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Transcript: Wisconsin Humane Society Buys Dog Breeder
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- August 4, 2008
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MELISSA BLOCK
NPR All Things Considered
08-04-2008
Wisconsin Humane Society Buys Dog Breeder
Host: MELISSA BLOCK
Time 21:00-22:00 PM
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MELISSA BLOCK, host:
Environmental groups have been known to buy out land to make sure it doesn't get developed. Here's a new twist on that. A Wisconsin animal welfare group has purchased a dog breeding farm - to critics, a so-called puppy mill - in order to shut it down. And that means the group has to find homes for 1,200 dogs.
Ann-Elise Henzl of member station WUWM in Milwaukee has the story.
ANN-ELISE HENZL: When you think of dog breeding, pictures of adorable puppies probably come to mind. But it's the adult dogs that first get your ...