11.   Pennsylvania has the one of the highest numbers of puppy mills in the country.

12.   Puppy mills are commercial, often rural, operations where puppies are produced in quantity.

13.   Santorum believes that a letter he is sending to the Department of Agriculture will be the first step to cracking down on the puppy mills, Mihalke said.

14.   Some puppy mills are turning to state legislators to protect themselves from animal rights organizations, according to a statement released by the International Society for Animal Rights.

15.   The breeder I bought from seemed like a nice person and was not turning out puppies like a puppy mill.

16.   There are no records on how many puppy mills operate in Washington.

17.   While they advocate getting animals from sources other than substandard puppy mills, they often feature purebred animals in their shelters.