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The ‘Puppy Mill Belt’ Missouri, Indiana, Ohio and Iowa have the most high-volume dog-breeding facilities that churn out puppies for profit with little regard for the animals.
One of those Iowa breeders is Henry Sommers, the 84-year-old owner of Happy Puppy in the town of Cincinnati. Sommers was arrested in February 2023 by the Appanoose County Sheriff’s Office as a ...
Roughly 10,000 puppy mills may be operating in the United States, producing at least 2.6 million puppies a year and keeping roughly 500,000 dogs for breeding purposes, the Humane Society reports ...
Puppy mills originated in the post-World War II era. [23] Midwestern farmers, suffering crop failures, [24] turned to puppy farming as an alternative crop. [4] An increasing demand for household pets resulted in the development of the "commercial puppy business". [4] [3] Conditions in puppy mills were well known to be poor.
Boone County Sheriff's Office deputies discovered the puppies when conducting a routine welfare check near Ogden. ARL Iowa, Boone County Sheriff rescued nearly 100 dogs from apparent puppy mill ...
It is the longest-running and most authoritative report of its kind, assessing the strength of each jurisdiction's animal protection laws by examining over 4,000 pages of statutes. The report also highlights the top, middle and bottom tiers of jurisdictions and notes the "Best Five" and "Worst Five" states overall. [3]
The Dubuque Millworking Historic District is a nationally recognized historic district located in Dubuque, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. [1] At the time of its nomination it consisted of 24 resources, which included 19 contributing buildings, and five contributing structures. [2]
Ohio is second in the nation in the humane society's report, having 20 of the 100 problem puppy mills on the list. Only Missouri is worse, with 23. Ohio ranks No. 2 on 'Horrible Hundred' report ...