The Amish and Mennonite communities are widely known as “The Gentle People”. Amish communities are visited for the wonderful baked goods, restaurants, and beautiful countryside farms. They travel via horse and buggy. Amish fields are rich with crops such as corn, wheat and barley, did you know that puppies are also one of their cash crops? Dog farming is present in many Amish and Mennonite communities. » Read more
Our mission is to educate the public and a picture speaks a thousand words. This photo gallery includes pictures taken during inspections of USDA licensed breeders. Most of these USDA licensed “breeders” sell their puppies via online sites and/or through pet stores. A USDA licensed breeder CAN operate a puppy mill. All photos were obtained from the USDA and there are thousands of additional photos that will be posted soon. » Read more
The Puppy Mill Project will feature a different Illinois pet store every two weeks. We will show documentation of where they get their puppies and any USDA inspection reports and photos that are associated with the “breeders” the pet stores are using. This is our way of educating the public using public information acquired from the Illinois Department of Agriculture and the USDA. » Read the news
