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   Finding Your New Best Friend

• Before You Buy or Adopt
• Guide to Finding Your Perfect Pet
• Red Flags: Disreputable Breeders
• Identifying a Quality Breeder

• What Does Breed Registration Really Mean?
• Breeders With Pride: Responsible Breeders Speak Out
• Rehoming: Free To Good Home?

   What is a Puppy Mill?

• What is a Puppy Mill and What Does it Mean to You?
• FAQ from Students
• Inside A WI "Puppy Farm"
• Interview with a WI "Puppy Farmer"
• Video: Inside a Puppy Mill
• Silver Lining Kennel
• Milwaukee Magazine Puppy Mill Expose
• Why There Is No WI Puppy Mill List
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   The Petstore Connection

• Where Do Petland Puppies REALLY Come From?
• Our Position on PETLAND Pet Shops
• Janesville Petland
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• Pet Stores, Breeding Factories, and Zoonotic Diseases
• Monkeypox: the Case for Stricter Regulation
• Pet Stores: NOT for the Birds!

   Puppy Mill Survivors

• Puppy Mill Survivors: Caring for Mill Dogs
• Mr. Peabody
• Toby's Story
• Yellow Lab # 1150: A Place Called Home
• Sugar's Bakers: How Two Elementary School Students Made a Difference for a Puppy Mill Survivor
• Captain's Story
• Chica's "Tail"
• Baby: A Rare Breed of Love
• "Yankee Dooley"

• Bentley's Message
• Josie's Diary
• Goldie's Story
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• Rascal the Dumpster Dog
• Henrietta's Story

   Breeders With Pride: Responsible Breeders Speak Out

• Willo Siberians

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   What Can I Do About Puppy Mills?

• Humane Minded: A message from the Director of the WPMP
• What YOU Can Do: General Ideas for Combatting Puppy Mills Anywhere
• Peaceful Protest
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Take Action in WI(please note that with the passage of WI Act 90, this section is very much in need of updating, but the information here may be helpful in other states.)

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   Laws and Legislation

• In the Legislature:What's Happening in WI
• Existing Laws
• USDA Regulations
• USDA/AWA Inspection Reports
• Chapter 951: Crimes Against Animals

• Reporting Animal Cruelty
• WI Certified Humane Officers
• A Successful Abuse Prosecution
• Wisconsin Pet Facilities Law website: WPMP's long battle for tougher laws
• Legislative Brief: History of the PFL (PDF)

   Historical Overview of AB-250 / SB-208/WI Act 90

• Brief History of AB-250 / SB-208
• Text of 2009 WISCONSIN ACT 90 (pdf)!
• AB-250 / SB-208 in its entirety (pdf)
• Summary of AB-250/ SB-208
• Cosponsors
• Printer-Friendly Summary/Co-sponsor List (pdf)
• FAQ
• Printer-Friendly FAQ (pdf)
• Fiscal estimate, AB-250 - pdf
• Fiscal estimate, SB-208 - pdf

• AB-250 Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 (pdf).
• Summary of AB-250/ SB-208 Substitute Amendment 1.
• In Committee
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• History of AB -250
• History of SB-208
• What to Expect at a Public Hearing

    2009 WI Act 90 Administrative Rules Process

• Legislative Draft, ATCP 16 (pdf)
• ***ALERT:  CLEARING UP THE CONFUSION ABOUT WI ACT 90 AND ATCP 16!
• Act 90/ATCP 16: Facts for Potential Licensees
• Act 90/ATCP 16: Facts for Consumers
• Fact Sheet for Potential Licensees (printable pdf)
• Factsheet for Consumers (printable pdf)
• 2009 WI ACT 90 Administrative Rules Process: How It Works
• Public Hearing Notice/ Plain Language Analysis, ATCP 16 (pdf)
• ATCP 16 Public Hearing Draft - complete (pdf)

• ATCP 16 Fiscal Estimate (pdf)
• ATCP 16 Business Impact Analysis (pdf)
• 5/2110 Dog Sellers Advisory Committee Meeting: Standards of Care Examples from Other States
• DSAC Recommendations on Standards of Care, CVI's, and Age of Transfer
• Dog Sellers Standards of Care recommendations (pdf)
• Certificate of Veterinarian Inspection (CVI) & Age of Transfer Discussion (pdf)
• 21 April 10 DSAC Meeting Recommendations
• MEMO: Dog Foster Licensing under s. 173.41
• MEMO: Co-ownership of Dogs and Licensing Under s. 173.41

    AB-793/ SB-580, Revisions to Chapter 173 (Animal Seizure Law)

• Memo from the Dane County Humane Society: AB-793/ SB-580, Revisions to Chapter 173 (Animal Seizure Law)
• Summary, AB-793/SB-580
• AB-793/SB-580 FAQ

• Existing WI Chapter 173 (pdf)
• AB-793 Revision of Chapter 173 (pdf)
• History of Assembly Bill 793
• History of Senate Bill 580

   Thyme and Sage Ranch Investigation

• Overview
• In Depth: Personal Stories About Thyme and Sage Ranch
• Operation Freedom 200

• Participating Shelters
• Criminal Complaint against Jennifer Petkus (pdf)