This was happening b4 the law passed! Can you believe tiny 4-6 week old puppies in cargo, in severe temps hot or cold...so many don't make it, a lot them die!
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Originally Posted by DBlain  Is the USDA that stupid that they do not realize that a puppy without any teeth is not 6 months. I think we need to figure out who to email about this and bombard them with emails and facts! |
This is where I got the info:
Those adorable teacup pups, loved by celebrities, often begin life in abusive breeding mills | GlobalPost
On May 27, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a health alert on the growing number of dogs imported with inaccurate or questionable rabies vaccine certificates. That’s not an entirely new observation: at Los Angeles International Airport, a team of county-employed veterinarians has found through spot-checks that
40 percent of large puppy shipments arrive with falsified paperwork, landing at younger than eight weeks old —
often too young to grow teeth and receive effective vaccinations.
Vet squad learning new tricks | Zev Yaroslavsky