The Star Thurs 24/06/12
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From what was featured, honestly, it does not appear that bad.
I've seen and heard of cases worse off whereupon each pair of bitches were housed together in a multi-tiered 18" by 24" cage till they were ready to be mated and bred!
To confine a dog to such a small cage 24/7 is terrible enough, let alone two!! In aggravated cases, dogs were not even groomed and were heavily infested with ticks!
It is the human greed of hunting for bargain buys at rock bottomed prices that led to the mushrooming of puppy mills producing genetically weak dogs under deplorable conditions!
At the expense of the poor dogs, unscrupulous breeders capitalized on the business with minimal costs thereby sacrificing the health and condition of the innocent canines.
Puppy milling will stop... ONLY, when shrewd buying starts!