A puppy mill in ND burned on November 1st. I don't know for sure this is the correct figure, but I heard 500 dogs perished in that fire! I am so sickened to think of those poor, helpless dogs trapped in that fire! I did not know this place was a puppy mill and when I was looking for a yorkie, someone gave me their number and I called them. They didn't have purebred yorkies, only schnorkies (schnauzer/yorkie mix).
Some of the dogs that had access to the outdoors survived the fire. They are now being kept in the barn and in their garage. Poor babies!
Here is their website:
http://www.wildwindkennel.net/
Here is a page telling about the fire and if you want to send contributions, you can do so. Yeah...right!!!
http://208.178.1.179/puppy/
I found a couple of complaints about them on rip-off report...
http://ripoffreport.com/reports/ripoff144153.htm http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/ripoff142996.htm
Someone my sister knows visited that kennel and said that in the upstairs part, there must have been 300 dogs in just THAT area! It's a pity they are able to rebuild.