Showing 29 posts tagged with "puppymill"
Source: Freep.com, July 24, 2009
As many as 150 dead animals have been found in a house in Dearborn where authorities had previously found more than 100 live Chihuahuas and Chihuahua mixes over the past two days, according to Dearborn Police Chief Ronald Haddad.
Authorities discovered the dead animals today when they searched the basement of the [...]
Source: GazetteExtra.com, July 6, 2009
Jim Long has never considered himself an animal-rights activist.
But when he read about the conditions of dogs at so-called “puppy mills,” he wanted to take action.
“It’s not that I take a particular interest in animals,” he said. “I just don’t want to see them abused.”
Long of Sharon learned about puppy mills—large, [...]
Source: MyF0x.com, July 8, 2009
FORT WORTH, Texas – More than 500 dogs and puppies have been taken from what officials call a large puppy mill in Montague County .
According to the North Texas Humane Society, more than 50 volunteers worked through the holiday weekend to prepare for the arrival of the animals on Tuesday.
The canines [...]
Source: TheNewsTribune.com, June 30, 2009
Owners of the Pasco Petland store on Monday denied charges the store gets its puppies from mills and brokers who mistreat animals that they crank out for profit.
“I never would’ve opened this (store) if there were shady things going on,” said co-owner Dan Miner. “I mean, there’s too much money at [...]
Source: DetroitNews.com, June 3, 2009
Police say a Birmingham woman accused of illegally housing “designer” dogs in a former auto repair shop wasn’t rescuing them — she was selling them on the Internet for a large profit.
But the woman’s attorney, Eric Buikema, said Tuesday his client’s only motivation was the safety of endangered animals. Buikema said [...]
