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The first three puppy mills on the list are:
• S & S Family Puppies, owned by Brandi Cheney and Diana Stephenson, in Milan, Mo. This USDA-licensed facility has been the subject of more than 500 pages of USDA enforcement records detailing filthy conditions, sick or dying dogs who had not been treated by a veterinarian, dogs in frigid temperatures with frozen water bowls and without adequate shelter from the elements, dogs so severely matted that when the mats were removed their skin was raw and oozing, and dogs with open, bloody wounds who had not been treated by a vet.
• Beverly Fields, B & B Kennel, in Galt, Mo. Fields is both USDA and state licensed despite a history of problems with ramshackle housing, dogs found in temperatures as low as 9 degrees with inadequate protection from the weather, a dog smeared with feces, and a dog with “red, inflamed and oozing” skin on her feet from standing on wire flooring. Photographs taken by HSUS investigators show dogs at this facility in rusty, crooked wire cages similar to chicken coops. Fields contributed to MoFed PAC, a recently-disbanded group that actively opposed Proposition B in Missouri.
• Shannon Plymell, Windsong Kennel, in Pattonsburg, Mo. Windsong Kennel has retained its federal and state licenses in 2010 despite dozens of Animal Welfare Act violations, including dogs found in frigid temperatures with inadequate protection from the cold, underweight dogs, and dogs with “raw and inflamed skin,” hair loss or eye discharge who were not treated by a vet. A USDA inspector last year noted stacked cages that allowed feces and urine from the top tier of cages to rain down on the animals below. Photographs taken by HSUS investigators show dogs at this facility in ramshackle wire cages propped up by PVC piping.
At puppy mills in Missouri, dogs are crammed into small and filthy cages, denied veterinary care, exposed to extremes of heat and cold, and given no exercise or human affection. These puppy mills are cruel and the way these dogs are treated is wrong. Prop B would stop puppy mill abuses by establishing common-sense standards for the care of dogs.