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Fact Sheet On Puppy Mills And Flea Markets, The Humane Society Of The United States
Fact Sheet On Puppy Mills And Flea Markets, The Humane Society Of The United States
PUPPY MILL REPORTS
Flea Markets are meccas for problematic puppy sellers. Since the USDA is now regulating commercial breeders who sell puppies sight-unseen over the Internet, flea markets are one of the last unregulated marketplaces for questionable puppy sellers, many of them unlicensed and uninspected. As a result, there has been an increase in the number of operators selling puppies at flea markets across the country—likely in an effort to escape government regulation.
Texas Puppy Seller Investigation, The Humane Society Of The United States
Texas Puppy Seller Investigation, The Humane Society Of The United States
PUPPY MILL INFORMATION
Over a five-month period in 2013, HSUS staff visited 16 pet stores and three flea markets across the state with hidden cameras to find out where they get their puppies and to check on the puppies’ conditions. HSUS staff also studied hundreds of shipping documents representing more than 1,400 puppies shipped into Texas between May 2012 and August 2013 from out of state, representing just a sampling of the thousands of puppies shipped into Texas every year for resale. Between the document research and in-person visits, investigators studied a total of 34 pet stores and flea markets. HSUS investigators found …