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Reader's Digest July issue:
"Let's Shut Down Puppy Mills in Canada"
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CBC Marketplace - How not to buy a puppy
Originally broadcast March 6, 2009 on CBC-TV
http://www.cbc.ca/marketplace/2009/how_not_to_buy_a_puppy/main.html
How much do you know about that puppy in
the window?
We’ve all heard puppy horror stories
about sick dogs from bad breeders. But many pet stores promise
problem-free dogs from first-rate breeders.
They claim the dog was raised in optimum conditions, with room to
run free and healthy surroundings.
But that isn't always the case.
Some pet store dogs come from less than ideal places, and as Wendy
Mesley discovers, it's a long and surprising journey from the
breeder to the buyer.
The Pet Store Supply Chain
The Hunte Corporation buys and sells up to 90,000
puppies a year. Dogs are purchased from breeders throughout the U.S.
and brought to its 10,000 square facility in Missouri. Once there,
the puppies are vaccinated, examined by vets, prepared for sale, and
then trucked out to pet stores across the U.S. and Canada.
The Hunte Corporation told Marketplace that all of its
puppies come from licensed USDA breeders.
In an email to the CBC, Hunte President Steve Rook wrote that, "we
do hold the breeder responsible for the rare case of a congenital
health challenge in a puppy that presents itself within the first 3
years of the puppy’s life", and they " recommend that the breeder
not breed the sire/dam again."
While at the Hunte facility, Rook wrote, "the puppy receives loving
care, socialization, complete grooming, is fed premium quality
nutrition along with vitamin supplements and is under constant
observation by our veterinarian team to ensure that good health is
maintained."
http://www.dogsincanada.com/oodles-of-doodles
Oodles of doodles
By Naomi Kane
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