Summary of news article published in the Seattle Times: Puppy mills are a sick and hideous tragedy affecting many a dog right under our noses. Renee Roske has been running one since 1996, adn the authorities have given her nothing but warnings and $50 fines. In Snohmoish County, Roske was running what officials and nieghbors allege to be a puppy mill. her parents have been aiding her in Skagit County, where there are no dog breeding laws. Puppy mills are operations in which the owner/breeder puts their own profit before the welfare of the dog, and the dogs are forced to live in an extremely inhumane enviornment, How did Roske get away with this for 13 years? When her breeding license was revoked, she took the charges to court and, when everything appeared to be in line, the license was reinstated. Personally, I have to wonder if she realized how utterly wrong her "breeding program" was. And mroe importantly, if authorities and neightbors knew, why did no one stop her sooner, before the lives of innocent dogs were lost?