An innovative, cutting-edge movement in animal rescue and welfare is taking place in the Midwest. For nearly twenty years Julie Lavin and Kay Kieso have been on the ground rescuing thousands of dogs from puppy mills and taking in special needs dogs to personally nurse them back to health, and Lori Hook has rescued thousands of puppy mill and special needs dogs, worked to expose puppy mills and focused on animal welfare legislation to stop the national tragedy of puppy mills