Posted on 10/19/2019 1:56:10 PM PDT by Morgana
You have not lived until you spend the night in the Van Zandt Co Pokey, and yes animals and alcohol are usually involved.
I am leaving Tx Sat morning.
I will miss all you here in the land of milk and honey.
Puppy mills are not what I am talking about. I am talking about all the “rescue” dogs sent to the North from the South.
Somehow those dogs start out as puppies too and if the Bubbas were so good at neutering and spaying their region wouldn’t be our primary source of “rescues” at this point.
I worked at an animal shelter for 18 years. Most of the animals produced in the County came from the lower income parts of the larger cities. We even went door-to-door in some neighborhoods giving away “free” spays/neuters but were declined. They just let the pets breed and let the pups/kittens wander off -— NO ONE is making money off these unwanted pitiful creatures. The city roads department scrapes them off the streets one by one, and then the next litter arrives. The rescue groups that get dogs to sell are taking in unwanted animals that people are turning in, usually after a change in life situation like a death or divorce. The folks turning in the animals get no $’s in return -— in fact, many of the rescues ask for a donation to take in a pet.
I’m not talking about just the shelter system, but the inflow of cute little mutts to the North from the South through informal, individually operated “rescues” up here. You often get dogs essentially bought for $400+ apiece, literally in some circumstances met at and taken off the truck or van being driven up from the South.
That is a profitable gig and I would be amazed if there weren’t some nefarious harvesting of such dogs going on in the South. This is one story that suggests that indeed it is being done.
I’ve heard of people stealing purebred pets for resale, especially at puppy mills. Reselling as “rescue” is new. Usually, they have so much supply it is unreasonable to seek it out.
Dear carbetbagging, ( by proxy, ) yankee. Please stay off of the Texas threads.....OR.....post sources for your vile accusations! Your saying so does not make it so, jerk!
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter!
When y’all can manage your pets such that you’re not constantly shipping overflow up to us, for hefty fees, you might have a leg to stand on.
As of right now, ya don’t.
So, you are saying notherners are criminals that unethically buy stolen pets.
End purchasers of course have no idea. But I do suspect some of the homespun, lone-rescuer missions have more of a sense of what’s going on than they would like to admit. Most likely, they have no proof and just look the other way, rather than doubt the system.
“When y’all can manage your pets such that you’re not constantly shipping overflow up to us, for hefty fees, you might have a leg to stand on.
As of right now, ya don’t.”
I asked for your source material for such an outrageous claim. You could not do it! Your saying so does not make it so!
HEH!
I rest my case, carpetbagging jerk!
Source? You want a source? Just look in Pet Finder and you will find that most of the available dogs in our part of the country are shipped up from the South, they are expensive, and they often are only brought up once they have a, yes, buyer.
Huh? You're not actually moving away from Texas, are you?
Nasty woman.
Yup, going to Ohio.
“Source? You want a source?”
No, that is not how it works. YOU are supposed to post links to sources. I am NOT going to do your sourcing for you!
HEH!
To make an outrageous statement so that it is all-inclusive is beyond reprehensible. Now I suppose that you will tell me that there are NO puppy mills in yankeeland, huh, Bubba?!
And people wonder why we hate yankees!
Where are you going?
Ohio
Big town? Little town? Gotta new gig?
Well, damn. I guess we’ll never see you again.
At least we have FR to stay in touch. Are you going to be living with family?
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