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Sat, July 10, 2010 | AnimalLawCoalition.com
PA's 2008 Dog Law Subverted by Enforcement Bureau: An Update - Laura Allen
Update July 8, 2010: Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell has ordered the Dept. of Agriculture to issue regulations consistent with the 2008 law that requires wire flooring for dogs held in Class C commercial kennels.
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Mon, October 26, 2009 | PetFinder.com
Happy Tail: Abbie - Elaine of Pelham, NH
Hi, I'm Abbie. You just featured a "Happy Tails" story on my sister, Rudy. We shared a "cell" together for the first few years of of our lives in that horrible puppy mill in PA.
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Thu, October 22, 2009 | PetFinder.com
This Week's Happy Tail: Rudy - Mary of Rockaway, NY
Rudy's story started three years ago when she was born into a life of misery. She is a puppy mill mama. But thankfully for Laura of No More Tears Rescue, she is now a year with us here in NY.
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Sun, September 20, 2009 | LancasterOnline.com
Sniffing Out Puppy Mills - Suzanne Cassidy
Marchers still in dogged pursuit; laud new Pa. law, demand enforcement.
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Sat, July 11, 2009 | Newsweek
Ripple Effect: Pressure to Close a 'Puppy Mill' - Suzanne Smalley
An investigation into designer dogs leads to greater scrutiny of the 'puppy mill' industry.
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Thu, July 9, 2009 | The Philadelphia Enquirer
Emmaus dog breeder fined more than $150,000 -
An Eastern Pennsylvania dog breeder has been fined more than $150,000 and faces more than 230 charges for allegedly violating state dog laws.
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Wed, July 1, 2009 | The Dairy Planet
New Hope And An Opportunity To Help -
Saturday, June 27th new hope came for dogs all across the country. Stonyfield employee Elaine Bolognese organized a walk for "puppy mill rescue" and raised an astounding $1,030!
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Sun, May 10, 2009 | BestFriends.org
Pup My Ride to the Rescue - Cathy Scott, Best Friends Staff Writer
More than 200 dogs, from puppies to middle-aged adults, are resting easier today. The cast-off canines were just saved from commercial breeders in Missouri in a successful joint effort between animal rescue groups, including Best Friends.
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Fri, April 3, 2009 | Philly.com
At 76, She Has A Nose For Troubled Kennels - Amy Worden and Jeff Gammage
She doesn't look like a dedicated undercover operative, this 76-year-old animal lover with arthritic knees.
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Thu, March 26, 2009 | Main Line Animal Rescue
Watch ABC's Nightline on Puppy Mills - Bill Smith
Well friends, once again, the cat is out of the bag -- or should we say the dog out of the hutch!
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Wed, March 25, 2009 | PR Newswire
Animal Planet Offering Up Puppy Mill Expose -
Starting in Pennsylvania, a state which some organizations have dubbed "the puppy mill capital of the east," Animal Planet follows the committed law enforcement officers of the Pennsylvania SPCA (PSPCA) to take viewers inside the world of puppy mills...
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Mon, December 22, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
PA Closes Troubled Lancaster County Kennel - Amy Worden
After more than a year of court battles, the state Department of Agriculture has closed a trouble-plagued Lancaster County kennel.
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Sat, November 1, 2008 | TheMorningCall.com
Pawlowski should keep the heat on bad landlords - Bill White
I promised you some good news arising from the Pennsylvania SPCA's raid on the inaptly named Almost Heaven dog kennel in Upper Milford Township, and more generally from the kennel's grisly history.
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Fri, October 31, 2008 | Blogging With Bill White
Something Good - Bill White
The focus of my columns about the inaptly named Almost Heaven dog kennel has been pretty relentlessly negative. It was hard to find silver linings in the wake of a Pennsylvania SPCA raid in which investigators said...
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Thu, October 30, 2008 | Intelligencer Journal
Lancaster Humane League Gets Kennel Dogs - Tom Knapp
A Gordonville dog breeder on Wednesday signed 20 dogs over to the Humane League of Lancaster after he was unable
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Sat, October 11, 2008 | TheMorningCall.com
Kennel's Hellish Conditions No Surprise To Rescuers - Bill White
They hold a Puppy Mill Awareness Day every year in Lancaster County, home of some of the most disgraceful puppy mills in the country. It's always an emotional event for animal lovers.
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Thu, October 9, 2008 | Blogging With Bill White
Heavenly - Bill White
I've heard from a lot of people about the Almost Heaven horror show last week.
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Thu, October 2, 2008 | TheMorningCall.com
Justice Finally Served At Almost Heaven - Bill White
I don't have as much faith in justice as I used to. In the corporate world, in politics, in the courts, even in TV and movies, the bad guys seem to thrive.
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Mon, August 18, 2008 | Reading Eagle
Many Protest Killing Of Dozens Of Dogs By Maxatawny Township Kennel Owner - Erin Negley
Friday night, animal-right activists placed 80 white chrysanthemums at the property line - one for each dog shot and killed by the kennel owners.
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Sat, August 16, 2008 | Intelligencer Journal
Slain Dogs Honored - Susan E. Lindt
Under a full moon, more than 100 people gathered on a country road here Friday night for a somber candlelight vigil to remember 80 dogs shot to death by two Amish farmers late last month.
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