(RALEIGH) -- A North Carolina lawmaker is calling attention to the growing problem of puppy mills. Jason Saine from Lincoln County recently tweeted that he is is working with Representative Craig Horn of Union County on addressing the issue in the next session of the General Assembly.

As an animal lover, Saine described his gut feeling when viewing the footage of a recent raid in Leland. "I saw the video on-line and it broke my heart, because my wife and I, ever since we got married, about three months after we got married, she brought home rescue Basset Hound, which I just fell in love with," said Saine.

Animal rescue groups and the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office seized more than 100 dogs from a suspected puppy mill Friday afternoon in Leland. Brunswick County sheriff's deputies arrested the dogs' owners, Andrew and Amelia Millis of Wilmington, on charges of animal neglect and animal cruelty charges.