{"id":2487,"date":"2016-11-09T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caps-web.org\/these-pet-stores-are-lying-to-people-about-where-their-puppies-come-from\/"},"modified":"2016-11-09T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-11-09T05:00:00","slug":"these-pet-stores-are-lying-to-people-about-where-their-puppies-come-from","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caps-web.org\/these-pet-stores-are-lying-to-people-about-where-their-puppies-come-from\/","title":{"rendered":"These Pet Stores Are Lying to People About Where Their Puppies Come From"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>November 7, 2016<br \/> <strong>Publication:<\/strong> <em> Care2&nbsp;<\/em> <br \/> <strong>Summary:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.care2.com\/causes\/join-157000-care2-members-demanding-the-closure-of-this-cruel-pet-store.html\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #0c739e; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pet stores<\/a>&nbsp;around the country have come under fire for misleading customers about where their&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.care2.com\/causes\/a-new-database-could-help-end-puppy-mills.html\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #0c739e; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">puppies<\/a>&nbsp;come from, and now another investigation has exposed the lies and illegal practices many continue to use to get unwitting customers to think its okay to buy from them.<\/p>\n<p>The latest investigation, which was conducted by the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/caps-web.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #0c739e; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Companion Animal Protection Society<\/a>&nbsp;(CAPS), takes a look at pet stores operating in Southern California and has brought to light an alarming level of deception being used. <\/p>\n<div class=\"catItemReadMore\"><a class=\"k2ReadMore\" href=\"http:\/\/www.care2.com\/causes\/these-pet-stores-are-lying-to-people-about-where-their-puppies-come-from.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read the article &#8230;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 7, 2016 Publication: Care2&nbsp; Summary: Pet stores&nbsp;around the country have come under fire for misleading customers about where their&nbsp;puppies&nbsp;come from, and now another investigation has exposed the lies and illegal practices many continue to&#8230; <a class=\"custom-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/caps-web.org\/these-pet-stores-are-lying-to-people-about-where-their-puppies-come-from\/\">Read More<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-the-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>These Pet Stores Are Lying to People About Where Their Puppies Come From - Companion Animal Protection Society<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/caps-web.org\/these-pet-stores-are-lying-to-people-about-where-their-puppies-come-from\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"These Pet Stores Are Lying to People About Where Their Puppies Come From - Companion Animal Protection Society\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"November 7, 2016 Publication: Care2&nbsp; Summary: Pet stores&nbsp;around the country have come under fire for misleading customers about where their&nbsp;puppies&nbsp;come from, and now another investigation has exposed the lies and illegal practices many continue to... 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