NPPMWatch sign
North Penn Puppy Mill Watch contacted me, through CreativePAW, about doing a ‘rally sign’ for them. And it’s finished! They’re currently working to get legislation passed to clean up Pennsylvania’s puppy mills. From Jenny Stephens, “While I’d like to say close or shut the mills, I can’t; that’s not what the legislation is about”. NPPMWatch is a grassroots organization that strives to raise awareness about the pet shop/puppy mill connection through a weekly pet shop demonstration, and through their website, www.nppmwatch.com.
They’ll be using the signs heavily this fall, and it will make its debut at the Capitol on September 16th, at a rally sponsored by the Humane Society of the United States. There are two important pieces of legislation pending: House Bills 2525 and 2532. When the House reconvenes this fall, NPPMWatch and other advocacy groups will make an effort to push legislators so that the bills will be addressed before the November election. If these bills don’t make it to the floor, it is likely the legislation will die and have to be reintroduced in January.
I started off making fairly traditional election style signs, when I remembered this photo I’d taken of our own dog, Molly. I took this of her the day I picked her up at the shelter, and it turned out to be their favorite of the designs I sent. I’m trying to prepare Molly for her imminent fame, and she seems happy to know that she’ll be helping other dogs in similar situations as hers. Or it might have been the peanut butter treats. Either way, she seems quite happy.
