![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=91.6){kind=small}
I watched an awful expose on "Class B" animal dealers on HBO. Just to explain for those who haven't heard the term, as I had not till last night:
What Class B dealers are:
The are licensed by the USDA (basically $10 and an application) of animals of sourced animals of known origin, but not bred by the dealers (that would be a Class A dealer) for the purpose of resale to research labs mainly.
What they should be doing:
A class B dealer should know where the animal is coming from, mainly that it was not a stolen pet but rather an unwanted stray (from the pound), or an owner surrender.
What they are actually doing:
The buy dogs/cats for an average of $15 a head from "bunchers" basically animal thieves from peoples cars/yards/neighborhoods and collectors of strays off the street.
To make matters much worse:
Before the animals make it to their ill fated destinations of a lab, the undergo awful and sometimes deadly treatment at the dealers kennels. Not fed, abused, crowded, left in fight or die (or both)situations.
Anyway, class A, B whatever it makes me sick. I really have a lesser and lesser tolerance level anymore for the scums that consider themselves humans yet are so far from it. I always thought that as you get older you get desensitized but for me it couldn't farther from the truth when it comes to inhumanity of any kind. I am downright sick of what people will do for money.
March 1 2006, 01:18:16 UTC 6 years ago