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The federal Animal Welfare Act is hardly the gold standard for compassion. For example, the act does not say you cannot have 300 dogs confined to cages for their entire lives; never to be taken for a walk or receive any personal attention, let alone be a part of a family. A breeder passes USDA muster as long as the dog has food, water and enough space to turn around.
USDA standards are very minimal. Adhering to them does not prove that a breeder is not a puppy mill. Even more so, since even these standards are often not enforced. Many licensed breeders for large chains like Petland, have significant violations. <ref>Tim Vanderpool [http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/a-dogs-life/Content?oid=1168866 A Dog's Life: Petland stores feel the heat over a puppy-mill protest], Tucson Weekly, April 2009</ref>See also [[puppy mills]].
===USDA & Hunte===
