Alsip Nursery Linked to Puppy Mill in Humane Society Report
Frankfort's Alsip Home and Nursery President Kris Shepard denies using Heritage Puppies, a known puppy mill, as a breeder and says Alsip only uses the company for its broker services.
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Alsip Nursery Linked to Puppy Mill in Humane Society Report
Frankfort's Alsip Home and Nursery President Kris Shepard denies using Heritage Puppies, a known puppy mill, as a breeder and says Alsip only uses the company for its broker services.
A dozen Chicago-area pet stores—including Alsip Home and Nursery in Frankfort —have been listed in a puppy mill investigation conducted by the Humane Society of the United States. The Humane Society said Tuesday that undercover investigators visited 12 stores over a three-day period in October, and found many are linked to inhumane commercial breeders known as puppy mills. During the visits, employees at the stores denied selling animals from puppy mills, but documents showed otherwise, according to the Humane Society. Investigators also discovered that eight of the 12 stores were in violation of Illinois' pet shop disclosure law, which requires stores to post visible information about the animals and their breeders, the Humane Society …
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Bobbi Endpuppymills
1:19 am on Wednesday, January 9, 2013
My comment is that Sandra Sheperd did state that she bought 2 puppy mill dogs. To me that screams out - future backyard breeder. Hmmm, I think Sandra Shepard should herself be investigated more ›