Canine trafficking
I had no idea but allegedly there is an arbitrage market for shelter dogs on the East Coast. Apparently animal rescue shelters in the Northeast are so picky about who can adopt dogs from them that there is an interstate market for rescued dogs. Down South a shelter dog can be had for twenty-some dollars and then resold up here for $50. I’m not familiar with any details regarding scope, volume or qualifications (such as it being true only for specific breeds etc). It could also be that there’s just a bigger glut of abandoned or confiscated dogs in the South. Needless to say I’m strongly opposed to Dixie dogs displacing yankee hounds. People who are rejected by shelters need to shape up, not in-source alien pooches.
