"and obtain puppies from USDA-licensed and inspected breeders with clean records, hobby breeders with three or fewer breeding females, and animal rescue organizations.Many Petland locations claim to only offer dogs from animal welfare organizations, however a report from the Humane Society of the United States in 2009 revealed that allegedly “almost every Petland store in the country is buying puppies from large-scale "middleman" brokers that deal with puppy mills, and some are continuing to buy directly from known puppy mills”.