Here is an article about the dogs being imported into the US. Since 2006 287,000 dogs have been imported but this is not just rescue dogs..this is all dogs that come in, including soldiers bringing home dogs. Nothing is ever black and white in the animal sellilng business.
REBUTTAL TO SHELTER & RESCUE IMPORTS, by Karen Metcalf
I don't know the ogranizations (I still have to do more research on this) to see how valid I believe they are but I do know MANY brokers/breeders are now calling their dogs rescue when clearly they are not. We have seen it before and it is only getting worse IMHO.
I do know the Biewers were imported into the states are part of this number along with people getting Yorkies from Brazil, Hungary, Italy etc. All of these animals had to have health checkups before they could go through customs etc.
I will do more research on the organizations listed.