skunkstripe
01-01-2008, 04:00 PM
If you want to convince someone not to buy a dog from a pet store, this may help. The story is about how the HSUS went undercover to get to the bottom of where the puppies at "Pets of Bel Aire" come from. Apparently the pet store was telling customers that they cam from b private breeders and not from puppymills. The HSUS investigation came up with the opposite conclusion.
Some of the things you'll see and hear the manager and employees of Pets of Bel Air tell the undercover HSUS investigator:
"Never say the dog is sick. Ever, ever, ever, ever."
"Never say sick, parvo, distemper. Never. I usually say sniffles. It sounds cuter."
http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071228/LIFE/712280311
The HSUS reviewed records documenting that at least 28 commercial breeders in Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma have supplied Pets of Bel Air with puppies. HSUS undercover investigators also visited five of the suppliers that store management insisted are "private breeders" and not "puppy mills." Each of those five locations, investigators discovered, are actually mass-breeding operations that house 100 to 300 dogs.
“Even the trendiest, most upscale pet stores may sell puppies from puppy mills,” Pacelle said. “No consumer is immune to the lies and deceit. It doesn’t matter who you are or where you shop. This investigation shows that a high-price and prestigious address are no assurance of a dog from a reputable breeder.”
http://www.hsus.org/pets/pets_related_news_and_events/pets_bel_air_121107.html
Some of the things you'll see and hear the manager and employees of Pets of Bel Air tell the undercover HSUS investigator:
"Never say the dog is sick. Ever, ever, ever, ever."
"Never say sick, parvo, distemper. Never. I usually say sniffles. It sounds cuter."
http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071228/LIFE/712280311
The HSUS reviewed records documenting that at least 28 commercial breeders in Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma have supplied Pets of Bel Air with puppies. HSUS undercover investigators also visited five of the suppliers that store management insisted are "private breeders" and not "puppy mills." Each of those five locations, investigators discovered, are actually mass-breeding operations that house 100 to 300 dogs.
“Even the trendiest, most upscale pet stores may sell puppies from puppy mills,” Pacelle said. “No consumer is immune to the lies and deceit. It doesn’t matter who you are or where you shop. This investigation shows that a high-price and prestigious address are no assurance of a dog from a reputable breeder.”
http://www.hsus.org/pets/pets_related_news_and_events/pets_bel_air_121107.html