Over 1,100 dogs were rescued from a Southwestern Virginia “puppy mill” after a 5 month investigation by the Humane Society of the U.S. (HSUS) led to it’s closure. According to the reports Virginia has been lax with it’s regulations of the dog breeding industry and that has led to a lot large scale dog breeding operations (i.e. puppy mills) allowing deplorable conditions to exist at their businesses.
Many of the rescued pups are finding new homes thanks to the help from a lot of animal lovers. Gerti, for example, was lucky enough to be 
adopted by Barbara in Montgomery County MD where she’s certain to be as happy as her new “mom”.
We don’t have the ability to solve this problem completely, but the more pet lovers know, the better in the long run.
The short video below contains more information on this story and the problem.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEa3aHLBW5A[/youtube]
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