50+ dogs taken from alleged puppy mill :: The SouthtownStar :: News

Puppy mills are a everyday growing problem. I think the more we are aware of this problem about places that sell Yorkies, Yorkshire terriers, pugs and other Multi Poo's the better artmed we can become to fight these A H's and do away with them.

One women is charged and a second faces charges after police raided a suspected puppy mill and rescued 53 designer lapdogs confined in below-freezing conditions and suffering a variety of health problems.Authorities rescued the dogs Friday at a trailer park near St. Anne, in rural Kankakee County, the Cook County sheriff's office said.Barking sounds led officials to a shed on the property, where they found 30 puppies – some with broken bones, internal organ problems and infections of fleas and mites – confined in below-freezing conditions, the sheriff's office said.Officers found 23 more designer dogs in a second shed.The dogs – multi-poos, Yorkshire terriers, pugs and other lap dogs ranging in age from seven weeks to 10 years – were being sold online and through newspapers between $300 and $600, the sheriff's office said.The raid was the result of a weeklong undercover investigation initiated after employees of the South Suburban Human Society in Chicago Heights tipped off authorities.The target of the investigation is a 59-year-old Joliet woman, who was not home at the time of the raid and will be charged with felony cruelty charges early next week in Kankakee County, the sheriff's office said. She has previously faced similar misdemeanor charges, but no warrant has yet been issued in this case.

50+ dogs taken from alleged puppy mill :: The SouthtownStar :: News