Tag Archives: fake rescue dogs

I’m Pete, the lead investigator for the Companion Animal Protection Society. Since 2003, I’ve been undercover to many hundreds of puppy mills and pet shops for CAPS. This work has helped shut down many notorious puppy mills, including the large-scale breeding and brokering facility of…Read more

I’m Pete, an undercover investigator for the Companion Animal Protection Society. Over the years I’ve investigated hundreds of puppy mills and pet shops for CAPS. Evidence from my investigations has been used by CAPS to shut down atrocious animal breeders and create new laws that…Read more

Go undercover with CAPS as we expose the sale of fraudulent rescue puppies at David Salinas’ pet shops. Salinas owns five pet shops in California, four in Utah and one in Nevada – all investigated by CAPS.Read more

California and Chicago Pet Shops were Selling “Rescue Puppies” from Hobo K-9 Rescue and Rescue Pets Iowa CAPS investigated Hobo K-9 Rescue and Rescue Pets Iowa, both nonprofits started by J.A.K.’s Puppies, a large USDA-licensed dog broker in Britt, Iowa. We persuaded the Iowa Attorney…Read more

Go undercover with CAPS as we expose the lies at Puppy Kisses in Danbury, CT (now closed). The owners of Puppy Kisses are behind Pet Connect Rescue in Missouri, a fraudulent rescue that is providing mill-bred "rescue" puppies to California pet shops to help them…Read more

CAPS goes undercover to New York pet shops to expose lies about the sources of their puppies.Read more

The National City, California, City Council passed, by 4 – 1, a critical pet shop ordinance night on September 3, 2019. The purpose of the ordinance, which goes into effect 30 days after passage, is to close the loophole in The Pet Rescue and Adoption…Read more