This press release was sent out by San Diego Puppy, San Diego's largest seller of online puppies. This business is the current campaign target of SD Animal Defense Team. Be sure to join us at our protests!
So here it is. It would be amusing if it weren't so tragic.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE from San Diego Puppy
San Diego, California, United States of America (Free-Press-Release.com) July 13, 2011 --
CA, July 13, 2011 – Puppy petting is rising exponentially among the modern people as a part of pet fashion. Many breeds of puppies are available on sale for people. Many puppy sellers offer finest breeds of puppies and many admirable offers on every purchase of puppy from their counter. Puppy petting is becoming more than a hobby for many new pet owners. San Diego Puppy is a well known name brand for supply of puppies for sale in California region. This puppy and doggie seller has immense reputation as a multi-breed puppy supplier with a healthy track record of quality breeds. This famous puppy supplier offers various pure breeds of puppies for sale to customers. With apposite vigil on the dog breeders and stringent quality control mechanism they offer healthier and renowned breed of puppies for customers.
They take in puppies from the private farms and personal animal breeders, who offer pure breed of these creatures with apposite focus on vaccination and de-worming schedules. The puppies supplied by San Diego Puppy are certified by vet doctors to be a normal and maintained puppy for sale. They take apposite care and proffer proper love and affection to their puppies and their offered puppies are expected to be more obedient and nurtured than that one from the normal puppy mills. (ADT: What is a normal puppy mill, as compared to the abnormal puppy mills that SD Puppy evidently uses. All experts agree that pet store and online puppies have more health and training problems than other pups.)This expert puppy vendor has got years of expertise and coordination among the breeders and prospective owners. Their puppies are certified to be the best in their categories and breeds for becoming a pet.
This puppy supplier have devised out many customer-friendly literatures on safekeeping and regular care of puppies at home and by professional veterinarians. Their vaccination and de-worming literature speaks of their care and support for puppy owners. They also offer many freebies along with every purchase of puppy. With such intermediary offers they are one of the most preferred among the farms (ADT: farms? Really? Interesting choice of words considering pet store puppies come from factory farms that breed dogs like livestock.)those offer dogs for sale. San Diego Puppies for sale has an exclusive offer of winning a free maltipoo puppy with a quarterly lucky draw. Just by signing in for their newsletters any customer can be a prospective owner for this Maltipoo puppy absolutely free of cost.
(ADT: Of course it is completely illegal to offer a drawing for a free puppy. To get around this, they have now changed it to "get a puppy for a dollar.")
“We offer good promotional plans for our exclusive customers. We also proffer referral plans for our existing customers. Our promotions spread by words of mouth with our happy customers. We also compensate their efforts with apposite rewards and appraised returns. We conduct a lucky draw every quarter and distribute a free Maltipoo puppy to the lucky winner. Jerry had won March Madness 2011 with his Maltipoo. We are also conducting the next draw on 30th June to announce the winner for the second quarter. (ADT: Again, this is illegal.) We are sincere, dedicated and trained professionals. Any veterinary expert can certify our endeavors for safekeeping and grooming of San Diego Puppy for sale.”-articulates a spokesperson from San Diego Puppy. Come and sign in today for their absolutely free newsletter to secure your chance for your darling Maltipoo at http://www.sandiegopuppy.info
Contact Detail :- Spokesperson: David Salinas
Address : 7863 Gribble St San Diego, CA, USA 92114
Tel : 6195818377
Mail ID: sandiegopuppy@gmail.com
May 28, 2012
May 24, 2012
From the ASPCA
Dear Animal Advocates,
We need your help! Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a proposed rule to close a loophole in current law that has “threatened the health and humane treatment of pets sold sight unseen over the Internet and via phone- and mail-based businesses.” Please act now to make sure this important rule is implemented.
Currently, only breeders who sell dogs to pet stores or to puppy brokers are required to be licensed and inspected by the USDA. Due to the wording of the federal Animal Welfare Act—passed 40 years ago, before existence of the Internet—a large (and growing) population of commercial breeders has been able to escape federal licensing and regulation.
What this means is that in many cases, no one is checking up on breeders who sell puppies directly to consumers over the Internet. As the ASPCA has seen firsthand, the photos of happy, healthy puppies posted on a breeder’s website often grossly misrepresent what conditions are really like for these puppies and their parents.
ASPCA experts have reviewed the USDA’s proposed rule—we support it, and have a few suggestions regarding how it could be made stronger. Please help us ensure that the Internet-breeder licensing loophole is closed!
What You Can Do
The USDA is accepting comments from the public on this issue for a short time. Visit the ASPCA Advocacy Center online today to quickly and easily submit a comment to the USDA, letting the agency know that you support the proposed rule to close a loophole that has caused untold thousands of dogs to suffer inhumane treatment without any federal or public oversight.
Thank you for taking action for puppy mill dogs!
www.aspca.org/USDA
We need your help! Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a proposed rule to close a loophole in current law that has “threatened the health and humane treatment of pets sold sight unseen over the Internet and via phone- and mail-based businesses.” Please act now to make sure this important rule is implemented.
Currently, only breeders who sell dogs to pet stores or to puppy brokers are required to be licensed and inspected by the USDA. Due to the wording of the federal Animal Welfare Act—passed 40 years ago, before existence of the Internet—a large (and growing) population of commercial breeders has been able to escape federal licensing and regulation.
What this means is that in many cases, no one is checking up on breeders who sell puppies directly to consumers over the Internet. As the ASPCA has seen firsthand, the photos of happy, healthy puppies posted on a breeder’s website often grossly misrepresent what conditions are really like for these puppies and their parents.
ASPCA experts have reviewed the USDA’s proposed rule—we support it, and have a few suggestions regarding how it could be made stronger. Please help us ensure that the Internet-breeder licensing loophole is closed!
What You Can Do
The USDA is accepting comments from the public on this issue for a short time. Visit the ASPCA Advocacy Center online today to quickly and easily submit a comment to the USDA, letting the agency know that you support the proposed rule to close a loophole that has caused untold thousands of dogs to suffer inhumane treatment without any federal or public oversight.
Thank you for taking action for puppy mill dogs!
www.aspca.org/USDA
May 20, 2012
ADT is on the scene! May 19, 2012
Thanks to Channel 10 for their great coverage of today's protest.
We have questions!
How can a dog wash also be a puppy store?
Where are the mothers of these puppies?
Why are all the puppies hidden behind locked doors?
How can David Salinas say that none of his puppies
come from puppy mills when he won't publicly share his breeders?
While we were protesting, D.S. and his employees closed the store and left -- 3 hours early! On a Saturday! He has also taken his store hours off of the door.
San Diego Puppy Protest 5-19-12
The San Diego Defense Team calls for a ban on pet stores that sell puppies.
Although it is not currently illegal, it is inhumane.
Most consumers would not want to purchase a puppy
from stores like SD Puppy if they really knew where the puppies come from.
Buying a puppy online or from a pet store
is a form of animal abuse. You are taking chances on the health of
your puppy and also sentencing its mother to a lifetime of misery.
Speak up! Speak out!
Demand an end to this cruel, multi-billion dollar industry.
May 15, 2012
Coming Up Sat. May 19 Protest With Us!
We will be at the David Salinas Dog Wash, where he is selling puppies from his online business, this coming
Sat., May 19.
3 - 5 PM.
5827 Mission Gorge Rd.
We will provide signs, just bring yourselves! This guy is feeling it and we've only been there twice so far. The pressure is ON.
Sat., May 19.
3 - 5 PM.
5827 Mission Gorge Rd.
We will provide signs, just bring yourselves! This guy is feeling it and we've only been there twice so far. The pressure is ON.
May 10, 2012
Friday May 11 ADT VS San Diego Puppy!
Protest Friday, May 11
5827 Mission Gorge Rd.
5 PM - 7 PM
Come for the entire time
or come after work!
This storefront is the David Salinas
San Diego Puppy business
disguised as a dog wash!
See you there!
May 05, 2012
San Diego Puppy Sells Misery! May 5 2012
What a great protest! We had a big turnout to protest the selling of puppies through the San Diego Dog Wash by David Salinas. Our First Amendment rights let us protest along the sidewalk on Mission Gorge Rd. and also directly in front of the store.
Thank you to each and every one of you who came to
speak up and speak out on behalf of the dogs.
Stay tuned for the next one coming up SOON!
April 30, 2012
PROTEST! SAT. MAY 5 AT SAN DIEGO DOG WASH AKA SAN DIEGO PUPPY!
URGENT! JOIN US THIS COMING SAT., MAY 5 AT 5827 MISSION GORGE RD. THIS IS THE LOCATION OF THE SAN DIEGO DOG WASH, OWNED BY DAVID SALINAS. SALINAS DEALS IN DOGS IN HIS ONLINE SITE, SAN DIEGO PUPPY AND HE IS NOW SELLING PUPPIES FROM THIS LOCATION AS WELL. IT IS JUST A COUPLE OF BLOCKS OFF OF I- 8, ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
MEET US ON THE SIDEWALK ALONG MISSION GORGE RD.
1 PM - 3 PM
BRING SIGNS: BUYER BEWARE!
BE VERY CAUTIOUS WHERE YOU PARK -- NOT IN THE DOG WASH LOT.
SEE YOU THERE. SPEAK UP! SPEAK OUT!
MEET US ON THE SIDEWALK ALONG MISSION GORGE RD.
1 PM - 3 PM
BRING SIGNS: BUYER BEWARE!
BE VERY CAUTIOUS WHERE YOU PARK -- NOT IN THE DOG WASH LOT.
SEE YOU THERE. SPEAK UP! SPEAK OUT!
April 23, 2012
L.A. City Council Votes to Ban Pet Store Sales!
Is San Diego next??? We will soon need your suppport in various events asking for a San Diego ban. Stay tuned for breaking news!
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — The L.A. City Council voted Tuesday in favor of banning stores from selling dogs, cats and rabbits that are not rescues in an effort to curb the city’s animal euthanasia rates.
Eleven members of the council approved the motion, which will be drafted by the City Attorney’s Office into an ordinance banning pet sales. Councilman Bill Rosendahl cast the dissenting vote.
Councilman Paul Koretz, who sponsored the motion, said the ban would help eliminate puppy mills and reduce the city’s animal euthanasia rates.
“Puppy mills are a very cruel practice with inhumane conditions that often result in the animals having many kinds of medical problems,” Koretz said.
The approved motion also directed the Animal Services Department to report back on how the proposed ban, if enacted, would affect kill rates at city shelters and its economic effect on pet stores. Koretz’s motion also asks the department to craft a way to distinguish pet shops that comply by selling rescue dogs, cats and rabbits from stores that sell other live animals like fish and reptiles.
The ban on pet sales would go into effect six months after the ordinance is enacted and would be for a temporary three-year trial period.
(©2012 CBS Local Media, a division of CBS Radio Inc
LA City Council Moves Forward On Banning Pet Sales
April 17, 2012 7:56 PMLOS ANGELES (CBS) — The L.A. City Council voted Tuesday in favor of banning stores from selling dogs, cats and rabbits that are not rescues in an effort to curb the city’s animal euthanasia rates.
Eleven members of the council approved the motion, which will be drafted by the City Attorney’s Office into an ordinance banning pet sales. Councilman Bill Rosendahl cast the dissenting vote.
Councilman Paul Koretz, who sponsored the motion, said the ban would help eliminate puppy mills and reduce the city’s animal euthanasia rates.
“Puppy mills are a very cruel practice with inhumane conditions that often result in the animals having many kinds of medical problems,” Koretz said.
The approved motion also directed the Animal Services Department to report back on how the proposed ban, if enacted, would affect kill rates at city shelters and its economic effect on pet stores. Koretz’s motion also asks the department to craft a way to distinguish pet shops that comply by selling rescue dogs, cats and rabbits from stores that sell other live animals like fish and reptiles.
The ban on pet sales would go into effect six months after the ordinance is enacted and would be for a temporary three-year trial period.
(©2012 CBS Local Media, a division of CBS Radio Inc
April 17, 2012
W e l c o m e !
SD Animal Defense Team
VICTORY CELEBRATION!
Eight months of protests, investigation photos and videos, monitoring conditions of animals and housing for our three targeted pet stores in this campaign and
WHAT DO WE GET????
All three stores plus the home of the owner were raided, 100+ animals , including 57 puppies, were confiscated and the owner is being charged
with animal cruelty and neglect.
Thanks to each person -- 200 of you of you -- who stood with the ADT
and spoke out for compassion! We are grateful not only for the folks who showed up time after time to protest and document, but those who
came to the store to buy and decided to adopt instead and those driving by who stopped to join us and those who came out of the store outraged by what they saw inside and called the Department of Animal Services and
the SD Humane Society to report it!
At the time we write this, thanks to all of your efforts, there is not one pet store within the city limits selling puppy mill puppies!
Now we all know that can change tomorrow, but
WOW! It was time for CELEBRATION!
(Channel 51 KUSI had great tv coverage.
We'll post the news video ASAP in case some of you missed it.)
From the Coast News
Pet store owners under investigation for animal abuse
By Shelli DeRobertis
OCEANSIDE — At least one bird had to be put to sleep after investigators confiscated more than 50 puppies and dozens of other animals March 27 from the owner of three pet stores for possible mistreatment of the animals for sale.Warrants were obtained to search conditions at Naedeen’s Puppies at 1021 S. Coast Highway in Oceanside; Puppy Stars at 6167 Balboa Ave. in San Diego; Pet Place at 6512 El Cajon Blvd. in San Diego; and the owner’s private residence. The animals were primarily seized from the private home and one of the pet stores, according to law enforcement for the humane society.
Authorities took away 57 puppies and other animals such as birds, rabbits, a large tortoise, and a 7-foot python snake.
“So far one animal was euthanized, a dove, due to the condition it was in,” said Kelli Herwehe, spokeswoman for the San Diego Humane Society and SPCA.
“Some were obviously dehydrated and malnourished,” she said.
Several of the seized animals have been medically treated and required surgeries, and all of them received full veterinary exams, according to Randall Lawrence, director of Humane Law Enforcement for the humane society.
He said the animals are being housed at the San Diego Humane Society as potential evidence for the pending investigation.
“Potential charges include California Health and Safety Code violations and potential animal cruelty and neglect,” he said.
The condition of the animals along with evidence collected from the public will help determine the extent of possible charges that the owner of the pet shops may face.
The name of the owner is being withheld due to the pending investigation, Lawrence said.
“We are asking the community to provide additional support for this case,” he said.
If someone purchased an animal from any of the three above named stores, and that animal was ill at the time of purchase or later became ill, Lawrence said the humane society would like them to report the animal’s situation at (619) 243-3466.
For Janice Hatch, the day that the animals were confiscated from Pet Place was one that she won’t likely soon forget. “I stood there and cried when they brought them out,” she said.
Hatch is co-founder of the San Diego Animal Defense Team, a grassroots organization in its fourth year of protesting against pet stores that sell puppies.
The Animal Defense Team filed complaints to the county against Naedeen’s Puppies, Pet Place and Puppy Stars and said the businesses were receiving their puppies from puppy mills.
Hatch said more than 200 volunteers have helped protest. “We protested 20 times at these three stores,” she said.
The website for the Animal Defense Team lists at least six other countywide pet stores that have been targets of protest and have been asked to stop selling puppies.
“We have been contacting pet stores and asking them to sign a pledge to not sell puppies in their pet stores,” she said.
Some of those stores have closed as a result or the owners have signed the pledge and agreed to stop selling the animals, she said.
The Animal Defense Team’s protests involved the typical sign-holding cluster of people and grew to include cheerleading chants and street theater acts where protestors donned costumes.
She said the team has photos of sick puppies from the Oceanside pet store where litters of puppies were kept in children’s swimming pools.
Hatch said that storeowner didn’t respond to a letter that explained the protests.
She said although it’s not illegal to receive puppies from a puppy mill, these stores were telling customers that the puppies came from local family breeders. However, she said she obtained some breeder reports that showed the stores used a broker from out of state. “What makes it in my mind illegal is they’re telling customers they’re not doing it,” Hatch said.
The Coast News attempted to contact all three businesses, and the person who answered the number listed for Puppy Stars said it was the wrong phone number, the number for Pet Place was disconnected and there was no answer or recording at the number for Naedeen’s Puppies.
There are an estimated 10,000 puppy mills in the United States, and many consumers are unaware that they may have purchased a puppy mill puppy. The Humane Society of the United States claims that most puppy mill dogs live in shockingly poor conditions.
They have an ongoing campaign to put an end to puppy mills.
Puppy mills have hundreds, even thousands of dogs used purely for breeding that live in cages without human interactions, toys or proper care.
Many times the dogs are scared, have eye and ear problems and problems with their paw pads due to spending their life in wire cages, according to a video online with Melanie Kahn of the Humane Society of the United States. Contaminated food and algae-filled water are also woeful conditions commonly found at puppy mills.
Hatch said that she decided to help fight against puppy mills after her family rescued a puppy mill breeder dog who had half-an-ear, no teeth and a sliced tongue when they received her. Upon grooming their rescued dog, Bella, a Saint Bernard, they also found enormous cesarean scars on her belly, she said.
For the recently seized local animals, Herwehe said they won’t be released for adoption until the investigation is complete. Meanwhile, however, the San Diego Humane Society is accepting donations to help care for the animals.
Herwehe said that new enclosures need to be purchased, especially with the unique types of animals, including reptiles, that the society received after the March 27 pet store raid.
Donations may be made online at sdhumane.org or by mail at 5500 Gaines Street, San Diego, CA 92110.
By Shelli DeRobertis
OCEANSIDE — At least one bird had to be put to sleep after investigators confiscated more than 50 puppies and dozens of other animals March 27 from the owner of three pet stores for possible mistreatment of the animals for sale.Warrants were obtained to search conditions at Naedeen’s Puppies at 1021 S. Coast Highway in Oceanside; Puppy Stars at 6167 Balboa Ave. in San Diego; Pet Place at 6512 El Cajon Blvd. in San Diego; and the owner’s private residence. The animals were primarily seized from the private home and one of the pet stores, according to law enforcement for the humane society.
Authorities took away 57 puppies and other animals such as birds, rabbits, a large tortoise, and a 7-foot python snake.
“So far one animal was euthanized, a dove, due to the condition it was in,” said Kelli Herwehe, spokeswoman for the San Diego Humane Society and SPCA.
“Some were obviously dehydrated and malnourished,” she said.
Several of the seized animals have been medically treated and required surgeries, and all of them received full veterinary exams, according to Randall Lawrence, director of Humane Law Enforcement for the humane society.
He said the animals are being housed at the San Diego Humane Society as potential evidence for the pending investigation.
“Potential charges include California Health and Safety Code violations and potential animal cruelty and neglect,” he said.
The condition of the animals along with evidence collected from the public will help determine the extent of possible charges that the owner of the pet shops may face.
The name of the owner is being withheld due to the pending investigation, Lawrence said.
“We are asking the community to provide additional support for this case,” he said.
If someone purchased an animal from any of the three above named stores, and that animal was ill at the time of purchase or later became ill, Lawrence said the humane society would like them to report the animal’s situation at (619) 243-3466.
For Janice Hatch, the day that the animals were confiscated from Pet Place was one that she won’t likely soon forget. “I stood there and cried when they brought them out,” she said.
Hatch is co-founder of the San Diego Animal Defense Team, a grassroots organization in its fourth year of protesting against pet stores that sell puppies.
The Animal Defense Team filed complaints to the county against Naedeen’s Puppies, Pet Place and Puppy Stars and said the businesses were receiving their puppies from puppy mills.
Hatch said more than 200 volunteers have helped protest. “We protested 20 times at these three stores,” she said.
The website for the Animal Defense Team lists at least six other countywide pet stores that have been targets of protest and have been asked to stop selling puppies.
“We have been contacting pet stores and asking them to sign a pledge to not sell puppies in their pet stores,” she said.
Some of those stores have closed as a result or the owners have signed the pledge and agreed to stop selling the animals, she said.
The Animal Defense Team’s protests involved the typical sign-holding cluster of people and grew to include cheerleading chants and street theater acts where protestors donned costumes.
She said the team has photos of sick puppies from the Oceanside pet store where litters of puppies were kept in children’s swimming pools.
Hatch said that storeowner didn’t respond to a letter that explained the protests.
She said although it’s not illegal to receive puppies from a puppy mill, these stores were telling customers that the puppies came from local family breeders. However, she said she obtained some breeder reports that showed the stores used a broker from out of state. “What makes it in my mind illegal is they’re telling customers they’re not doing it,” Hatch said.
The Coast News attempted to contact all three businesses, and the person who answered the number listed for Puppy Stars said it was the wrong phone number, the number for Pet Place was disconnected and there was no answer or recording at the number for Naedeen’s Puppies.
There are an estimated 10,000 puppy mills in the United States, and many consumers are unaware that they may have purchased a puppy mill puppy. The Humane Society of the United States claims that most puppy mill dogs live in shockingly poor conditions.
They have an ongoing campaign to put an end to puppy mills.
Puppy mills have hundreds, even thousands of dogs used purely for breeding that live in cages without human interactions, toys or proper care.
Many times the dogs are scared, have eye and ear problems and problems with their paw pads due to spending their life in wire cages, according to a video online with Melanie Kahn of the Humane Society of the United States. Contaminated food and algae-filled water are also woeful conditions commonly found at puppy mills.
Hatch said that she decided to help fight against puppy mills after her family rescued a puppy mill breeder dog who had half-an-ear, no teeth and a sliced tongue when they received her. Upon grooming their rescued dog, Bella, a Saint Bernard, they also found enormous cesarean scars on her belly, she said.
For the recently seized local animals, Herwehe said they won’t be released for adoption until the investigation is complete. Meanwhile, however, the San Diego Humane Society is accepting donations to help care for the animals.
Herwehe said that new enclosures need to be purchased, especially with the unique types of animals, including reptiles, that the society received after the March 27 pet store raid.
Donations may be made online at sdhumane.org or by mail at 5500 Gaines Street, San Diego, CA 92110.
April 04, 2012
Pet stores investigated for puppy abuse
Pet stores investigated for puppy abuse coverage from Fox5 San Diego
April 02, 2012
VICTORY CELEBRATION!
~~~VICTORY CELEBRATION~~~
The SD Animal Defense Team is going to party at Puppy Stars!
SUNDAY, APRIL 15, 2012
AT PUPPY STARS
6167 BALBOA AVE.
IN CLAIREMONT
NOON TO 2 PM!
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| 1234 Open up the cage door! 5678 Set them free! Liberate! |
All three of the targeted puppy mill stores in our current campaign were raided simultaneously on Tues. March 28 and over 100 animals
including 57 puppies were confiscated.
For all of you devoted ADT animal activists who protested, made calls, created signs and photos and videos, it is time for us to be together and celebrate!
Come even if you only protested once. This is your celebration too!
Those of you who never made it but wished you had are invited!
You raised your voices in defense of the animals NO MATTER WHAT!
You came in wheelchairs and walked and biked and drove great distances
to protest NO MATTER WHAT!
You put the welfare of the puppies in the stores and their mothers and fathers trapped in puppy mills at the top of your personal priorities NO MATTER WHAT!
You are on the front lines of a battle against the cruel and inhumane cycle of
puppy mills to pet stores and YOU ARE WINNING!
We did this as a grassroots community of advocates who care and we will
persevere until we HAVE A BAN ON THE SALE OF PUPPIES IN PET STORES!
Bring VICTORY signs and your red Animal Defense Team scarves and your dogs and kids and snacks and friends and neighbors! One of our members even says he can create a vegan b-b-q!
We have all been on the front lines at Puppy Stars, Pet Place and Naedeen Pups since August 2011 and
together WE DID IT.
Join the party!
March 30, 2012
March 29, 2012
Channel 10 updated news
Some of the Channel 10 coverage of the raids on the three stores included additional news about puppies confiscated from a home in El Cajon. Good news! They may run but they can't hide!
SAN DIEGO -- The owner of pet stores in Clairemont, Rolando and Oceanside was under investigation Wednesday for possibly mistreating animals for sale.
Investigators seized more than 100 animals Tuesday said Kelli Herwehe, a spokeswoman for the San Diego Humane Society.
A home in El Cajon also was searched as part of the operation
Among the confiscated animals were nearly 60 puppies, rabbits, a 35-pound turtle and a 7-foot python.
"These animals have been transported (and) received full veterinary exams, and several have received medical treatment and surgery," said Randall Lawrence, law enforcement director for the San Diego Humane Society. "All of the animals are now being housed ... as potential evidence for the pending investigation." None of the impounded pets were available for immediate adoption, as the investigation could be ongoing for months, Herwehe said.
Charges that potentially could result from the investigation include animal cruelty and neglect, as well as violations of state health-and-safety codes, according to Lawrence
"Any possible charges that may be pressed against the owner of these pet stores will be determined based on the evidence we collect from the public, along with the condition of the animals," he said.
A grassroots group that calls itself the San Diego Animal Defense Team has been protesting the stores since last August and filed complaints with the county, calling the businesses "puppy mills."
Note from ADT: Thanks Channel 10. It sure looks like they found the pups from Puppy Stars and they are now safe!
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| From our most recent protest. Good job, ADT! |
Investigators seized more than 100 animals Tuesday said Kelli Herwehe, a spokeswoman for the San Diego Humane Society.
A home in El Cajon also was searched as part of the operation
Among the confiscated animals were nearly 60 puppies, rabbits, a 35-pound turtle and a 7-foot python.
"These animals have been transported (and) received full veterinary exams, and several have received medical treatment and surgery," said Randall Lawrence, law enforcement director for the San Diego Humane Society. "All of the animals are now being housed ... as potential evidence for the pending investigation." None of the impounded pets were available for immediate adoption, as the investigation could be ongoing for months, Herwehe said.
Charges that potentially could result from the investigation include animal cruelty and neglect, as well as violations of state health-and-safety codes, according to Lawrence
"Any possible charges that may be pressed against the owner of these pet stores will be determined based on the evidence we collect from the public, along with the condition of the animals," he said.
A grassroots group that calls itself the San Diego Animal Defense Team has been protesting the stores since last August and filed complaints with the county, calling the businesses "puppy mills."
Note from ADT: Thanks Channel 10. It sure looks like they found the pups from Puppy Stars and they are now safe!
March 27, 2012
Humane Society raids local pet stores - San Diego, California News Station - KFMB Channel 8 - cbs8.com
Humane Society raids local pet stores - San Diego, California News Station - KFMB Channel 8 - cbs8.com
Thanks for the coverage, Channel 8. Thanks for the raid, DAS, SDHS and SDPD!
Love,
the SD Animal Defense Team
Thanks for the coverage, Channel 8. Thanks for the raid, DAS, SDHS and SDPD!
Love,
the SD Animal Defense Team
PUPPY STARS/PET PLACE/NAEDEEN PUPPIES RAIDED TODAY!
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| Channel 8 News at Puppy Stars back door |
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| SDPD inside Pet Place |
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| San Diego Animal Defense Team! Our hard work has paid off! |
As always, we caution that our work is not done, but each and every one of you who have raised your voices in concern, made signs and calls and videos and photos and stood on the frontlines with us at these stores deserve to sleep well tonight...knowing that you have saved many dogs.
Thank you, thank you.
March 26, 2012
Beware of Puppy Stores Suddenly Selling "Rescues"
From the Huff Post Impact:
'Dog-Flipping:' Animal Activists Fight
Selling Of Adopted Pets
Posted: 03/26/2012 7:58 pm Updated: 03/26/2012 7:58 pm
Some looking to make a quick buck are willing to go so far as to adopt a dog in need and sell it to the highest online bidder.
Animal experts are calling the concept "dog-flipping" and say the cruel practice of adopting a free pup only to turn around and sell it is on the rise, WMC reports.
These "dog-flippers" are posing as feasible adopters, but then go on to just pack them in at home with the other pooches they're looking to sell. "There are some predatory people out there who will take your dog in, say they are going to give it a good home," animal rescuer Sarah Clinton told WMC, "and then turn around and sell that dog for $50, $60, a couple of hundred dollars."
But activists and pet owners are catching on to the trend and are working to put a stop to it.
Though Amy Cannon couldn't afford her dog's litter of nine puppies, she spent hundreds of dollars to have them vaccinated and she extensively screened the potential adopters she met on Craigslist and Facebook, according to HLN.
But when the Ohio woman saw that one of the puppies she gave away was posted for sale on Craigslist for $60, she was horrified and immediately rescued him.
Cannon hopes to protect other dogs from similar fates with her Facebook awareness page -- Citizens Against Flipping Dogs, according to WMC.
"I don't think a lot of people in this country have even heard about something like this," Cannon told HLN. "It's one of those hush-hush things."
'Dog-Flipping:' Animal Activists Fight
Selling Of Adopted Pets
Posted: 03/26/2012 7:58 pm Updated: 03/26/2012 7:58 pm
Some looking to make a quick buck are willing to go so far as to adopt a dog in need and sell it to the highest online bidder.
Animal experts are calling the concept "dog-flipping" and say the cruel practice of adopting a free pup only to turn around and sell it is on the rise, WMC reports.
These "dog-flippers" are posing as feasible adopters, but then go on to just pack them in at home with the other pooches they're looking to sell. "There are some predatory people out there who will take your dog in, say they are going to give it a good home," animal rescuer Sarah Clinton told WMC, "and then turn around and sell that dog for $50, $60, a couple of hundred dollars."
But activists and pet owners are catching on to the trend and are working to put a stop to it.
Though Amy Cannon couldn't afford her dog's litter of nine puppies, she spent hundreds of dollars to have them vaccinated and she extensively screened the potential adopters she met on Craigslist and Facebook, according to HLN.
But when the Ohio woman saw that one of the puppies she gave away was posted for sale on Craigslist for $60, she was horrified and immediately rescued him.
Cannon hopes to protect other dogs from similar fates with her Facebook awareness page -- Citizens Against Flipping Dogs, according to WMC.
"I don't think a lot of people in this country have even heard about something like this," Cannon told HLN. "It's one of those hush-hush things."
March 23, 2012
FB and Oodle.com to stop sale of puppy mill dogs on their sites!
David Salinas and San Diego Puppy: This means YOU!
Pet Place: This means YOU!
Puppy Stars: This means YOU!
Facebook Rejects Puppy Mill Ads for Good!
March 23, 2012
In response to concerns raised by the ASPCA and its national “No Pet Store Puppies” campaign, measures will be put in place to ensure that puppy mill dogs will no longer be sold via Marketplace on Facebook. The ASPCA is working with Facebook and Oodle, the online classifieds service that powers Marketplace on Facebook, to restrict listings of puppy mill dogs on the popular social media site. Through an ongoing removal process, ads placed by puppy mills have already started coming down. The process was designed to ensure that individuals may continue to post dogs available for a nominal adoption or rehoming fee.
The ASPCA believes that reducing Internet venues through which puppy mills can offer their dogs will help combat the inhumane puppy mill industry. Many puppies sold online come from puppy mills—these are large-scale, commercial facilities that commonly keep dogs in unsanitary, overcrowded and often cruel conditions without sufficient veterinary care, food, water or socialization.
"Removing an online platform for the cruel puppy mill industry sets a positive example of corporate citizenship and will help improve the lives of countless dogs," says ASPCA President and CEO Ed Sayres. "Most consumers are unaware they are perpetuating animal cruelty by purchasing a puppy online, and given the visibility of Marketplace on Facebook, this move has the potential to raise critical awareness about unscrupulous online breeders.”
Puppy mills that sell directly to consumers over the Internet are exempt from any federal oversight, allowing unregulated breeders to sell tens of thousands of puppies a year via online transactions. The Internet Crime Complaint Center notes that hundreds of complaints are filed every year from victims who are scammed when buying a dog online.
“Consumers who purchase a puppy from a website run the risk of acquiring an unhealthy animal and often end up with expensive vet bills and broken hearts,” said Cori Menkin, Senior Director of the ASPCA Puppy Mills Campaign. “We hope additional online retailers and classifieds listings will follow this example and stop providing a platform for puppy mill sales.”
To learn more about the ASPCA’s campaign to eradicate puppy mills and sign our pledge not to buy any items—including food, supplies or toys—from stores or websites that sell puppies, please visit http://www.nopetstorepuppies.com/.
Pet Place: This means YOU!
Puppy Stars: This means YOU!
Facebook Rejects Puppy Mill Ads for Good!
March 23, 2012
In response to concerns raised by the ASPCA and its national “No Pet Store Puppies” campaign, measures will be put in place to ensure that puppy mill dogs will no longer be sold via Marketplace on Facebook. The ASPCA is working with Facebook and Oodle, the online classifieds service that powers Marketplace on Facebook, to restrict listings of puppy mill dogs on the popular social media site. Through an ongoing removal process, ads placed by puppy mills have already started coming down. The process was designed to ensure that individuals may continue to post dogs available for a nominal adoption or rehoming fee.
The ASPCA believes that reducing Internet venues through which puppy mills can offer their dogs will help combat the inhumane puppy mill industry. Many puppies sold online come from puppy mills—these are large-scale, commercial facilities that commonly keep dogs in unsanitary, overcrowded and often cruel conditions without sufficient veterinary care, food, water or socialization.
"Removing an online platform for the cruel puppy mill industry sets a positive example of corporate citizenship and will help improve the lives of countless dogs," says ASPCA President and CEO Ed Sayres. "Most consumers are unaware they are perpetuating animal cruelty by purchasing a puppy online, and given the visibility of Marketplace on Facebook, this move has the potential to raise critical awareness about unscrupulous online breeders.”
Puppy mills that sell directly to consumers over the Internet are exempt from any federal oversight, allowing unregulated breeders to sell tens of thousands of puppies a year via online transactions. The Internet Crime Complaint Center notes that hundreds of complaints are filed every year from victims who are scammed when buying a dog online.
“Consumers who purchase a puppy from a website run the risk of acquiring an unhealthy animal and often end up with expensive vet bills and broken hearts,” said Cori Menkin, Senior Director of the ASPCA Puppy Mills Campaign. “We hope additional online retailers and classifieds listings will follow this example and stop providing a platform for puppy mill sales.”
To learn more about the ASPCA’s campaign to eradicate puppy mills and sign our pledge not to buy any items—including food, supplies or toys—from stores or websites that sell puppies, please visit http://www.nopetstorepuppies.com/.
March 22, 2012
PUPPY STARS! We are coming!
Tomorrow night, Friday, March 23 5 PM - 7 PM
167 Balboa Ave. in Clairemont
We will have a special surprise action. Don't miss this one --
and be sure to wear your red ADT scarf!
Message Sent to Dr. Osawa, Pet Hospital of North Park
Dr. Osawa
Pet Hospital of North Park
2444 University
San Diego 92104
Dr. Osawa:
We would like to register our dismay and real concern about your partnership with Puppy Stars and Pet Place. We have documentation that they are selling puppy mill pups from out-of-state, purchased through Lambriar, Inc. in Kansas. Someone from your office was in Pet Place recently, briefly examining puppies and passed a Beagle puppy as healthy when it quite obviously had a seriously extended stomach. Pet Place has been sued three times and lost --all the cases were for selling sick dogs. People are now contacting us consistently with similar stories of purchasing sick dogs.
We would very much like to hear an explanation of why, as a veterinarian, you are partnering with an industry that creates so much pain and suffering.
We look forward to your response,
San Diego Animal Defense Team
Pet Hospital of North Park
2444 University
San Diego 92104
Dr. Osawa:
We would like to register our dismay and real concern about your partnership with Puppy Stars and Pet Place. We have documentation that they are selling puppy mill pups from out-of-state, purchased through Lambriar, Inc. in Kansas. Someone from your office was in Pet Place recently, briefly examining puppies and passed a Beagle puppy as healthy when it quite obviously had a seriously extended stomach. Pet Place has been sued three times and lost --all the cases were for selling sick dogs. People are now contacting us consistently with similar stories of purchasing sick dogs.
We would very much like to hear an explanation of why, as a veterinarian, you are partnering with an industry that creates so much pain and suffering.
We look forward to your response,
San Diego Animal Defense Team
March 19, 2012
HBO Cancels 'Luck' after Deaths of Three Horses
The HBO series "Luck" has been cancelled after the deaths of three of the horses used in filming. What a tragic and unnecessary loss. Read PETA's coverage here.
HBO Cancels 'Luck' | PETA.org
HBO Cancels 'Luck' | PETA.org
March 18, 2012
Last Chance for Animals - USDA Class B Dealer CC Baird
The highly respected Last Chance for Animals continues the fight. Well done.
Last Chance for Animals - USDA Class B Dealer CC Baird
Last Chance for Animals - USDA Class B Dealer CC Baird
March 17, 2012
Puppy Stars Alert
On Friday evening, March 16, members of the ADT saw lights on in the store. Blinds were closed but through the door they saw DOGS IN THE CAGES. They reported that the dogs were not puppies.
There were many open cages but the ones with dogs in them had about 4 dogs each and were very crowded. Three people were inside the store. One said through the closed door that they were closed to "regroup" but would open again in April and are "trying it with some rescues."
No reputable rescue would ever partner with a Pet Store.
On Saturday, March 17, the store windows and door were completely covered with newspapers so it is impossible to see what is happening inside. (See photos above.) The sign reads "We will be open at the beginning of April. We will also have some rescue dogs available. 760-458-5778 Thanks Puppy Stars"
WHAT ARE THEY HIDING? If the dogs in the store at 8 PM last night are still in there, they are alone and completely in the dark due to the covered windows. There are no other windows in the facility. Is this unit now being used as a temporary storage place for the dogs? Where are the puppies from both this location and Naedeen's Puppies in Oceanside? Where are they being held? We will continue to monitor and report on this alarming situation.
March 14, 2012
BREAKING NEWS! BREAKING NEWS! BREAKING NEWS!
Saturday, March 10: Members of the San Diego Animal Defense Team (ADT) found the Puppy Stars store on Balboa Ave. in Clairemont to be empty.
SD Animal Defense Team investigators have already compiled a significant amount of evidence against Puppy Stars and Pet Place --
WOW!
Where are the puppies!
Where are the employees!
Where are the customers!
Cages were completely cleaned out -- empty of both puppies and bedding. No water bottles on the cages. The mailbox was full and overflowing. Doors were locked. Blinds were pulled.
Puppy Stars
6167 Balboa Ave.
San Diego
EMPTY!
After a bit of cautious celebration and finding out from other tenants that although the sign said back at 1:15, the store had actually been closed for three days,
we went to their sister store on El Cajon Blvd. in Rolando: Pet Place
Pet Place was open and the veterinarian who is in a business partnership with the store
(Pet Hospital of North Park) -- in spite of ongoing warnings from all animal welfare groups such as HSUS and ASPCA to NOT partner with puppy mill stores -- was giving the pups a rudimentary once-over. At the same time, the employee was telling a customer that they got a shipment of 6 puppies just the day before and 3 of them had already died. Here's a photo of a puppy who passed inspection. We see a distended stomach indicating a problem, possibly worms. What do YOU see?
lawsuits with judgments against them
for selling sick puppies,
for selling sick puppies,
proof that they use Lambriar Inc.,a notorious puppy mill factory from Kansas as their broker,
proof they sell pups from several large "cash crop" breeders in the Midwest.
Sunday, March 11: The SD Animal Defense Team we visited their third facility in Oceanside on S. Coast Highway. It too was CLOSED! No puppies! No employees! No customers. Just empty rooms and a mountain of trash piled outside the back door:
It may be a bit too soon to celebrate. We still have work to do at Pet Place.
Our next protest is scheduled for Friday evening, March 23, 5 - 7 PM.
Location? TBA on our website
BUT...
We thought you all might enjoy this email sent to one of our supporters
from Puppy Stars. She had inquired about their hours of operation.
"...unfortunately, we are closed down."
February 29, 2012
March Protests Added to Calendar!
We continue to push ahead for a ban on the sale of puppies in pet stores! The inhumane and unethical business of farming dogs as livestock must be stopped. In order for the commercial kennels to meet their objective of maximizing profits, the dogs need to suffer. Breeding facilities are often shockingly substandard and even when they meet legal USDA guidelines, the dogs only need to be given enough food and water to keep them alive.
The owners of Puppy Star's have seized the retail puppy store market in San Diego. Since they opened in August, 2011, the San Diego Animal Defense Team has been there, alerting the public to the cruelty of this business. They have tried many ploys to stop us -- yet we are still here! Strong and determined!
The case against Puppy Star's and their employee has not yet been set by the court. As soon as we have the date, you all will be the first to know!!! Justice moves slowly but IT WILL COME!
We urge anyone reading this who has purchased a sick puppy from Puppy Star's, Pet Place or Naedeen's Pups in Oceanside to contact us immediately. We have a good-sized list of innocent consumers who purchased either sick and/or dying puppies from these stores. We do understand that you may love these puppies very much in spite of the problems. Contacting us certainly doesn't say otherwise. Any information can be sent to keafs2@yahoo.com.
Dates and times for March protests have been set. See the calendar on this page.
And check back for the upcoming Animal Defense Team video, in progress now. Many of you who shared your wonderful rescue dogs at our February protests will be featured!
The owners of Puppy Star's have seized the retail puppy store market in San Diego. Since they opened in August, 2011, the San Diego Animal Defense Team has been there, alerting the public to the cruelty of this business. They have tried many ploys to stop us -- yet we are still here! Strong and determined!
The case against Puppy Star's and their employee has not yet been set by the court. As soon as we have the date, you all will be the first to know!!! Justice moves slowly but IT WILL COME!
We urge anyone reading this who has purchased a sick puppy from Puppy Star's, Pet Place or Naedeen's Pups in Oceanside to contact us immediately. We have a good-sized list of innocent consumers who purchased either sick and/or dying puppies from these stores. We do understand that you may love these puppies very much in spite of the problems. Contacting us certainly doesn't say otherwise. Any information can be sent to keafs2@yahoo.com.
Dates and times for March protests have been set. See the calendar on this page.
And check back for the upcoming Animal Defense Team video, in progress now. Many of you who shared your wonderful rescue dogs at our February protests will be featured!
February 26, 2012
Rescued Dogs Are the REAL Stars!
On Sunday February 19 and Sunday, February 26, members of the Animal Defense Team showed up in force -- most accompanied by their wonderful rescue dogs. They lined Balboa Ave. in front of the Puppy Star's store to show San Diego that the real puppy stars are the beautiful rescued dogs in the shelters and rescue groups.
We had all breeds, all ages, and plenty of great mixes too. Thanks for the outpouring of support, everyone! It was a heartwarming show of
ADOPT DON'T SHOP!
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