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*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.
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Normal foot pad of a dog.
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Deformed foot pad of a rescued puppy mill dog confined to a wire-floored cage for 5 years.
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MN Puppy Mills In The News

  • MINNESOTA BILL PUSHES FOR PET ADOPTIONS, WOULD BAN DOG AND CAT SALES FROM COMMERCIAL BREEDERS AT PET STORES​
  • KARE 11 INVESTIGATES, PETS AT RISK
  • VALLEY VIEW KENNEL: THE PUPPY MILL WITH A FAMILY FRIENDLY FRONT
  • WHO'S REGULATING CLEARWATER KENNEL, ONE OF AMERICA'S "WORST PUPPY MILLS"?
  • WINONA COUNTY BECOMES THE NEW FRONT IN THE BATTLE OVER PUPPY MILLS
  • MINNESOTA HOME TO AMERICA'S WORST PUPPY MILLS
  • ST. PAUL PETLAND BUYS DOGS FROM PUPPY MILLS, GROUP CHARGES
  • STATE ANIMAL BOARD NEUTERED WHEN REGULATING PUPPY MILLS
  • LOCAL DOG BREEDER LISTED AMONG WORST PUPPY MILLS NATIONWIDE
  • SIX AMISH FARMERS WIN CONDITIONAL PERMITS FOR DOG BREEDING OPERATIONS NEAR UTICA
  • PROTESTORS ALLEGE SOME WINONA COUNTY FAMILIES OPERATE A "PUPPY MILL"
  • TWO BECKER COUNTY DOG BREEDERS MAKE THE HUMANE SOCIETY'S 'PUPPY MILL' LIST
  • Sick dogs, hamsters missing eyes, and a decomposing hedgehog at Har Mar Pet
  • Roseville Bans Sales Of Dogs, Cats In Pet Stores
  • St. Paul bans retail sales of cats and dogs, but adoptions are OK
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