Inside California’s brutal underground market for puppies: Neglected dogs, deceived owners, big profits

A deep look into exploitation within the nation’s multibillion-dollar pet industry, from the unregulated pipeline of puppies and other animals imported to California, to lax oversight that enables abuses, and a public that is often left in the dark about it all.Inside California’s brutal underground market for puppies: Neglected dogs, deceived owners, big profits

A Times investigation has found that truckloads of dogs from profit-driven mass breeders pour into the state from the Midwest, feeding an underground market where they are resold by people claiming to be small, local home breeders.Puppy pipeline: How we reported the storyA canine rescue group became a favorite of Hollywood celebrities. But were the dogs really ‘rescues’?

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Inside California's brutal underground market for puppies: Neglected dogs, deceived owners, big profitsA Times investigation has found that truckloads of dogs from profit-driven mass breeders pour into the state from the Midwest, feeding an underground market where they are resold by people claiming to be small, local home breeders.
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