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i THE CAVALRY GROUP • Shelters and rescues are exempt from the laws that are required of professional breeders. Rescue animals come with no guarantee and have the potential to put the new owners at risk. • The following letters are from four veterinarians who work closely with professional breeders who provide puppies to retail pet stores.These veterinarians strongly oppose rescue dogs being sold in lieu of pure bred or cross bred puppies from professional, licensed, inspected kennels. • Attached: Dr.Jim Foster, Dr. Brandon Sinn, Dr.A.G. Beukleman, and Dr. Kasie Nelson. .e Myth of Pet Over-Population: ,mane Society of the United States (HSUS), American Society of Prevention of aelty to Animals (ASPCA), and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals STA) and other animal rights groups are raising money under the false premise of overpopulation, while perpetuating guilt on our society to believe that rchasing a rescue dog is solving a problem. e slight of hand trick,however, is that there is NO problem to solve. If pet shelters .re full of owner-relinquished pets, why is the United States importing "rescue gs" from other countries like China, Korea, and Turkey? (`Retail Rescue' article •ached) • The United States imports more than 300,000 dogs from foreign countries each year, most from countries with little or no health safeguards. • According to the US Public Health Service, Chicago O'Hare was the destination airport for 10,125 dogs imported from overseas in 2006, half of which were not vaccinated. • In 2007 Scientists from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) estimated that over 200,000 dogs (38,000 unvaccinated) came into the country through the Mexican border that year alone, and Puerto Rico shipped more than 14,000 strays over the course of seven years to the U.S. for adoption at shelters. ..47 • Ur ver c+;v,-w.Thct.::avalr4(ar:7up.:-, . . III 1 111111