SCAM

SM

  The Society for Consumer Advocates and Mavens

News You Can Use!





Topics

Advertising and Marketing
Airline Industry
Animal Cruelty
Auto and Transportation
Business and Industry
Buyer Beware
Children and Family Concerns
Consumer Alerts
Crime & the Justice System
Drugs and Supplements
Education and Schools
Entertainment, Art & Artists
Environment
Finance and Investing
Food and Beverage
Fraud
Gambling
Government
Health, Nutrition & Fitness
History
Home and Real Estate
Insurance
Law and Politics
Medical Matters
Misc
News Media
Observations, Myths & Thoughts
Product Safety
Religion
Restaurants and Fast Food
Security and Terrorism
Society and Culture
Sports
Statistics and Studies
Surgery
The Business of Beauty
The Workplace
Travel and Recreation

DOG AUCTIONS LOST FOUND CLASSIFIEDS

Any animal auction of any kind may be a prime place for "laundering" stolen pets which may end up being a cheap source of supply for industry and government animal researchers or meat processors. Remember, the U.S. Department Of Agriculture (USDA) leads the list of those needing research animals for scientific experiments!

Is it no wonder the government seemingly rarely enforces existing animal welfare laws unless it is against some derelict person in your neighborhood who has done some misdeed to some helpless animal?

Dog dealers accused of stealing pets are still allowed to buy and sell animals at auction essentially without restrictions! The USDA may have somewhat of a hidden agenda which has been exposed in its failure to enforce existing animal welfare regulations thus possibly allowing more pets to get stolen!

Did your pet disappear? It may have died a slow, agonizing death at the hands of a government researcher performing some questionable so-called scientific experiment for some college student project, consumer product company or for the government!

If you list your lost pet in the "lost and found" NEVER pay a reward until you have your pet in hand no matter what anyone tells you or risk losing your money and not getting your pet either!

Furthermore, if you buy a pet from the "classifieds" the pet seller may advertise that a certain breed of animal is for sale at say, for example, $50 each. However, when you arrive to pick out an animal from the group or litter for sale you may then find out that most of the animals are being sold for $100 or more depending on the animals' individual colorings or markings. There may be one of the animals for sale at $50 but it too may supposedly have already been sold by the time you arrive. Unlike broadcast advertising, like radio and tv advertising which has government rules and regulations to follow, in print and/or Internet advertising you can possibly get away with saying almost anything to sell a product!

SUPPLEMENTAL SOURCE: IN DEFENSE OF ANIMALS NEWS MARCH 1995

Back


HOME | SCAMS | CONTACT US | OTHER SITES