60 puppies die in Mass. tractor-trailer fire

[liberalpragmatist]

Just to put a damper on the afternoon:

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60 puppies die in Mass. tractor-trailer fire
Supplier says 8- to 12-week-old dogs were ‘beautiful, healthy purebreds’

LOWELL, Mass. - A trailer carrying dozens of puppies to Northeast pet stores caught fire just off an interstate, killing all of the estimated 60 dogs inside, authorities said.

The driver first noticed smoke coming from his trailer just before 5 p.m. Monday, state police said. He pulled over, and the Lowell Fire Department put out the flames that engulfed the trailer, but they couldn’t save the puppies.

The puppies were a variety of breeds between the ages of 8 and 12 weeks, according to a state police news release.

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14360161/

[idgiehkt]

1. so sad.

poor little things.

[querelle]

2. Oh My........

Poor things.

Q

[flvegan]

3. Hunte Corporation trailer. Puppy mill puppies. Sad on many counts.

Another reason to NEVER buy a puppy from a pet store.

[idgiehkt]

4. thanks for that info, flvegan

these threads keep ending up in here, so strange.

[Call Me Wesley]

5. Honestly, I can't believe you can really buy puppies/cats in a pet store.

Not possible here, and I think that's pretty good ...

[flvegan]

6. Where you are, yes. Here, we have shitholes like Petland, et al.

And that's just the biggie. Google "Wizard of Claws" here in Florida, a smaller operation that often buys from Hunte.

I agree that being completely unable to buy them in a pet store is pretty damn good, if you ask me.

[China_cat]

7. Hunte corporation...

http://www.kerryblues.com/hunte.html
http://www.petstorecruelty.org/Hunte%20Corp.htm


Can't find the cite right now but they were given a very large government subsidy to carry on their bullshit.