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An estimated 30 percent of all puppies sold in America come from Missouri — a whopping 750,000 dogs each year — earning the state a new unwanted, unofficial title: The “Puppy Mill State.”
In November, Missouri voters narrowly passed the “Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act,” which bars breeders from housing more than 50 dogs and requires that those animals receive sufficient food, water, space, vet care, and time off between breeding cycles.
But some state lawmakers want to overturn the law, saying it would restrict a growth industry and do more harm than good.
Read more here about the law and the puppies here.
Photo credit: CC BY Orin Zebest