A backyard dog breeder flaunted his riches after selling pups for enormous profits online, while animal rights organizations pushed for a ban on the practice and urged Australians to adopt a dog from a shelter.
Anthony, the breeder, has shown himself throwing tens of thousands of dollars in $50 bills over a bed before displaying himself in fancy clothing while urging others to establish their own dog breeding enterprises.
He claims to make enough money selling Cavoodle pups to support a $20,000-per-month lifestyle that includes luxury automobiles, flamboyant international vacations, and upscale dining.
The backyard breeder tells his social media followers, “This is your indication to begin dog breeding.”
His page is littered with comments from disapproving members of the public, many of whom espouse the adage “adopt, don’t shop,” while others label his conduct “unethical.”
“Only do this if you really care about the pups and if you can do it securely. It’s not simply a simple method to get money,’ one individual said in response to his audacious videos.
You should not encourage others to engage in this behavior. Another person added, “It’s a bad profession,” to which the guy responded, “My job is not unethical.”
If done correctly, it is not unethical. He said that it is normal for the dogs.
Others criticized overloaded animal shelters, which are reporting record numbers of returned dogs and cats since the epidemic.
“How can you breed dogs for profit when so many are in need of rescue?” A lady wrote, “You are the issue and do not love pets.”
And this is why there are so many dogs in the pound, said a second lady.
The guy responded to one of his criticisms by seeking to distinguish himself from ‘backyard breeders’ and claiming that his dogs enjoyed a better life than he did, despite boasting about his money on many occasions.
No, dogs end up in pounds due of backyard breeders. When done in the professional way that we do, the dogs live longer than I do, he added.
Instead of highlighting his shameless behavior, the company page attempts to portray itself as a genuine enterprise.
It is billed as offering “premium luxury Cavoodles” and operating “24/7.”
Each Cavoodle puppy may cost up to $6,000 in Sydney.
The dogs, which are a cross between Poodles and Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, are hypoallergenic (they don’t shed hair), adorable, and typically sociable.
Animal welfare organizations are worried about the increasing instances of Australians raising pricey dogs, often poodle-crosses, and selling them on Instagram without any ability to oversee the dogs’ care or the breeders’ procedures.
They claim the tendency soared during the epidemic and have demanded a ban on home breeding in New South Wales.
Emma Hurst, a member of the NSW Legislative Council for the Animal Justice Party, told Daily Mail Australia that an inquiry conducted by her office revealed that these sorts of sites might earn more than $50,000 from a single litter.
Ms. Hurts said, “Animal breeding may be a highly profitable industry, which is problematic when there is no meaningful regulation to safeguard animals used for breeding.”
‘Backyard breeders are unskilled or unqualified breeders who run the danger of producing animals with heritable abnormalities that may cause the animals lifelong suffering.
As long as puppy farming and backyard breeding are allowed in New South Wales, this system will continue to be abused to the detriment of both canines and members of the public.
There is no structure in place to oversee the welfare of dogs at breeding facilities, meaning that thousands of canines are being exploited for profit.
She said that the ‘breeder’ who has been flaunting his fortune as a consequence of his Cavoodle company demonstrates how simple it is for anybody to get money from puppy-related endeavors.
Ms. Hurst told Daily Mail Australia that although the videos on this TikTok page do not depict animals in misery, the account demonstrates how simple it is to establish a breeding company with the intention of profiting from animals.
The true danger emerges when animal safety is given less weight than profit.
Both illegal home breeding and intense industrial farming of dogs must be forbidden in New South Wales so that canines may be safeguarded from exploitation.
Voiceless, a non-profit animal protection organization, said that backyard “puppy farms” were responsible for the addition of thousands of animals to shelters.
A representative told Daily Mail Australia, “We advocate responsible guardianship of companion animals that meets all of their requirements, and we urge adoption rather than shopping for animals.”
‘We oppose the commercial breeding of cats and dogs in “puppy farm” circumstances, as well as the breeding of companion animals for pet stores, and we are worried about the rising demand from Australians buying dogs online, which is partly driven by the COVID epidemic.
When hundreds of thousands of unwanted cats and dogs are in need of homes, such tactics are useless.
Daily Mail Australia has requested a statement from the dog breeder.