According to the Atlanta Business Chronicle:
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport officials want the public to be aware of a pet scam involving bogus purchases and false claims that animals are being detained at the airport.
The pet scam involves online ads or unsolicited e-mails that offer to sell and ship pets -- such as puppies, birds and monkeys -- from overseas. After buying the pet, the scam seller will ask for more money, frequently claiming the pet is sick and being held at the airport until it gets vaccinations needed to pass through customs. The scam victim often pays the additional money and contacts the Department of Aviation at Hartsfield-Jackson for details about obtaining the pet.
You can read the rest of the story here. . .
Now, you may know what I think about pet trafficking and the horrible conditions pets in stores go through, but coupled with a scam - this makes for no good, at all.
I want to impress on everyone to not buy dogs, or cats from pet stores or shady dealers online, because of the conditions the pets are coming from, which may be unclear.
I want to urge everyone to adopt, if you can or have the desire, rather buying from breeders too, who sometimes breed at such a rate it is unhealthy for the mother and the pups, or kittens.
I came from a family that merely had pups, not a breeder. . .
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