One of 43 puppies found Tuesday in a van in the Little Village neighborhood is shown at Chicago's Animal Care and Control office. The department has taken custody of the puppies, pending the results of a legal case against two men allegedly found in possession of them. (HANDOUT / February 8, 2012)
A half dozen pet owners have filed a lawsuit alleging a chain of Chicago-area pet stores sells puppies from what the suit alleges are “some of the most despicable and horrendous puppy mills in the Midwest.”
The class-action suit filed this week in Cook County Circuit Court names nearly 20 branches of Happiness Is Pets.
Read more at the Chicago Tribune.
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