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Des Moines Pet Store Protest

September 2, 2008 : 3:02 PM
A group of people staged their first peaceful protest at a local pet store in Des Moines in order to educate the public about the terrible truth behind the pet trade.

The group, though still small in numbers is large in spirit, and they plan to continue staging peaceful protests each weekend to spread the word about puppy mills.

Click here to read the article in the Des Moines Register.

Summary posted by Brandi Bennett, Best Friends Network Staff

Photo of Puppy Mill Awareness Day by Clay Myers, Best Friends staff, and is unrelated to this story


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