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01-08-2008, 09:04 AM   #1

Cats / dogs for sale


.....in Harrods yesterday!

Went to London for the day & we went in Harrods. there were papillon puppies for sale for £1500 and several types of kittens for £1000.

I just wondered how they can possibly vet the homes of people buying them?



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01-08-2008, 09:28 AM   #2

Re: Cats / dogs for sale


I thought it was no longer legal to sell cats and dogs in stores?! But alas I'm wrong. Poor wee things.



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01-08-2008, 10:18 AM   #3

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This makes me so angry . I wish there were tighter regulation regarding the sale of pets and then may be we'd see less animals in shelters or abused.

-rant over-



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01-08-2008, 11:50 AM   #4

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That's amazing ....... Harrod's would have been the last place I'd imagine to sell cats and dogs!

I wonder how many they sold?



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01-08-2008, 12:51 PM   #5

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They also had rabbits, gerbils, hamster,rats and ginea pigs.

What amazes me is who would SELL their pedigree kittens / puppies to Harrods in the first place?



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01-08-2008, 01:41 PM   #6

Re: Cats / dogs for sale


Many years ago Harrods used to sell penguins!



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01-08-2008, 01:48 PM   #7

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yer JOKIN!

oh my goodness me. didn't the rspca get onto them pretty quickly?



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01-08-2008, 04:17 PM   #8

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I have looked without any success to find corroborative evidence meep! It's just something I remember from my childhood - they were referred to as "pint-sized penguins"!



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01-08-2008, 04:33 PM   #9

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I can't believe that seriously! The concept sounds cute, I couldn't help but laugh at "pint-sized penguins" but in practice it's just wrong!



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01-08-2008, 04:43 PM   #10

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Undeniably - but it was probably in 60s or 70s and things were very different then!



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