Although there are federal and state laws to protect dogs in puppy mills from abuse, little is being done to stop the marketing and trading of sick and infirm animals at dog auctions.This year alone, dozens of sick dogs have been auctioned off at Missouri's two
dog auction sites.
Not exact matches
Multiple
dog rescues will be on
site as well as food trucks, live music, more than 30 vendors, a
dog kissing booth, microchipping, contests, face painting and a silent
auction with more than 100 items, including a pair of tickets to the OKC Thunder game against the Golden State Warriors and OU and OSU Yeti coolers.
Clark County is the
site of the state's only
dog auction, held twice a year in Thorp; it also hosts 24 of the state's 53 USDA - licensed breeding facilities.
At the Missouri
auction site, they found more than 600
dogs, most of them in wire cages the size of rabbit hutches, stacked three cages high.