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Bill clamps down kennels in Pa. where mills are based, says Humane Society Sammy, a 12-year-old Shetland Sheepdog, runs around the yard of Linda Eroh's Douglassville, Pa., home on Oct. 9, 2008. Eroh rescued Sammy two years ago from a puppy mill in Union County, Pa. HARRISBURG, Pa. - Sammy, a Shetland sheepdog, wouldn't touch his food, retreating to a corner of the yard and devouring mouthfuls of dirt — behavioral oddities his owner later learned came from a lifetime of abuse as a "stud" in a large puppy mill. The 10 years of caged confinement Sammy endured would have been illegal under a bill signed late Thursday by Gov. Ed Rendell. The governor, who owns two rescued golden retrievers, and other dog advocates hope the new law will help Pennsylvania shed its reputation as the puppy mill capital of the East. The Humane Society... [read full story]
