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resources > commercial breeders auctions Dog and cat breeding is an industry. A major player in that industry are dog auctions. Auctions of dogs are typically held in the spring and summer across the Midwest, mostly in Missouri. It’s been estimated that approximately 15,000 dogs are auctioned off each year. To view a dog auction, visit: Further information and photos of puppy mill auctions can be found at:
Excerpt from undercover investigation of auctions Descriptions of animal auctions can be found through newspaper articles and on various websites. Below is an excerpt from an organization who has investigated multiple auctions. “Some auctions are kennel dispersals and others are consignments. In a dispersal auction the kennel is selling out all of the dogs, the equipment and tools and getting out of the business. In a consignment auction, the kennel is selling the dogs that they do not want any longer. The money that the kennel earns from a consignment auction will be used to buy more dogs… The dogs are tossed around and promoted solely for whatever monetary value they might bring. The dogs are frequently injured, ill, missing limbs, or even their bottom jaw is missing. They are all terrified. …Often these auctions are used by the breeders to “cull” their stock. This means they sell old and non-producing dogs to raise money to buy young dogs and start the cycle of misery all over again. We get email from many people who think that they can save a dog by going to an auction. They have good motives but they are contributing to the misery. It’s precisely the same thing as buying a puppy in a pet store — you may save that puppy but you sentence thousands of others to lives of misery. The kennel owners love to see rescue people come to the auctions because they drive up the prices. The kennel owners will take that money that is paid to buy a dog at auction and use it to buy more dogs and perpetuate the cycle of misery. No one should ever buy from consignment auctions.” (Reprinted from prisonersofgreed.org.)
Please email or call your State legislators and educate them about inhumane dog and cat breeding in Minnesota. Ask them to take action. |
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