Revealing the grim connection between puppy mills and pet stores, the one - hour program follows «Mike,» an HSUS
animal cruelty investigator, as he assumes a new identity,
goes undercover with a hidden camera, and talks his way into dozens of alleged puppy mills in the Midwest suspected by The HSUS to be suppliers to Petland, a major chain of pet stores.
Deputy Lindsey Smith, sheriff's spokeswoman, said
animal crimes
investigators went to the property and found nothing that fit the definition of
animal cruelty.