Inland buyers bring many complaints Animal-control and humane officials from across Southern California have joined forces with customs agents to stop smugglers from hauling hundreds of sick Mexican puppies into the state. Since the agencies began sharing information in April, customs officers daily have turned back 10 to 20 vehicles, each carrying as many as three dozen puppies headed across the border for quick resale, said Lt. Mary Kay Gagliardo with San Diego County's Department of Animal Services. Many of them are headed for Riverside County, she said. "Most are coming in sick," Gagliardo said. "They are riddled with parasites...