HSUS asks federal consumer protection agency to crack down on deceptive advertising of puppy mill puppies

HSUS asks federal consumer protection agency to crack down on deceptive advertising of puppy mill puppies

By Kitty Block

This week, taking our battle against these puppy sellers one step further, we filed a legal petition with the Federal Trade Commission, the government agency tasked with preventing deceptive business practices, asking it to stop puppy sellers from using misleading advertising to attract unsuspecting buyers.

Pet retailers often falsely assure consumers that the puppies they offer for sale are raised in reputable or humane breeding facilities, even when they come from inhumane facilities like mass production puppy mills. Sadly, this widespread practice continues without any repercussions to the sellers.

Ensuring that puppy retailers are not advertising falsely is the FTC’s job, but the agency has been silent on the retail pet sales issue and has done nothing to address consumers’ grievances when the “product” is a pet. With our legal petition, we are asking that the FTC step in and do what it’s supposed to do: protect millions of potential consumers who are being duped by pet retailers when all they want to do is bring a new family member home.

Read the full article here.

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Disclaimer:  This article is provided for informational purposes only. It’s not legal advice, and no attorney-client relationship is created. Neither the author nor FTC Guardian, Inc. is endorsed by the Federal Trade Commission.

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