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Scenic Chester County, PA, was the scene of one of the latest puppy mills raids as agents from the Pennsylvania SPCA descended on John Blank’s Limestone Kennels. The Amish man is facing animal cruelty charges for running the puppy mill on his Cochranville farm, authorities said.

Three and a half hours after the raid began, 21 summary counts of neglect and lack of veterinary care had been filed against Blank.

“All were crowded in cages, their nails were curled under, and two had embedded collars,” PSPCA program officer Elaine Skypala said. Some had conjunctivitis, an inflammation of the eye; others had untreated abscesses, Skypala added.

“Two were missing their eyes,” Bill Smith, founder of Main Line Animal Rescue in Chester Springs said. “They had big gaping holes with flies in them. One of the dogs had his eye hanging out. Two were missing ears.” Teeth on one dog, a Shiba Inu, were so bad that he couldn’t close his mouth, Smith said. Smith took the dogs to the PSPCA for medical evaluation.

There were over 100 dogs on the 73 acre farm situated on Route 10. From the roads, there were no signs of the horrors that were hidden away, you saw immaculately tended fields and beautiful gardens. Twenty one of the dogs had to be removed immediately amid concerns that they could have died if not rescued.

“When we walked in, it was eerie because … even though there was probably 300 dogs in this facility, you couldn’t hear anybody barking because all the adults had been debarked,” said Elaine Skypala, of the SPCA.

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More than 1300 dogs from Puppy Haven Kennel in Green Lake County, WI, will finally be getting a new lease on life thanks to the Wisconsin Humane Society.

For years, WHS has been trying to shut down the huge puppy mill without success, until now. To end the exploitation of the hundreds and hundreds of dogs locked in their prison misery of this puppy mill, WHS bought Puppy Haven Kennels and now it’s finally time for theses dog, who were used as nothing but money making breeding machine, to learn there is much more to life.

Now the organization must find homes for more than 1,300 dogs.

“None of these dogs have ever been called by a name. They’ve never had a bed. They’ve never had a toy. They’ve never had their own food bowl. They’ve never been cuddled by a person,” said Victoria Wellens, executive director of the Wisconsin Humane Society.

Wellens says the humane society is changing all that, by saving more than a thousand dogs from a life of exploitation with its unprecendented purchase of Puppy Haven Kennel, one of the largest dog breeding facilities in the nation.

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A couple was always finding water all over their pool deck and furniture .

They thought the neighborhood kids were waiting for them to leave, and using the pool. However, they could never catch them doing it. So, they set up their video cam and left. This is what they found out….

What’s the dog doing when it’s home alone??

A dog that jumped from a vehicle going 55 mph on Interstate 70 near Denver is recovering, although it has been separated from its owners. Jodi Brooks is the Good Samaritan who helped rescue Shadow, a German Shepherd mix.