*****WARNING****CRUEL BREEDER IN MARYLAND***** Stephanie Stolzfus, Stephanie’s Designer Puppies, aka rpuppydogs, Conowingo, MD – Consumer complaints; had no information about origins of puppies, a violation of state law. The HSUS has received several complaints about conditions at this storefront/breeding operation. On September 26, 2013, an HSUS investigator visited the storefront and found puppies who appeared dirty and unsocialized; several of the puppies shrank away from visitors as if they had never been handled before. The seller was also found on that date to be apparently violating a Maryland law that requires stores to identify certain information about their puppies and where they came from. The owner verbally claimed she herself was the breeder of most of the puppies, but had none of the information posted that is required by state law. The storefront appeared to be closed as of February 2014, but the operator is still selling large numbers of puppies via online classified ads, offering to meet buyers in or around Baltimore. Ads were posted on Next Day Pets as recently as April 2014: nextdaypets/directory/dogs/uid/2437719.aspx. For more information about the Maryland pet stores investigation, see: humanesociety.org/assets/pdfs/pets/puppy_mills/investigation-md-pet-stores.pdf.
Posted on: Wed, 07 May 2014 18:39:38 +0000
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