House Bill 2525 will be taken up today and tomorrow, supported by more than 100 humane and fair-minded representatives of the 203 total in the House, along with Gov. Rendell. It is opposed by a gaggle of heartless maggots who lick the hands of callous pet-profiteers: the commercial kennel breeders who have turned our state into the Puppy Mill Capital of the East. To breeders, innocent puppies are just a cash crop, like peas, carrots or potatoes. Westmoreland County Democrat James Casorio is the primary sponsor of HB 2525. "If folks would know - and they're beginning to know - the conditions these poor dogs are subjected to on a day-to-day basis, they would be sick to their stomach," he says.