Recently the Washington Post investigated the alarming practice of so-called “rescue” groups buying puppies at auction from commercial breeders, known as puppy mills. Here’s what we know about the puppy mill industry: Nearly all pups that come from a commercial breeder are the result of emotional and physical torture. Breeder dogs are kept in cruel conditions: tiny, dirty, wire-bottom cages, where they are treated as machines of production, churning out litter after litter. They receive no human companionship or comfort. They are barely able to move, let alone run or play. A sickening joke played on “man’s best friend.” Here’s what we know
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