past,
She stopped-shook her head, and breathed,
“You’re too fast.”

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