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Cats and dogs are stolen for a variety of reasons. If they are lucky, it’s simply a case of someone who sees a cute animal and wants to keep it as a pet, but there are many worse fates that stolen pets may suffer, including:

Being sold to research laboratories or pet stores
Being subjected to sadistic acts by psychopathic individuals
Becoming bait or fighters for dog-fighting rings
Being used as puppy mill breeders
Being sold as meat to feed exotic pets or humans
Having their fur made into clothing and accessories

Class B Dealers

In the United States, there are two types of animal dealers, Class A and B. Class A dealers maintain breeding colonies, whereas Class Bs obtain animals from “random sources.” A Class B dealer license costs just $50, and with an insufficient number of inspectors and weak enforcement of existing regulations, the USDA has not made a priority of ensuring the safety and health of Class B dealer animals. As a result, many animals in the custody of Class B dealers are horribly mistreated and neglected.

Most random source animals are stolen from people’s backyards or while wandering around the neighbourhood. Although regulations in Canada prohibit laboratories from purchasing random source animals, many pets are stolen in Canada and shipped to the U.S. Laboratories prefer to work with domestic pets because they are more trusting and friendly toward people, and Canadian pets are popular with Class B dealers because it’s harder for their owners to trace them.