I'm not sure I buy this. The Amish are not a "cult". They are an organization that is over 3 million strong...and growing, somewhat surprising in this day and age. One of the few things I know about them is that a young person cannot declare him/herself Amish until they complete a "Wanderjahr" (I think that is the word) into the "English" world, so that he or she can judge for themselves whether to return to the Amish community or become "English".

Are there some bad apples? Sure. But, unfortunately, like any community which is "different", people can cause harmful misunderstandings by ignorance.

I would take this "puppy mill" article with a grain of salt. This doesn't seem consistent with the Amish way of self-sufficiency.