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

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Pet Industry,Puppy Pipeline,Animal Abuse

A Times investigation has found that truckloads of dogs from profit-driven mass breeders pour into California, feeding an underground market where they are resold by people claiming to be small, local home breeders. This story explores the exploitation within California's multibillion-dollar pet industry, examining the unregulated pipeline of puppies and other animals imported to the state, lax oversight that enables abuses, and a public often left in the dark.

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

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