You
will be seeing a change on our swap shops soon, and it has to do with
the buying and selling of pets here on the swap shops. Very soon, we
will be instituting a policy of NO PET SALES on any of the swap shops
in the Missouri Swap Shop Network.
Craigslist, the popular
classified advertisement website, allows people to sell furniture,
cars, apartments, and other personal items through online
interactions. For animal welfare reasons, Craigslist does not allow
the sale of any pets or animals, but the adoption of pets, with a
small re-homing fee, is allowed. Although this clause is found on the
website’s Terms of Use page, many Craigslist users ignore it and
sell litters of puppies and kittens anyway. This causes many
problems, as these pets are oftentimes coming out of illegal puppy
mills and kitten mills. Unknowingly, those who end up buying these
animals from Craigslist are contributing to the inhumane puppy and
kitten mill industry.
Please
post your thoughts on this upcoming policy change. Your feedback
will help us construct an appropriate response to this growing
problem.
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Who Is Doc Burkhart? He is the chief administrator of the Missouri Swap Shop Network. He is also a full-time missionary, working primarily in the Asia/Pacific Region. Read his blog http://docburkhart.blogspot.com or visit his missions page on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/doc2korea/
