The Craigslist search term “puppies” in just a 1,000 mile radius brings 11,573 results!
There are 15 million backyard breeder and puppy mill ads published online every year.
Think this impacts shelter adoptions?
Online backyard breeder sales increased 400% from 2020 to 2021 with even larger increases to date,
Why are backyard breeders and puppy mills experiencing this much success?
Closed Shelters and Appointment Only Adoption Policies Are Driving People to Backyard Breeders And Puppy Mills.
Post Covid restrictions, too many shelters are operating with appointments only or restricted adoption days. This makes it extremely difficult to adopt a pet.
With today’s technology, Backyard breeders use online ads on all of the top social media sites with puppy mills now using powerful SEO tools, attaching puppies for sale ads to our daily internet visits.
Amazon killed book stores, and Netflix killed video stores. Will Craigslist, Facebook and Google kill shelter pet adoptions?
Today, the public is taking the path of least resistance, buying animals online from backyard breeders and puppy mills more than ever before.
What are we going to do about it?
There are 15 million backyard breeder and puppy mill ads published online every year.
Think this impacts shelter adoptions?
Is it another reason for shelters being overcrowded?
This solution does not require millions of taxpayer dollars.
Puptax.com: features a proposed law to require tax and registration to receive a permit to advertise any pet for sale.
Advertising registration would require photo ID, physical location, puppy place of birth and other abuse or fraud prevention data.
Pet sellers must provide proper detailed registration and a substantial paid tax to receive a checkable permit number through a public database.
Advertisers’ permit number, expiration date, verified name address and phone number are required in every ad.
It’s common knowledge that Backyard Breeders don’t pay taxes or follow regulations.
It’s simple: they won’t comply. That’s completely OK and to be expected!
This proposed law prevents the ACCEPTANCE of ads offering animals for sale in any form, prior to tax and verifiable detailed registration by the advertiser.
It is critically important to believe that law abiding publications and websites will comply.
NO SALES TAX NUMBER & REGISTRATION = NO PERMIT,
NO PERMIT = NO ADS,
NO ADS = NO SALES AND NO PROFITS:
Eliminating an estimated 15 million “pets for sale” ads a year means animal shelters and rescues are that much closer to bringing overpopulation under control.
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