Humane Society: Happiness Is Pets in Downers Grove Linked to Puppy Mills

A dozen Chicago-area pet stores were listed in an undercover investigation released Tuesday by the Puppy Mill Campaign for the Humane Society of the United States.

A dozen Chicago-area pet stores—including locations in Downers Grove, Lisle and Aurora—have been listed in a puppy mill investigation conducted by the Humane Society of the United States. The Humane Society said Tuesday that undercover investigators visited 12 stores over a three-day period in October, and found many are linked to inhumane commercial breeders known as puppy mills. During the visits, employees at the stores denied selling animals from puppy mills, but documents showed otherwise, according to the Humane Society. Investigators also discovered that eight of the 12 stores were in violation of Illinois' pet shop disclosure law, which requires stores to post visible information about the animals and their breeders, the Humane …

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Lemont Man's Pet Store Chain Accused of Selling Dogs from Puppy Mills

A half-dozen puppy owners have filed a lawsuit accusing the Chicago-area Happiness is Pets retail chain of selling ailing, disease-prone puppies from overcrowded puppy mills.

Group Protests Puppy Sales at Lemont Man's Pet Store

Members of the Companion Animal Protection Society protested outside Happiness is Pets in Orland Park on Sunday. The group claims the owner, Ron Berning, sells dogs from puppy mills.