I just wanted to vent. Today we went to John's family reunion down in southern Kentucky. They have a flea market on the weekends in a huge building with lots of outdoor vendors too. While we were down there, we stopped at the flea market to kill time for awhile before the dinner. Everything was ok for awhile until we came to one vendor.... he had a baby goat in a small dog crate (the size they make for Cockers and such, three or four baby pot bellied pigs in a small dog crate, two kittens in a tiny cage who were obviously very sick and could barely move, a tiny Hartz trap stuffed full of guinea pigs, three cages stuffed full of rabbits, and two small dog cages filled with large breed puppies... about 5 black Labs in one crate and 7 or 8 Australian Shepherd mixes in the other crate. All of the puppies were sick looking and dirty. And to top it all off, all of the animals were being fed rabbit food, including the kittens and puppies. Then he had a shed set up right next to this mess, with about 30 cages filled with Poodles, Shih Tzus, Chihuahuas, etc... all barking and going crazy, dirty and smelly, eating rabbit pellets, and he was selling them all for $300+. I wanted so badly to rescue them all, but the kittens and puppies were obviously very sick and I just couldn't risk the health of my animals. And the worst part is, no one will do ANYTHING about shutting them down or taking care of the situation.
I had to walk away because I was getting very angry... I then proceeded to talk to John about it the entire way around the flea market, in a very loud voice. A few people gave me dirty looks and they didn't see anything wrong with the animals condition... I just said "I was an animal control officer, I have dealt with puppy/kitten mill situations before. After you hold hundreds of sick puppies and kittens in your arms while they die, then maybe you'll understand."
I had to walk away because I was getting very angry... I then proceeded to talk to John about it the entire way around the flea market, in a very loud voice. A few people gave me dirty looks and they didn't see anything wrong with the animals condition... I just said "I was an animal control officer, I have dealt with puppy/kitten mill situations before. After you hold hundreds of sick puppies and kittens in your arms while they die, then maybe you'll understand."