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Originally Posted by yorkiekist  Well, I dont know what its like in your neck of the woods, but out here, almost every dog in the commercial pet stores are not
AKC anymore. And more and more bybrs that advertise in the local paper every Sunday are also not AKC anymore.
And, yes, AkC makes $$ on registrations as well as all the other "registries"do. But isnt that what they are: a REGISTRATION/RECORD KEEPING organization? Their business is registering dogs as accurately as possible. They are not the police, vice squad, animal control or the swat team. And if AKC was so concerned about loosing $$ because of inspections and DNA/frequent sire programs, they would not be doing it at all. AKC does more positive dog programs than any other kennel club while the alternative registries do absolutely nothing. It sounds to me like some are blaming AkC for the mills when blame should be pointed only at the puppy millers, the brokers, the big chain pet stores and the un-educated people who buy these dogs, keeping the puppy miller in $$$$$$$. |
This thread isn't about how much better AKC is compared to other registries. It's about them contacting Oprah after a show trying to raise awareness of the horror of puppy mills and the link to pet stores. If it wasn't such a sad subject, it would almost be funny. They help support these mills. Many people won't buy a dog unless it's AKC registered and they
are sold in pet stores. Yes, you can find them in my neck of the woods. New registries might be cutting in on some of the action but you can still get AKC registered puppies from stores.
Perhaps I'm just misinformed (and maybe it's just NJ). Does the AKC register puppy mill dogs or not?
If they do, how can they profit from the mills, supply the papers for puppies sold to stores and yet be considered blameless?