Publication/Event date: 2012-02-04

Publication name: philly.com

URL for more info: http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/pets/NJ-dealers-of-PA-puppies-charged-with-cruelty-.html

Summary:
Is it the end of the line for New Jersey's most notorious pet shop operator?

Over the last quarter century Nat Sladkin has settled scores of civil suits for selling sick puppies to unwitting consumers.

Now he's facing criminal charges.

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Publication/Event date: 2012-02-03

Publication name: Heavenly Creatures

URL for more info: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/heavenlycreatures/2012/02/readers-speak-out-on-the-gorham-dog-breeding-facility/

Summary:
When I posted this week about the plans for a large scale wholesale dog breeding facility in Gorham, NY, I had no idea it would spark the flame it has. I’m sure there are lots of other bloggers covering the story, but readers here at Heavenly Creatures have brought up some interesting points:
The term “puppy mill” is a super charged phrase. A reader named Doug Williams wrote:

”u have already slandered these people in your article by calling their other facility a ‘puppy mill’. Do you have proof of that assertion. What is a ‘puppy mill’?”

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