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What else is the vet going to say considering she is on puppymiller Derbe Eckhart's payroll? I would think the vet could get into a whole heap of trouble for not reporting the abuse that undoubtedly occurred to 800 dogs.

I think it is a crime that the SPCA only rescued 60 of the 600 animals this miller had on the premises. It certainly indicates a lack of compassion from the SPCA who could have cleaned the place out and distributed the animals to other sanctuaries. So what happens to the remaining 540 unfortunate animals who have lived their lives in that hellhole? What a farce of a raid.

Seems these millers were dealing in only small dogs.

Click here: USDA Shuts Down Puppy Mill - Team 5 Investigates News Story - WCVB Boston

While it is way past due for USDA to crack down on puppy mills. This story, however, is not as good as it sounds. The puppymiller is being allowed to keep her animals as "personal pets" and she can still sell over the Internet. She will also be allowed to re-apply for a license in two years. But at least she's out of business for now.

Click here: Suspected Puppy Mill Burns to the Ground - WREG

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It blows the mind to realize that 200-300 mills exist in Lancaster County alone

and that some of them are allowed to have 500 dogs at a time.

This woman has been in business since 1967. I can't even begin to imagine how

many thousands of dogs have died and suffered tremendously under her "care".

Sheriff's Office gave warning after warning after warning to clean up their breeding business....and now the breeders and dogs have disappeared. How many "warnings" have to be given in MO before action is taken and the millers hotfoot it out of town with dogs? I believe the Keystone Kops could have done a more proficient job.

This case should be interesting: The miller's breeding license was revoked last March and the license of his veterinarian has been suspended.

This news article omits certain info. I recall this raid where dogs were even found living in shopping carts but can't remember what breeds of dogs were involved. The puppy mill was located in Washington State and named Sun Valley Kennel which I found by googling the miller's name. There were 400 dogs rescued by the Sheriff's Department and volunteers at this mill. There are several Sun Valley Kennels in the U.S. but none were listed under Google in Washington so I assume their website has been removed. At least the dogs, whatever breed, are finally safe now.

I find it incomprehensible that a Benton County official wants to leave these 300 American Eskimo dogs at the puppy mill until the case is decided - whenever that might be.

Click here: Missoulian: Trial delayed for Ballantine dog breeder charged with cruelty
Posted on April 28

ROLLA, Mo. -- The Humane Society of Missouri and the Phelps County Sheriff's Department removed 68 dogs that they say were living in filthy conditions at an unlicensed breeding facility. Some of the dogs are pregnant.

Oklahoma is the #2 state in the country for numbers of puppy mills. Missouri is #1.

This dog and 3 other Shih Tzu's were saved at a puppy mill auction by a Shih Tzu rescue group in Texas.

I wonder why provisions pertaining to rescuing and fostering animals were stripped from the bill. OK is the 2nd largest puppy mill state in the country, right behind Missouri. So I guess it's a start in OK.

Bullfeathers! These dealers in animal flesh have made thousands and thousands of dollars selling these unfortunate, abused dogs to the public and probably have huge bank accounts. ( or look under the bed IRS ) Between these 4 relatives involved in the seizure of 550 pitiful dogs, a total of 10 charges have been filed against them. What kind of stupidity is that? They need to pay huge fines and go to jail for 10 years each so they can learn what it is like to live in a cage and be neglected. If they get a slap on the wrist, they will go right back into business.

If what little bit of water the animals had in bowls was frozen, how many dogs and puppies were also frozen? The Sheriff suspects the malnourished tiger was feeding on puppies since puppy carcasses were found in the tiger's pen. The original estimate of number of dogs/puppies seized was 200. The number has now been increased to over 300 according to this article. Initial estimates put the number of dogs at close to 200, but the number found continued to rise as officers searched kennels and barns across the property. The dogs were taken to the St. Louis Humane Society.

The tiger was tranquillized, given an IV and taken directly to the Dickerson Park Zoo. It did not appear to be ill.

“It was just malnourished, malnourished to the point that they figured it weighed about 175 pounds and it should be weighing over 400 pounds — the age and bone structure that it was,” Copeland said. “There were some carcasses of dead puppies in the tiger’s pen, which indicated to me that’s what the tiger had been eating.”

(Note: Later news reports state that 93 Yorkies were seized).

Nebraska has lots and lots of puppy mills.

Hopefully another puppy mill bites the dust and dogs placed in loving homes.

Click on the thumbnail photos to view these luxurious "kennels". I tried to find any websites this Virginian Thornton had on the Internet advertising dogs and there were some links - but when I tried to pull them up, they had all been removed. Seems this raid took place on 2/06 and is just now making national news so I guess it didn't take the millers long to remove the sites.

The total numbers of dogs rescued from this mill now increased to nearly 600 dogs.

There are some pretty good Readers' Comments posted on this article except for the one posted by an obvious puppymiller who posted a comment longer than Webster's Dictionary.

The man "AGREES" to spending a whole week in jail and paying a fine for running the worst puppy mill in the state of Maine? You mean he had a choice? Also, the judge will drop all the 20 animal cruelty counts he still has if he will stay out of trouble until the end of the year 2009? Wow! What a reward! He should be able to start right up with manufacturing assembly line puppies the day he gets out of jail.

Montcalm County has a sadly outdated animal control facility that still gasses the unlucky souls within its confines. Unfortunately, however, Liz was not gassed. The ending of her story still has yet to be told, and the fate of her remaining days is most certainly an exercise in painful torture.

It breaks my heart what the dogs go through at the cruel hands of the puppymiller profiled in this news article. What can the dogs and puppies be going through as you read this with the current weather in MN? I would imagine a number of these poor animals will freeze to death. Mass breeding seems to be supported by Professors at the Un. of MN along with the Veterinary Medical Association and others. It's as if MN is a Third-World Country with no compassion and no intelligence. It's a lengthy article but please read.

This is an update. This miller had 800 dogs and 350 puppies in 32 breeds. As usual, the USDA refuses to release any info on this case. The vet in this article has very little use for USDA and its policies. What this miller has done to her "stock" is not unusual although it is terribly cruel.

"As horrible as it is to say this, I would rather see these poor dogs dead than living out their lives in a puppymill suffering day in and day out for all of their lives. I can't think of a more cruel destiny for dogs than to live their lives in mills - especially those of the Amish. These two brothers are quoted as saying they are now out of the business. Don't believe it. They might not have electric lights or drive cars, but they sure like the modern money that comes from selling sick and poorly bred puppies. "

My latest subject-matter based video, "You Remind Me," is here on youtube. The best image is seen by clicking on the link to watch it in high quality. This is an upbeat piece (for the most part; it does contain a dose of reality) designed to promote shelter and rescue animals.

This case might be a "warning" if the puppymiller had been totally shut down and NOT allowed to keep 25 breeding dogs, plus not being forced to pay the $57,500 it cost the Lancaster Humane League to care for the seized animals.

WZTV, 05/15/08 Nashville Brittany Bergez Will Serve Time in Jail for Animal Cruelty. A Westmoreland woman accused of animal abuse will also spend time behind bars. Brittany Bergez pleaded guilty today to two counts of animal cruelty. More than 40 dogs were seized from her kennel.. which investigators call a puppy mill. Bergez will serve two weekends in jail be on probation for two years and pay an animal welfare group one thousand dollars.
During her probation she can only keep two horses and two house pets.

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