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<DIV>I'm glad to hear that the pups and kittens are mostly rescues or
incidentals. It's not a real surprise because you usually have to "order
in bulk" from brokers/puppy dealers. If anyone is familiar with Just
Puppies in Laurel, they receive their puppy deliveries out of the back of
18-wheeler tractor trailers and crates of 6, 7 and 8 week old babies are off
loaded just like cases of groceries. It's a seedy business IMHO.</DIV>
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<DIV>To contrast, Dan is indeed providing a community service of
sorts. I just hope those animals are winding up in a good
place. But as a retailer, and as a animal business permitted by the
county, it is actually his legally regulated responsibility to ensure the
constant good health of the animals in his care, especially the puppies and
kittens, and there are pages and pages of county code devoted to retail pet
establishments and those requirements. I have no doubt that Dan would
choose to anyway, but he is required to by law to be a good caretaker
of his animals.</DIV>
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<DIV>Adrianne</DIV>
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size=2>Thanks for the info on Dan and the puppies; I know the<BR>animals I've
seen in his shop have appeared healthy<BR>and happy; I DIDN'T know he was doing
all of that<BR>extra work to make sure that they remained that way. <BR>Nice to
hear! <BR></DIV></FONT></DIV>
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