Well...it's about time! To some of you, it is not news that dogs sold through pet stores more than likely come from puppy mills.

To others, this is shocking. And some may be asking, "What's a puppy mill?"(The picture to your left are the conditions of a puppy mill where dogs live 24 hours a day, seven days a week until they die or are killed by the breeder.)

Regardless of your knowledge--pet lovers should be "celebrating" that a national pet store has been exposed for selling pets that have been raised in horrid conditions.

The Humane Society of the United State released an exposé on Petland stores highlighting their months of investigation--exposing that the nearly 17,000 puppies sold in Petland stores come from unethical breeders.

To stop puppy mills and to help animals,here's what you can do today:

1. Send an email.

Here's what you can forever:

1. Adopt. (There are many purebreds available at shelters and rescue groups. There are even purebred rescue groups. You can search by breed, age, location, etc.)

Here's what you can do to make sure you don't get fooled by an unethical breeder.

1. Read this article.