Read about this recently and it makes a lot of sense: Activists and shelters reap the profits In one of the most creative scams ever perpetrated on the American public, many of these largely unregulated, retail-style rescues and shelters have managed to gain a competitive market advantage over well-bred and socialized dogs and regulated breeders as well as many traditional shelters and animal control agencies by trading in dogs whose health, temperament and origin are often unknown and whose prior treatment and ultimate sale are neither regulated nor warranted. Unlike their now-dislodged predecessors, today’s dominant pet providers, retail rescues and shelters: ◾ are exempt from most animal welfare laws; ◾ are exempt from consumer protection laws; ◾ are exempt from taxes; ◾ are not required to document the source of their dogs; ◾ are not held responsible for the health or temperament problems of the dogs they place; ◾ market their sales as adoptions, making their motivations appear loftier than other pet sellers; ◾ market their dogs’ shortcomings, disabilities and diseases as selling points, even when they will cause their new owners great hardship and expense; ◾ fraudulently advertise their mixes and mutts as breeds to get the public in the door; ◾ engage in, or are the beneficiaries of, the mass transport of dogs from other parts of the US or from foreign countries; ◾ saturate the marketplace with dogs from undisclosed origins including foreign countries, creating a black market in dogs; ◾ introduce diseases and parasites to US regions where they never existed or were formerly eradicated; ◾ maintain the façade of a traditional animal shelter dedicated to helping local animals in need while often closing their doors to most local animals and importing more attractive ones from great distances - even foreign countries - in order to have a constant inventory of saleable pets; and ◾ diminish the production and availability of long-standing breeds through legislation and media campaigns, and by saturating the dog marketplace with out of state and foreign dogs.
Posted on: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 21:36:20 +0000
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