OMG Joe, are you for real? Do you actually think you can get HIV from a dog? I can see that you have access to a computer, as you read the article and posted a comment. Google is very easy to use, Please EDUCATE yourself before you post such crap that someone might read and believe.

Has ANYONE reported that this individual breeder ALSO is HIV positive? Be careful adopting these dogs before having Them checked. IT CAN BE PASSED!

In this era of cheap life, it is no surprise that these and others are kept in these horrible conditions. It is only a sign of the times. Children and babies are disposable, why is it such a surprise that pets are also. It is sickening to me how cheap life is in this country.
With pets, it is all about the money. Period. Same as "farm" animals...it is more deplorable how they are treated, but no one cares, because it is generally not seen, just the neat little plastic wrapped end product.
My heart goes out to all of the creatures who are mistreated.
And, no, I am not a "tree hugger", just someone raised to treat all life decently.

The situation regarding homeless and needy animals has reached critical mass. I've been doing animal rescue for thirty years, and in those thirty years the situation has gone from bad to intolerable. It should have been the other way around. The situation should have gone from bad to very good. But we have allowed so many people into this country who have no concept of responsible, humane animal ownership,and we haven't prosecuted severely those who reside here who have been accused of abusing and neglecting animals, and now we have millions more unwanted animals than we had 30 years ago.

And after 30 years, I finally had to get out to preserve my peace of mind. I was licensed the last five or six years, and the life of an animal rescuer has just become too stressful and demanding. No one is donating money anymore, few are adopting, more are giving up their own pets for flimsy or nonexistent reasons, and animal rescue people are stretched to the point of breaking. Abuse and neglect of animals is up, and it isn't going to get anything but worse in the coming years.

I'm out....and more animals are dying because of it. But I had my fill with complaining people at the local pet store where I adopted out from, a corporate mentality at the pet store where I adopted out from, lack of money to properly care for animals, and just general mental and physical exhaustion after so many years.

Something's gotta change in this country, or we are headed toward a time when no one will do animal rescue and no one will adopt them and we will be killing MILLIONS more than we already are.

This country is headed into terrible times.

this type stuff has gotten way out of control. These people feel that they can just do what they want to animals and get by with it . The punishment is not harsh enough to make people, stop and think, if they have half a brain to think with.Wonder how they would like to be treated the same way.