I had thought that Bud Wheatley had sold Snookums - but I guess not, because he's just sold a dead dog to a family in Newfoundland. Maybe he's opened a new store and Snookums is now owned by someone new - because I thought it was now owned by a lady and she was selling her own lovely puppy mill dogs - and for some reason I thought Bud had opened a new store down the road, but I may be wrong.
Regardless - the CBC News over in PEI have done a story tonight - not mentioning the stores name - but saying that Bud Wheatley has sold a puppy that's died - I have talked about Bud Wheatley and Snookums here ad nauseum - maybe just as much if not more than I've talked about Gail Benoit - he's sold a ton of dead dogs to unsuspecting customers - you can see posts -
http://dogkisser.blogspot.com/2008/02/bud-wheatley-was-lying-when-he-said-he.html
and
http://dogkisser.blogspot.com/2007/12/snookums-is-in-news-again.htmland
http://dogkisser.blogspot.com/2004/07/my-letter-to-chronicle-herald-about.html
and
http://dogkisser.blogspot.com/2004/07/my-letter-to-editor-is-in-todays.html
and
http://dogkisser.blogspot.com/2004/07/snookums-in-pei-is-just-like-any-other.html
and
http://dogkisser.blogspot.com/2004/08/thoughts-on-puppy-mills-and-factory.html
He's just gross. He seems to take great pride in his little puppy broker business. In the article from February 2008 that I posted he even says: “But I’m the guy who built this little industry.’’
Below is tonight's video from CBC PEI:
Thanks for this post, Joan. I had heard this was on the news last night and was unable to catch it.
ReplyDeleteThis sickens me, again. Snookums (and the likes thereof) will continue to operate, either via website, kijiji, UsedPEI.com, etc., because there are no regulations in place to stop them.
ReplyDeleteSnookums has been in the press for years, yet Bud Wheatley continues his reign of terror. Why? Because he can. And if anthing goes awry - he blames his buyers. (who themselves need to be held accountable). More of the same old, same old story.
Pet stores are required to be "licensed & inspected" yearly. Kennels, on the other hand, (be it boarding or breeding) are not. A huge loophole between the PEI Companion Animal Act and the PEI Dog Act.
I could basically set up shop - breed or board animals to my heart's content - without ever having my site licensed or inspected by the PEI Dept. of Agriculture.
Upon questioning the person responsible (and the Director of said division) within of the Regulatory Division of the Dept. of Agriculture, I have yet to receive a reply.