Petition asks Kijiji to remove Pet Ads

[Sharon]

I never post 3 times on one topic - too much coffee.

or you could say that if a person can't afford a $100. adoption fee, they can't afford a dog

[double lung]

here are some options, if we ban dog ownership we avoid all issues about bad owners and scams, alternately we could have the government regulate dog ownership with mandatory registration, background checks, a mandatory course in order to receive a licence to own a dog, annual registration and licence renewal fees and a new department that could make sure everyone is behaving properly, should only cost a few billion.

[seabast]

I never post 3 times on one topic - too much coffee.

or you could say that if a person can't afford a $100. adoption fee, they can't afford a dog

This is a really weird idea.
Lots of female dog owner end up with unexpected pups and they tried to give them away. If they don't find a new home for them they end up in the river..... This is how I got my dog, I wasn't looking for one, but grow up with dogs, so when someone showed up in front of me with a free German shepherd it helped to make the decision. It has nothing to do with not having the money to raise one....

[Sharon]

I can be weird sometimes.

We'll have to do a survey on how many people in Ontario got a free dog that turned out great ,(I'm sure there are many.) and how many got a free dog and couldn't afford the vet / a license. I'm sure there are many. They won't be posting.


Back to the hockey game.

Back to the OP's post:

Petition asks Kijiji to remove Pet Ads:

There's a Change.org petition that is asking Kijiji to remove pet ads. It also encourages advertisers to stop or limit their use of Kijiji until they have removed pet ads. It's slowly getting some traction. Consider signing the petition and if you do advertise on Kijiji... consider stopping." quote AHadley

goo.gl/AW0rYk

[last5oh_302]

This petition is about stopping puppy mills (household pets) from being permitted to post ads on kijiji. Reputable breeders that do full health checks (OFA) care about where their pups go, and if that pup ever does need to be rehomed, a reputable breeder will take that dog back. You don;t find dogs in shelters when they come from good breeders. Backyard breeders pump these pups out on kijiji and they don't care who buys them as long as they're making a buck. A lot of these Christmas present type pups become dogs and end up in the pound.
Pet stores can't sell dogs anymore, and I think that was a step in the right direction to to hinder puppy mills. A reputable breeder would never sell their pups to a pet store.

Yeah sure it should be buyer beware, but people are too stupid.
Most folks will do more research when buying a toaster than they will when buying a dog.

I don't believe you'll find many reputable breeders that post ads on kijiji anyway. I think this is kind of an unwritten rule among good breeders.

[MikePal]

I don't believe you'll find many reputable breeders that post ads on kijiji anyway. I think this is kind of an unwritten rule among good breeders.

That has a lot more to do with self preservation (pup price points) than it does with what is best for their dogs.

Besides, when you start talking breeders that is a whole different ball game and not the same as buying a 'puppy' for the family. Especially when faced with an $800 dollar bill for 'papers' vs a $150 puppy from the pound. Some folks aren't in the position or desire for a 'best of breed', just a dog for the family's back yard.

Again..Kijiji is just the messenger, provides a service. 'Free to a good home' has been used since the invention of the classified ads in your your local paper. Many a dog has found a good home with folks using the service, far more than the few 'bad' stories you hear about, lets not use a hammer to kill the ant.

[Blackwolf]

I see no difference between Kijiji and a newspaper ad. The more I think about it, the idea seems to reek of a nanny state. You cannot, no matter how you try, regulate morality, and this seems to be the theme in this OP.

If not for kijiji, I would not have Browning, my Airedale. I was looking, they advertized, I bought and... started a solid friendship, with both the dog and the breeders.

[last5oh_302]

Meh, I have no problem with it. If they don't want to deal with breeders directly then it needs to be addressed some other way I guess. The abuse has gone on long enough. Those 150 dollar pound pups are coming from backyard puppy mill breeders that couldn't sell their pups on kijiji, or the news paper. Then the cycle continues. Pump out more pups using the same dogs, over and over, and post the ad on kijiji or in the news paper. This ensures more shelter dogs to euthanize in the future but the puppy mills still sell their (often unhealthy) pups and make a buck off the clueless.

"According to a recent study published in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, puppy mills dogs tend to have more psychological and behavioral problems. They lack veterinary care and socialization, and often have or will develop genetic defects, health, or behavior problems due to poor breeding practices, inbreeding, and the deplorable conditions into which these puppies were born. No one wants this - Kijiji included."

Now I'm reading that these shelters are profiting off these puppy mills. It never ends.

This petition simply wants Kijiji Canada to remove the sale of animals and only promote adoption from registered animal rescue groups and shelters, and the re-homing of family pets (for a small adoption fee).

[trkyhntr21]

Another petition that's going to do no good. Sure it might stop kijiji but soon enough another website will pop up and sell dogs in the classifieds and you will always have the neighbors with the sign at the road Nothing will change there will still be backyard breeders always have been always will be.

[last5oh_302]

Another petition that's going to do no good. Sure it might stop kijiji but soon enough another website will pop up and sell dogs in the classifieds and you will always have the neighbors with the sign at the road Nothing will change there will still be backyard breeders always have been always will be.

That's true. Puppy mills have quite a world of websites out there.

I guess kijiji won't be contributing towards it at least, if they ban those ads.