An fascinating undercover look at online animal selling 👇
‘Of course, puppy should go with natural uncutted ears, because you know, breed is not legal in UK.’These are the messages Metro.co.uk recently received from a woman in Russia offering to sell and send us a banned breed ofWhile the social media site’s rules are very clear that such sales are completely prohibited, the reality is sellers of banned or dangerous dogs can often be found lurking within the comments sections of images of adorable puppy litters in closed groups.
But with many purchases being made online, pet-owners are discovering such transactions are fraught with issues – and not just to do with banned dogs. Owning any of these banned types could mean you are prosecuted under Section 1 of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 – which has a maximum penalty of 6 months prison.
However, just three days after they welcomed Reggie into their home, Richard found himself standing in a vet’s examination room being told that the kindest thing they could do for their puppy was to end his life. ‘The house was really bare – there wasn’t much furniture,’ he remembers. ‘ I was told that he’d moved from Stoke and that’s why he didn’t have the dog’s mum with him. Everything I asked, he had an answer for. I got totally wrapped up in the seller’s lies’, Richard admits.
Richard spent £3,000 on vet bills, which weren’t covered on insurance. But the cost was nothing compared to the family’s anguish, he says.‘You’ve given a kid something he’d always wanted, and the next day, it’s taken away. It’s just not fair. The end of Reggie’s very short life was painful and horrific.’
When he turned up in a huge, flashy car, alarm bells started ringing. He told her to follow her to his home, which was hidden behind tall gates. As well as being emaciated, Cookie’s eyes were puffy and scabbed over and his fur was matted with pus. He was at death’s door by the time the seller could get him to a vet. Although he was nursed back to health, sadly his sight couldn’t be saved.According to the charity Cats Protection, there has been rise in buying online with 340,000 cats and kittens on the internet out of a total 500,000 purchased this year.
‘When she got it home it was very aggressive. She had it for two days and they realised that it was the biggest mistake she had ever made.’ Happily Chris was able to re-home the animal.
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