Resource Materials

• Video – OAA press event introducing H.B. 725 that will ban breeders from doing surgical procedures without pain meds, anesthesia, or a veterinarian present.
• HSUS 2022 Horrible Hundred Report – 2022 Hundred Worst US Puppy Mills
• Office of Inspector General – Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Animal Care Program – Inspections of Problematic Dealers (May 2010)
• Office of Inspector General – Animal Care Program Oversight of Dog Breeders (June 2021)
• HSUS 2021 Horrible Hundred Report – 2021 Hundred Worst US Puppy Mills
• HSUS Guide to Finding a Responsible Dog Breeder

Literature & Toolkits

• 10/3/2022, Ending cruelty once for all
• 9/21/22, Bill would crack down on puppy surgical procedures
• 9/21/22, Lanese Announces New Animal Cruelty Legislation
• 7/8/22, USDA: Letter Discontinuing “Teachable Moments” Loophole on Issuing Citations
• PAWS: Buyer Beware: The Problem with Puppy Mills and Backyard Breeders
• 7/1/22, Iowa Capital Dispatch: Banned Dog Breeder’s Father Cited for Unlicensed Breeding Facility in Ohio
• 4/27/22, The Statehouse News Bureau: Plan to let Ohio breeders Crop Tails and Remove Dewclaws from Puppies Delayed
• 9/15/21, Scientists found that extensively drug-resistant C jejuni strains have emerged as a cause of illness among pet store customers, employees, and visitors
• 8/27/21, Bailing Out Benji: Buyer Beware: Daniel Gingerich, Maple Hill Puppies
• 11/2/07, Best Friends conducted a study that was published in the Journal of American Veterinary Medical Association confirming that puppy mills hurt dogs

Websites

• Animal Humane Society: Socializing Your Dog
• ASPCA: More Puppies, More Profits
• HSUS: Stopping Puppy Mills