Local Animal Shelter on Puppy Mill Fight's Frontlines
The Humane Society's Maryland Heights shelter helped puppy mill victims become adoptable.
Imagine standing barefoot in a wire cage with your upstairs neighbor's urine and droppings running down the walls and you'll get a feel for life in a puppy mill. The scenario is harsh, but that's the point Humane Society of Missouri's Vice President of Communications Jeane Jae wants to make. The Humane Society's Maryland Heights shelter helps rescue animals from puppy mills, which Missouri citizens voted to regulate more strictly on Nov. 2. Voters approved Proposition B, a new law that requires large-scale commercial breeders to give their animals adequate food, water and shelter. The law also prevents breeders from keeping more than 50 parental dogs to breed puppies as pets. The Humane Society's Maryland Heights facility gives former …
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