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I have been keeping an eye on some local Buy Swap and Sell pages and similar ones, All for pets etc.

Many have litter and unwanteds to give away and also byber are accessing these as well.

Some adminitrators are doing a good job and putting up there that animas must be chipped prior t give away and or sale but most people are flaunting htis and even disputing this is true. Some admins say it is not my responsibility what people put up there.

Hello it is your page so I see it as you are responsible.

Now if it is illegal to sell an animal on Ebay why can't it be so on pages like these. OOPs not illegal Danni corrected me on that!! :laugh:

Should we all be writing yo the councils concerned pointing people that are breaking the law? I know many councils dont act upon these laws either. Or should we be reporting these pages and if so under what concern?

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Mark as SpamReport as Abuse (NAME) 3 Pure johnson american bulldog pups 4 weeks old big strong pups all males left $500 ready in 2 weeks

in box for more details can be pappered but at extra cost

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Mark as SpamReport as Abuse (NAME) Anyone looking for kittens i have three grey and white and one ginger kitten. they are ready to go in two and half weeks

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(NAME) they are free to any good home. there very play full kittens. there is one just sleeps all day.................they are cute............ i live in parkes.

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ragdoll persian kittens 5 weeks old hand raised from 3 1/2 ready too go now girls available only. inbox if interested. located parkes

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(NAME), i have tried inboxing u twice, not sure if u are receiving them or not. I would like to get in touch with u as i might be going to parkes on thursday and i may be interested in getting 1 or 2 of the kittens. cheers nichole

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(NAME) Red heeler x puppies 4 Males 8 weeks old good with kids. All fully vaccinated and vet checked. $50. Welcome to view parents. (the red one is not for sale sorry)

Inbox me if interested. Thanks.

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(NAME) what are they crossed with?

Tuesday at 10:22am · LikeUnlike (NAME) Hi Kxxx. The mother is a red x blue healer father is a german shepard x lab

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I have been keeping an eye on some local Buy Swap and Sell pages and similar ones, All for pets etc.

Many have litter and unwanteds to give away and also byber are accessing these as well.

Some adminitrators are doing a good job and putting up there that animas must be chipped prior t give away and or sale but most people are flaunting htis and even disputing this is true. Some admins say it is not my responsibility what people put up there.

Hello itis you page so I see it as you are responsible.

Now if it is illegal to sell an animal on Ebay why can't it be so on pages like these.

Shold we all be writing o the councils concerned pointing people that are breaking the law? I know many councils dont act upon these laws either. Or should we be reporting these pages and if so under what concern?

Its not actually illegal to sell an animal on ebay, its ebays policy. Hence no law... i would be much happier if there was a law!

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I have been keeping an eye on some local Buy Swap and Sell pages and similar ones, All for pets etc.

Many have litter and unwanteds to give away and also byber are accessing these as well.

Some adminitrators are doing a good job and putting up there that animas must be chipped prior t give away and or sale but most people are flaunting htis and even disputing this is true. Some admins say it is not my responsibility what people put up there.

Hello itis you page so I see it as you are responsible.

Now if it is illegal to sell an animal on Ebay why can't it be so on pages like these.

Shold we all be writing o the councils concerned pointing people that are breaking the law? I know many councils dont act upon these laws either. Or should we be reporting these pages and if so under what concern?

Its not actually illegal to sell an animal on ebay, its ebays policy. Hence no law... i would be much happier if there was a law!

Thank for clearing that up but still it is so frustrating when people get away with the wrong thing. And still so many are unaware or ignorant.

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I agree its horrible. Just found one the other day called 'wagga just pets', this is the link. http://www.facebook.com/#!/home.php?sk...129791073751357

and this is there intro info about the page; "some people say it is against the law 2 sell dogs and puppies with out micrchipping vaccinating and werming them i know it is but some people cant aford it so on this website i will allow it".

Note 'werming'!! Just digusting!! I reported it and posted it on my page to get others to report it but its still up there.

Also suspected puppy farmers are utlising facebook. http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Puppy...193904807309590

Something needs to be done.

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I gave up pleading with gumtree staff to moderate their adds as per their OWN rules and policies- it seemingly does not matter how many reports are made they just leave them up there. Pisses me off!

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Oddly enough, I tried submitting a Gumtree ad for our rescue group and it was rejected on the grounds that I didn't put an age for the dog, even though I was advertising the group and not an idividual dog or puppy. So sometimes they do pay attention to their own rules.

I gave up pleading with gumtree staff to moderate their adds as per their OWN rules and policies- it seemingly does not matter how many reports are made they just leave them up there. Pisses me off!
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(NAME)

staffy puppys 4sale 1boy 2girls pure breed frome champion blood lines verylovely very cute $1400 open to negotiation just phone 0429 xxx xxx

PETS ARE US Are they american or english staffies?

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PETS ARE US

Female maltese shih tzu x chihuahua for sale 6 weeks old. Both mother and father have beautiful temperaments. She is particularly cuddly and quiet. Has Maltese silky hair. Will be a smaller version of the breed as both mother ( maltese shih tzu ) and father ( chihuahua ) are very small for their breed. $395. Please comment or inbox breeder below for more information

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Well this just all makes me feel sick. What hope is there for animals to be valued as living, feeling things that need their basic needs met when people are advertising them like unwanted furniture. The one below really got me for some reason:

(NAME), i have tried inboxing u twice, not sure if u are receiving them or not. I would like to get in touch with u as i might be going to parkes on thursday and i may be interested in getting 1 or 2 of the kittens. cheers nichole

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Yep, might get one. Or two. Not pre-planning. I'll decide on the day if I happen to be passing by your suburb. You can bet someone like that isn't going to fork out money on desexing!

I feel this is worse than people seeing a cute animal in a pet shop window! These people are pursuing animals sight unseen and with the smallest bit of info about them! They are making a decision about these animals lives even though their interest will move on to some other interesting online thing in 5 mins time.

Seroiusly, I could vomit right now. This can't be ok!

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It is not ok but no one seems to know what to do, who to approach, etc!!

Heartbreaking!

I saw another couple one re rare cream and BC puppies $800. Not registered not even chipped and the black adn white ones from the same litter $500. And another one with rare Yellow BCs.

I agrued with a byber about rare Blue Staffies and how they are charging more for them. More than a registered breeder.

It just goes on and on.

:confused:

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I thought it was actually illegal (in NSW at least) to sell pups at less than 8 weeks of age? If this is the case, facebook is assisting an illegal act by allowing such advertisements. I dont see that would be any less the case than if someone was advertising for sale other illegal products, such as prohibited drugs, or certain types of porn.....

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I thought it was actually illegal (in NSW at least) to sell pups at less than 8 weeks of age? If this is the case, facebook is assisting an illegal act by allowing such advertisements. I dont see that would be any less the case than if someone was advertising for sale other illegal products, such as prohibited drugs, or certain types of porn.....

Also illegal to sell puppies un chipped even if they are a cattle dog or kelpie.

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Buy-S...152940428073592

http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=344031432019

http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=344031432019 This one tells people the legal responsibilities

http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=109009379120513

http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=109002889131176

There are more

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=101...f_t=photo_reply

http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?g...5172&v=wall this one seems a little better but still has a few sneaking through.

Just look people they are popping up all over the place.

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How are you finding them all PP? Do you have some kind of search term thing set up?

Could it be worth bombarding these sites with statements to make a buyer think they might be getting ripped off or wasting their money? That's the only reason I can see that would put a person off. I was thinking things like "Blue staffies are not rare. Follow this link to see how common they are (and put a link to the DOL for sale page for staffy pups)" or "Buy one from a breeder for half the price here (and put a link to the DOL for sale page for that breed)" or for cats something like "It only costs $100 to desex a cat. It will cost you $300 to raise a litter of kittens if you don't." Obviously I just made the prices up. Or "If your dog gets out and it isn't microchipped, desexed and registered it will cost you $300 to get it back." Again I made the prices up. Or "Even if you only feed your dog PAL it will cost you $800 a year to feed it."

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Hi Kxxx. The mother is a red x blue healer father is a german shepard x lab

All those ACD breeders who get "red heeler" puppies out of "blue heeler" dogs are clearly involved in some sort of evil breeding magic. Next thing you know, horses will be coming out whales. Horses that aren't just healers but proper doctors.

I think I'd find these ads somewhat less offensive if the people churning out these poor creatures actually took the time to learn a little about them.

Back on topic.. given some of the other content on Facebook, I'm not surprised people are using it to sell animals. I probably still wouldn't be surprised if people started using it to sell their kids.

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They don't remove dog-fight content in a hurry. I just don't see FB getting upset about the swap/sell or Aus microchip laws. :laugh:

But if they charged a fee to individuals using the site to sell and trade animals I bet a lot would disappear overnight. :laugh:

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