A Year in the Life of a Puppy Trafficker

PG runs a lucrative home-based business in the City of Langley. Most weeks she advertises $3,000 to $4,000 worth of product to her potential customers. Her inventory turns over quickly, she rarely places two ads for the same stock. PG makes good money selling puppies.

Since April of 2002 AAS volunteers have been tracking ads PG has placed in newspapers and on websites. In addition to the nearly constant ads for "small to large breed pups, various prices", the following is a month by month accounting of the specific breeds PG has offered for sale over the last year.

April 2002: Shih Tzu crosses.

May 2002: Japanese Chins, Shih Tzus, Golden Retrievers, Miniature Schnauzers, Pugs, Border Collie Australian Shepherd crosses, Boston Terrier crosses, Miniature Dachshunds, American Pitbull Terriers, and Cocker Spaniel crosses.

June 2002: Boston Terriers, Shih Tzus, Shih Tzu crosses, Cocker Spaniel crosses, Golden Retriever Lab crosses, Jack Russell Terriers, and Miniature Dachshunds.

July 2002: Maltese Poodle crosses, Rottweiler Lab crosses, Cocker Spaniel Poodle crosses, Golden Retrievers, Pomeranian Chihuahua crosses, Boston Terrier crosses, Shih Tzus, Shih Tzu crosses, Havanese, and Miniature Pinschers.

August 2002: Boston Terrier crosses, Shih Tzus, Maltese, and Lab crosses.

September 2002: Dachshunds, Chihuahuas, Havanese crosses, Shih Tzu crosses, and Yorkshire Terrier crosses.

October 2002: Cocker Spaniel Poodle crosses, Miniature Schnauzer crosses, Shih Tzu crosses, Bichon Frise crosses, Basset Hound crosses, Boston Terriers, Golden Retrievers, Pomeranian crosses, Great Pyrenees, Chocolate and Yellow Labs, Terrier crosses, Pugs, and Springer Spaniels.

November 2002: Golden Retrievers, Yorkshire Terriers, Yorkshire crosses, Pekingese, Rottweilers, Shih Tzu crosses, Maltese Poodle crosses, Poodles, Chocolate and Yellow Labs, Boston Terrier Pug crosses, Cocker Spaniel Poodle crosses, Beagles, and Japanese Chins.

December 2002: Rottweilers, Chihuahuas, Chihuahua crosses, Poodle Pomeranian crosses, poodle crosses, Shih Tzu Poodle crosses, Chocolate and Yellow Labs, Golden Retrievers, and Miniature Dachshunds.

January 2003: Australian Shepherds, Golden Retrievers, Chocolate and Yellow Labs, Pugs, Miniature Dachshunds, Standard Dachshunds, Shih Tzu Poodle crosses, Shih Tzus, Rottweilers, Cocker Spaniel Poodle crosses, Miniature Poodles, Terrier Poodle crosses, Yorkshire Terriers, Beagles, Pomeranians, and Chihuahuas.

February 2003: Black and Chocolate Labs, Beagles, Pugs, Yorkshire Poodle crosses, Bichon Frise, Shih Tzu crosses, Chihuahuas, and Tibetan Spaniel crosses.

March 2003: Boston Terriers, Boston Terrier crosses, Chihuahuas, Bichon Frise Shih Tzu crosses, Rottweilers, Doberman Pinschers, Yorkshire Poodle crosses, Yorkshire Terrier crosses, Maltese, Dachshunds, Dachshund crosses, Lhasa Apsos, and Lhasa Apso crosses.

PG isn't alone, there are thousands of ads tracked in AAS's Database of Puppy Traffickers. The top advertisers, including VL and KL of Langley, DS of North Vancouver, and LL of Langley, advertise more than a litter a week on average. Like PG, they are all running businesses that are required to have business licenses, collect and remit PST and GST, and
report income to Revenue Canada.

What can be done about people like PG? Read the case for "Litter Laws"
at http://www.animaladvocates.com/too-many-dogs.htm.