I just posted this in Dog General, too.

I like to think not that it is disheartening, but that it shows progress by everyone who has been fighting for years to gain some publicity for the animal welfare movement. A few years ago, this would have not made the news at all. The general public never heard the terms "puppy mill" or "back yard breeder", let alone cared about the issue.

I think the fact that this is front page news today is encouraging ... lots of well-meaning people out there simply don't know the facts. They don't mean any harm when they buy that cute little furball from a pet store, they just don't know. Information like this needs to get out.