These dogs were tethered on lines, not chains, and each had 25 feet in every direction. This was despite the viewing of the undercover video Dateline later aired about the horrid conditions. This is about double-dealing and a pernicious double standard perpetuated by the Kansas State Agriculture Department in regard to commercial breeding operations and rescue groups. Enough public uproar over the malfeasance of the USDA and state livestock departments in this area, and maybe instead we can have government-sanctioned humane commissions to oversee the care and treatment of companion animals. Good pets are loved and socialized as young pups.
Healthy animals have room to move around and have positive human contact.