[zedhead]

Growning up on a farm , hunting and fishing, taught me a respect for life that helped form the man I am.

Anyone that can torture an animal is not a man. How they can do it is unfathomable in my mind. I have to think that these types are not wired properly. To take pleasure in another animals suffering takes a sick person.

Passing laws will not change this type of person.

Mn. has some pretty strict animal protection laws on the books, and they are enforced. But there is no one out there actually investigating. It takes common citizens to inform them when there is a problem.
Up here in the north woods we hear of these cases at least 3-4 times a year. Always the perpatrators are tipped off by a citizen.

People up here are pretty vigilent about watching for perpatrators of animal abuse. You can't tell Me that these large puppy mills don't have someone that knows about them and could tip off the authorities?
It happened here less than two months ago. The Couple had been breeding for less than a year before authorities shut them down.

One thing that would help considerably, is to convince your local lawmakers that the laws/punishment that are already on the books are not harsh enough.