On this week's episode we sit down with Courtney Crowder, a columnist with the Des Moines Register who attended an Iowa dog auction in 2019 and inadvertently witnessed the state's largest brucellosis outbreak.  

Courtney's article about this event laid bare the inadequate laws and the difficulty in contacting-tracing these zoonotic diseases, which result from the conditions inside puppy mills.  

Courtney's viral article can be found here: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2019/08/06/iowa-puppy-mill-canine-brucellosis-dog-human-disease-galeazzi-akc-how-to-adopt-dog-double-g-kennels/1937141001/

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