Let’s put Craigslist, Facebook and all other Internet hucksters out of the “pets for sale” business. Craigslist, Facebook and others internet hucksters proclaim that selling pets is against their rules. Nothing could be further from the truth! The truth is they not only allow and benefit from backyard breeders selling pets, but they block and stop rescuers from posting pets in danger.
Here’s how to stop them, making them accountable for creating an overpopulation explosion:
This proposed law stipulates that no advertisement may be published before the advertiser completes an in-depth paid registration with a corresponding sales tax number.
The key is the enforcement mechanism; severe penalties are for websites and publications ACCEPTING unpermitted ads.
Legitimate websites and publications will be forced to comply due to severe penalties and fines for accepting ads from illicit sources.
It is inevitable that lawbreakers will not be willing to or have the ability to legally comply which eliminates their ability to place ads. Without advertising, there are no sales and profits.
The result is the beginning of the end of the backyard breeding epidemic.
John Ross, Director of LA Pets Alive, Inc., a non-profit animal welfare organization behind this initiative , said, “Backyard breeders and puppy mills cannot make money or survive without advertising.