Double dose
report on AKC's High Volume Breeder Committee (HVBC)
and puppy mill broker Hunte Corp. who was funded by our tax dollars!
AKC seeks puppy mill registrations, and ignoring show/hobby breeders
outrage, asks us to SUPPORT puppy mills; what AKC now politely calls
commercial or high volume breeders! If you've ever doubted AKC's alliance with
Puppy Mills, read these two revealing reports about the AKC and
Puppy Mills, then decide whether you've been conned by AKC or in fact,
we should support puppy mills...
LET’S
SUPPORT THE PUPPY MILLS
All-Breed AKC
Judge touts High Volume Breeders, aka Puppy Mills, after visiting
Hunte Corp, the $26,000,000 puppy mill broker. But then she's an American
Kennel Club HVBC
member.
Gayle Roberson ©
TheDogPress - April 2002
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As I write
this, I am breathless with anger! In the April issue of Dog News, there is an article
entitled "Detente Begins With The Middleman", fourth in a series
on High Volume Breeders.
It seems that Mrs. Kodner
(she's licensed to judge ALL BREEDS, folks) was appointed by the AKC to
a committee to see when/if/how to bring puppy mills, now called
"High Volume Breeders", into compliance. It appears from her writings
that Mrs. Kodner was an honored guest at Hunte Corporation's multi-million dollar
facility. Did you know they do $26 MILLION in puppy sales. A year??
Mrs. Kodner was apparently dazzled by their facilities. Now, I'm cherry picking here
from her Dog News article, it's two pages long, but here goes:
"The fancy is certain
that all high volume breeders are cruel to puppies and brood bitches; and
that the distributor or middleman is a Shylock. The fancy imagines
suffering puppies being transported in run down dirty vehicles to
unsightly contaminated pet stores. NOTHING COULD BE FARTHER FROM THE
TRUTH"
Mrs. Kodner then goes on a bit
about the history of Hunte Corp., extolling the beauty of their impressive
infrastructure, a facility that can house 2,000 puppies at one time! (are
you starting to hyperventilate yet? Well, wait, it gets better!!!)
She says that each "incoming pup" is examined, accepted, or rejected
according to easily detected defects and then if accepted, microchipped
and inoculated. She notes "Some hernias
are repaired by Hunte. Some are returned to the breeder for repair."
OK, now what do we have
here: at what age do you think these babies were taken away from
their moms so they can be transported to Hunts facility extraordinaire? Remember, they have to be checked, poked, wormed, prodded,
inoculated, microchipped, bathed, dipped, and shipped out to arrive with
as much "cute time" as possible remaining for pet store
purchases. How many people do you think handle these poor babies?
Lovingly? Yeah, right, as loving as any other assembly line! Oh, and that
'hernia repair'!! With or WITHOUT anesthesia? I don't know, how old are
they???
Mrs. Kodner goes on about
how great the "facility" is, stating "It is to the
pet industry what the AKC is to the dog fancy" Her words, not mine.
She says there may be flaws but then asks "Is it an organization to establish a detent with? Without question. such a relationship can only be beneficial to both
organizations." She goes on to point out "...the income to CAR (AKC's Companion Animal Recovery)"
and exalts about
the service to the public "if every puppy that is microchipped comes to the new owner registered with CAR."
She ends this part of her glowing testimonial with "Seeing is believing. See for yourself."
Kodner then states that the Hunte Corp., and others like it,
"are doing the breeders
job." Excuse me? She says of course there is profit involved
but that there is nothing wrong with making money
in a legitimate fashion. Then she says it is up to "the fancy to help upgrade the quality
of the breeders stock by offering its stud dogs to properly registered,
healthy bitches" for a fee of course. That is comforting but for
doubters, she asks readers "Wasn't the American Kennel Club
founded in an effort to improve breeding stock? Or is this once again, or
in the minds of some, still an elitist organization for the special
few?"
I still can't believe that
this ALL BREED JUDGE thinks legitimate, concerned breeders, those of us
who do our certifications, DNAs, CERFS, OFAs, vWDs, skin punches, you name
it, should then make stud dogs available to puppy mills, er "High Volume
Breeders" to upgrade their quality. Words fail me!
Cleaning up Volume
Breeders, bringing their paperwork and facilities into some semblance of
compliance is no different from planting flowers on a landfill. IT'S STILL
GARBAGE UNDERNEATH! We HAVE TO voice our opinions here. To Mrs Kodner, to the AKC, and to Dog News. Will we
be whizzing into the wind? Maybe, maybe not.
Gayle Roberson, Poco a Poco
Toy Poodles
The AKC - Hunte Puppy Mill Alliance
The self confessed born-again x-heroin addict dog dealer from Barbados, Andrew Hunte, is credited with owning the "state of the art facility"
high volume puppy mill in SW Missouri financed with $4.4M USDA rural development loan guarantees.
Scott McNeal
©
The Dog Press - May 2008 - Although he was supposed to have put in a crematorium to dispose of
"deads" (dead dogs) last year, he hasn't. After telling the state conservation people
that he would, when they say he exceeded the pounds per pond limit of dead puppies, he didn't. (which puppies were they and where's their papers?) Living but "B" grade pups not good enough for the pet store trade are trucked to Texas by another for sale at a Flea Market.
This is the same guy AKC has chosen as a possible savior, "registrations" speaking of course. Although his advertised 1500 attendee breeder seminars are seldom any more than 400 actual people, including many family couples w/ kids, the pre-seminar press releases credit him with three times as many attendees.
The Sept '03 meeting saw Steve Gladstone (American
Kennel Club Board Member) get up and congratulate Hunte and those breeders supplying him with pups for the work they were doing. Hunte
then got up and announced the promotion to VP Breeder Support of another famous person among the controversial Midwest breeders. The former president of DoBoTri
Kennels, a Purdey, MO dealership, Doug Hughes.
Years earlier "DoBoTri" employee was CONVICTED of cruelty after the driver was arrested in PA delivering pups. That cruelty CONVICTION should have resulted in an
AKC suspension of the dealer, but nothing happened. In may 2000 a DoBoTri truckload of pups was seized in Nashville. After surrendering $40K worth of pups to locals in lieu of arresting the co-drivers for cruelty, the USDA got involved. CONVICTED again, this time pursuant to the federal Animal Welfare Act.
It was one of the biggest dog stories of 2000. In the news and on the web, public info! Second CONVICTION and still
NO AKC SUSPENSION!!! It happened right after the much ballyhooed, don't hit me again April '00 Dateline piece that was supposed to be about the lack of integrity of AKC's registry.
(The award winning NBC flop was pre-empted by a diffusing quotation from that leading journalistic product? DogNews:
"The perception that a dog and/or litter registered with the American Kennel Club is a guarantee with regard to parentage and/or breeding reliability is a myth. This perception has been perpetuated throughout AMERICA by AKC specifically and the general public generally.")
Not so public was that DoBoTri kennel's USDA dealer permit was revoked and Hughes was put on "a period of probation thru '06." Conditions of probation were that he not be in a supervisor position, manager, director etc of any
licensed dealer (he could work as an employee). To do so would violate the probation and impose additional and immediate $10K fine w/o further hearing.
Hunte bought DoBoTri and immediately put its President in charge of and titled Director
of
Breeder Support where he was routinely making financial decisions that impacted the business and guaranteed Hunte's ability to pay installments on the DoBoTri purchase.
This was in direct violation of the signed Consent Decision with USDA and the written conditions of Probation.
Hunte's Sept '03 seminar, with Gladstone and the USDA dept. admin. present at the Joplin motel convention center, Hunte publicly announced to about 400 that Doug Hughes was being promoted to company Vice President of Breeder Support. It was also published in several Midwest news papers and Hunte's newsletter.
USDA Adm's Gipson, subsequently said he didn't know anything about it but would check. Eight+ months later USDA said their investigation was over. Not enough evidence to show violation...?
In the mean time Hunte gave Hughes $10K and a new p/u truck to travel around "supporting breeders" and there is, I'm told, a USDA training facility being/or to be built in KC, MO with Chester Gipson's name on it. Something to bring the regulators and the breeders together?
Since Hunte sold minor ownership to Hagen, which is handling management, Hunte has turned Doug Hughes into a sort of corporate trainer. He gets $50 hr driving to and from breeders and $100+ hr once he gets there, according to his father, who says he's making more than when he was a VP! There are so many places that need his advice!!! Our tax dollars at work...?
Handy links:_____________________
Hunte & Hunt Hunte Puppy Broker & JB Hunt Trucking - the
partnership to distribute puppy mill puppies.
AKC-Puppy Miller Meeting
AKC President meets with President of Hunte Corp.
the mega puppy broker.
Puppy Mill Power Why Missouri (and Kansas) are known as the
Puppy Mill State, the
Reinwald Report
Puppy Mill Power
In Missouri:
Part 2 leading up to no photos
of Hunte Facilities, the
Reinwald Report.
Puppy Mill Bill MO State Law prohibits any form
of documentation of puppy mill conditions, by Reinwald
AKC Judge Baxter
has an idea for a
Logical, Legal Weapon Against Pet Shops and Puppy Mills.
"Lets Support The Puppy Mills"
Kodner does! And Scott McNeal added more on the AKC/Hunte
Alliance.
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