U.S. puppy mills are bad enough. Now we have people smuggling sick, poorly bred puppies in from Mexico:
Huddled together in car trunks, glove compartments, and underneath seats, thousands of unhealthy puppies each year are being smuggled into the United States from Mexico, animal control officers say.
Usually only a few weeks old, the tiny pups are sold for up to a thousand dollars each in shopping center parking lots and on street corners throughout California.
Stop it, people. Stop buying them.
Te article goes on to say that soon the practice may spread to other states. Here in Texas, it’s drugs, not puppies. I doubt many border-area Texans are in the market for a $1,000 trendy designer-breed pooch. But all the best fruits and nuts come from California, I’m told. If the money’s there, the smuggling will continue. As you say, “Stop it people. Stop it.”
John
You said it, John . . .