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Last updated on Tuesday, May 22, 2018
(INDIANA) - The year 2018 marks the sixth year in a row that the Humane Society of the United States is publishing a list of 100 problem puppy mills and dog sellers.
The Horrible Hundred list is a sampling of the 100 especially problematic puppy mills in the nation.
In Indiana, the four puppy mills that made the list are in the following cities:
The breeders were not named in the report, but it did include details of what made them problematic.
In Greens Fork, USDA inspectors found an American Eskimo puppy dead in a bowl with bloody water. They also found multiple dogs without adequate protection or space and uncleaned pens. The pups also were in need of dental work.
At other shelters inspectors found dogs suffering in 103-degree heat, dogs with flaking skin, injured eyes and signs of dental disease - making them all rank on the "Horrible Hundred" list.
Approximately one third of the breeders and dealers in this report are "repeat offenders" - dealers who have appeared in one or more of past reports and yet have been found with additional violations or issues since the report was compiled. A few of the dealers have appeared in all five of the Horrible Hundred reports, yet are still in business in 2018. The percentage of repeat offenders is probably much higher, but because of the number of USDA reports that now have no names or license numbers on them, the Humane Society of the United States were not able to link all problem reports to their dealers' histories.
Topping the list of the Horrible Hundred for the sixth year in a row is Missouri with the 23 poorly ranked puppy mills.
View the full list below:
Missouri: 23
Ohio: 13
Iowa: 10
Pennsylvania: 9
Wisconsin: 8
Kansas: 8
Nebraska: 6
New York: 6
Indiana: 4
Arkansas: 3
Georgia: 2
Oklahoma: 2
South Dakota: 2
Michigan: 1
Florida: 1
Illinois: 1
Massachusetts: 1
To read the report, click here
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