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class=304331605-24062009>From the outside, it seems very good to hear.. found
the following news story which has more about the current law's closure for loop
holes.. seems the real story happened last year (October), when a warden issued
several violations and opened up a can of worms into why the place had received
a clean bill of health for some time prior (the second
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><A
href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20090623/pl_usnw/raid_permanently_shutters_almost_heaven_kennel">http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20090623/pl_usnw/raid_permanently_shutters_almost_heaven_kennel</A></FONT></DIV>
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href="http://www.pet-abuse.com/cases/14641/PA/US/RSS/">http://www.pet-abuse.com/cases/14641/PA/US/RSS/</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=304331605-24062009><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>One of
the original stories (Oct 2008)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><A
href="http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/news/RecordBreaking_Puppy_Mill_Raid_Reported_In_Lehigh_County">http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/news/RecordBreaking_Puppy_Mill_Raid_Reported_In_Lehigh_County</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=304331605-24062009>(note
story updated yesterday, but originally published Oct
2008)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=304331605-24062009>Love
to look at the bottom of the story from October and read "It will be up to that
division to decide if the breeder gets to keep his license to operate" and then
know that finally the answer was *no* :)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=304331605-24062009><A
href="http://www.almostheavenkennel.com/">http://www.almostheavenkennel.com/</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=304331605-24062009>Looks
like most of their interest was in Labradoodles although they have an "other
breeds" section.. Ironic ... their webpage starts off "We stand tall and proud"
..... should be changed to "bent over and humbled" ... 10 years of profit
(since 1999)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=304331605-24062009>-Robert</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>Subject:</B> [Dailydrool] puppy mill
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Wow, I am so happy here in Pa. I heard
tonight on the news Almost Heaven a place here in Pa that was a puppy mill was
closed down forever. </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>