HBO documentary on puppy mills in Amish country of Pennsylvania... [View all]

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"Madonna of the Mills" follows the story of a Brooklyn woman on a quest to save puppy mill breeder dogs from slaughter by, of all people, Mennonite Amish farmers who operate massive puppy mills (500-600 dogs) with no regard for the health or safety of the dogs.

Check out how they "debark" the dogs. They shove a pipe down their throats smashing their vocal chords in order to not alert others to the puppy mills existence.

In one story a Berks County, PA breeder and his brother took 80 of the dogs out behind the shed and shot them, then buried them in a mass grave because THEY HAD FLEAS.

This documentary changed how I view these neanderthal, 19th century wack jobs.