*WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT*  All photos from USDA licensed breeding facilities in Minnesota.

Welcome

We are a grassroots group of animal welfare advocates, working together to raise awareness and put an end to puppy mills in our State.

What is a puppy mill?

Definition:
"Any profit-centered breeding facility in which the number of dogs has exceeded the owner's ability and/or willingness to meet the physical and emotional needs of all of the animals to a degree that permits the animals to have a decent quality of life."
​- Dr. Frank McMillan
​In Minnesota, dogs are legally defined as property. This view has created commercial dog breeding, where breeders who work with auctioneers, brokers, pet stores, and others see them as nothing more than a product to be mass produced and sold for profit. These breeders keep dogs confined in cages where they are bred repeatedly and their litters are then sold online and to pet stores across the country. Our State is known for having some of the largest puppy mills in the nation, several housing over a thousand dogs.
Normal foot pad of a dog.
Deformed foot pad of a rescued puppy mill dog confined to a wire-floored cage for 5 years.

MN Puppy Mills In The News