but it's notable that the Newsweek story is out of Lancaster County, PA, the heart of "Pennsylvania Dutch" country, which they also describe as the heart of the puppy industry.
I was biking in Lancaster County in the end of June (on a great WomanTours trip, but I digress). One day we passed a farm with more barking and yelping than could come from anything but a puppy mill. I was hoping it was something else but reading this thread, it seems not.