Class B Dealers Selling Innocent Lives By Vicki Katrinak
In 2009, AAVS’s education department Animalearn released its “Dying to Learn” report, which exposed the use of random source Class B dealers to obtain dogs and cats for education. The report included details on animal welfare violations committed by the dealers, as well as the numbers of animals they sold and their yearly profits. Since then, AAVS has continued to monitor these animal dealers, and their numbers are dwindling. Momentum is now on our side, and it is time to shut down all random source Class B dealers, forever.
DEALER
ANIMALS SOLD 2005-2008
SALES INCOME 2005-2008
C&C Kennels
O UT O F B U S I N E S S 2012
Cheri-Hill Kennel
O UT O F B U S I N E S S 2011
Chestnut Grove Kennels, Inc.
O UT O F B U S I N E S S 2011
D&M Resources1
AWA VIOLATIONS 2008-2013
N/A
N/A
0
Hodgins Kennels, Inc.
4,464
$965,534
2
Kenneth Schroeder
1,621
$233,275
30
LBL Kennels
C O NVE RTE D TO C LAS S A D EALE R
Mountain Top Kennels R&R Research*
O UT O F B U S I N E S S 2 0 0 9 2,444
$727,097
13
*On July 18, 2012, USDA filed a complaint alleging that R&R illegally acquired four dogs and one cat.
Robert Perry
1,205
Schachtele Auction Service Whale Branch Animal Service, Inc.2
$304,874
20
O UT O F B U S I N E S S 2011 67
$36,850
7
Includes animals sold for education, research, and testing. 1 2
Business not open until 2010 Animal sales for 2006-2007
AV MAGAZINE
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