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The puppy factories
JAVIER GUILLENEA
Eastern Europe, from dog factories in Slovenia, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia. “90 per cent of the stock in Spanish pet shops is from elsewhere. In almost every single store there are puppies from these countries,” says Cubillo, whose association ... are big shops which practise this trade. A puppy is sold for 70 euros and then they are sold to other shops or individuals. A proper breeder could get 900 euros for Yorkshire Terriers while the ones that come from Eastern Europe could only cost 400. ... is, yet it is so difficult to fight against this market, especially with the Internet. “Here is where you find problems, not in the shops,” stresses Josep Arnas, general secretary of the Asociación del Sector del Animal de Compañía (ASAC). “The last