Pirating pictures is very common. There have been a few big high volume breeders websites that have included this practice. One of the most well known was the famed HollyBelle Maltese scandal, which was a high volume breedrer with a nice website. Hollybelle advertised in some well known dog publications had a nice website, which included pirated pictures. She went down in a huge scandal after many complaints from dissatisfied consumers with sickly pups, customers not getting what they thought they were buying and some people were not getting pups that were paid for. There were also problems with "papers", bloodlines, etc and her animal living in horrid conditions. She also had a cattery. This site looked and sounded great, she bred for years had even advertised as having sold pups to famous people so it "looked" good to the consumer. It was a huge mess with lots of coverage. Not to mention that she even had her kids taken from the home by authorities after her "mill" was busted.
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