I'm giving fair warning and notice that this posting is disturbing, and contains images that some readers may find objectionable. Regardless, as a woman who is proudly, joyously owned by two French Bulldogs (one of whom is a puppy mill rescue), I feel the need to post this 'cross-post' from another board.
Please... if you have a strong stomach, and love animals, read on, and cross-post this elsewhere.
As some of you know, several people in southern California have been working very hard to shut down a local puppy import broker. This broker has imported over 400 French and English Bulldog puppies in less than 18 months. How can you help???
PLEASE if you have a web site, PLEASE add a link to http://www.frogdog.org and http://www.frenchbulldogrescue.org so that we might educate and warn people.
We will be updating the current story on the both sites later this week.
The pictures show the horrors of the import broker trade - these are all dogs that arrived sick or dying. The pictures were taken as "proof" so this woman could get free "reimbursement" puppies from her source in eastern europe.
Fair warning: These photos are fairly graphic and upsetting.
Puppy clearly dying of parvo:
Swimmer puppy that most likely died from a crushed/flattened rib cage:
Puppy being given sub-q fluids for parvo:
Puppy that arrived dead - note the recent Aeroflot sticker on the crate