According to the Human Society "it is estimated that there are at least 10,000 puppy mills in the U.S. Fewer than 3,000 of these are regulated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture." Approximately 2.5 million canines are born in puppy mills annually according to The Puppy Mill Project. So what is a puppy mill? That depends on who you ask. The ASPCA considers it a "large-scale commercial dog breeding operation where profit is given priority over the … [Read more...]