What Is a Puppy Mill? How to Spot One and Help Shut Them Down
A USDA licensed breeder can legally keep a dog in a cage six inches longer than her body, for her entire life.
A puppy mill is a commercial breeding operation where the needs of the dogs aren't met. Size doesn't settle it, which is one reason "just ban puppy mills" fails as legislation. And the states where most of them operate are the ones where agribusiness controls the statehouse. So the fight moved to where puppy mills sell.
John Goodwin runs the puppy mills program at Humane World for Animals and his team publishes the Horrible Hundred. He explains what a USDA license permits, how these…
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