Ending Puppy Mills Stories

Best Friends and advocates nationwide are changing policies to create brighter futures for pets.

Promoting puppy mills under the guise of adoption is unconscionable.

Good news for dogs and cats across the country.

It involves not only passing humane laws, but thwarting the industry’s ever-expanding sales tactics.

Changing hearts and minds is complicated but necessary in convincing municipalities to pass humane pet sales laws.

Animal advocates around the country made a huge difference for pets this year.

Pug rescued from puppy mill shows signs of serious neglect, but she is adopted and her life changes dramatically for the better.

Poodle rescued from a dog breeding facility comes to the Sanctuary where he is getting socialized and learning how to be a happy, well-adjusted dog.

True story of a puppy mill survivor, a senior Yorkie rescued from a pet mill, who gets the love and care she needs to be adopted into a real home.

San Francisco ordinance requires pet stores to only offer dogs and cats from shelters or rescues. Stores can no longer sell animals from puppy mills.

Be an advocate for pets this holiday season. Adopt an animal, become a Best Friends member, protest puppy mills, volunteer and more.

Breeder dog who suffered abuse on a ‘puppy farm' receives TLC and training at the Sanctuary and is learning how to just be a dog so she can be adopted.

Las Vegas, Nevada; Sarasota County, Florida; and Tempe, Arizona, pass ordinances banning the retail sale of dogs and cats from puppy mills.

Salt Lake County bans the retail sale of dogs, cats and rabbits in pet stores located in unincorporated areas of the county.

Beverly Hills pet stores will no longer be allowed to sell dogs, cats or rabbits from mills. Pets must come from shelters or rescue groups.