In July Scene gave you a rundown of the state’s puppy breeding business, a multi-million dollar annual cash grab that’s taken hold in the state’s rural areas and Amish communities. After dragging through dirty Amish dog auctions and forcing you to look at a lot of sad puppy pics, we offered a happy ending: the state legislature was likely going to pass a law restricting how dogs are raised in large-scale operations.
Fast forward to today, and the political winds have shifted: now it looks like the puppy mill industry in Ohio will only get worse.
This article appears in Nov 24-30, 2010.
I’ve worked at the Cleveland APL, and I can’t begin to describe the sadness when we bring in all the abused and rejected breeder dogs from closed down puppy mills. These dogs are forced like slaves for years in the most vile and disgusting conditions all for the name of profit. Shame on OHIO for not fixing this problem!