An article came out in the San Francisco Chronicle detailing proposed legislation dealing with the proliferation of online puppy mills which have been able to skirt the federal laws regarding inspections for health & welfare of the animals that they offer to the marketplace.
I thought that it would be good fodder for discussion :
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/05/10/national/a105919D72.DTL