[red98vett]

A bit off subject but here in Houston we have flea markets that sell puppies - it's been on the news often but not much is ever done. Many of the puppies are smuggled across the border from Mexico and come complete with parvo and other horrible illnesses. I wish they'd BAN that too.

I can't tell you how many stories I've heard from people who knew people that bought at flea markets only to have a sick suffering puppy on their hands and in most every story I heard - the puppy died -- all because they bought on impulse at a cheap price.

It's all about the green ....our laws really need to step up and start regulating who is able to sell and monitor them carefully. The problem is - selling live animals is just too damn easy and the laws don't consider it as a crime nor do they take it seriously....too many think 'it's just a dog' - (or a cat or a bird etc)

to me - smuggling pets should be a crime just as serious as smuggling all the other things that enter this country illegally