I have been meaning to post the following information; however, I forgot until I got my new issue of People today and saw a few letters to the editor that expressed the outrage I am feeling....
On page 127 of the Nov. 8, 2004, issue of People magazine an editorial section called "Entrepreneurs" profiled six young people in a story called "Teen Titans". One of the "entrepreneurs" being praised in the magazine, was a guy who at age 15 started a Web site called .... get this .... Cuddly Puppy!
www.cuddlypuppy.com
The story says that the business was started when Timothy Hampson was asked by a friend to help sell a litter of puppies and Hampson "saw a gold mine". He began purchasing puppies from breeders of toys and selling them from a Web site. He is now 16 years old. I went to the Web site and he is selling Maltese puppies, among others.
The photo accompanying the story shows this kid with a rattan basket and a bunch of puppies in the basket with a sign attached saying "Puppies 4 Sale".
The Nov. 29 edition of People, which I received today, published five letters from angry readers critical of Hampson's business on the "Mail Bag" page. That is more letters published than for any other story from the Nov. 8 issue.
If you want to write People their email address is: [email protected]
This just goes to show you..... if the editors at People magazine don't know any better when it comes to the situation with breeders and puppymills, etc. how is the average person on the street supposed to know? Something needs to be done to educate the public!!
On page 127 of the Nov. 8, 2004, issue of People magazine an editorial section called "Entrepreneurs" profiled six young people in a story called "Teen Titans". One of the "entrepreneurs" being praised in the magazine, was a guy who at age 15 started a Web site called .... get this .... Cuddly Puppy!
The story says that the business was started when Timothy Hampson was asked by a friend to help sell a litter of puppies and Hampson "saw a gold mine". He began purchasing puppies from breeders of toys and selling them from a Web site. He is now 16 years old. I went to the Web site and he is selling Maltese puppies, among others.
The photo accompanying the story shows this kid with a rattan basket and a bunch of puppies in the basket with a sign attached saying "Puppies 4 Sale".
The Nov. 29 edition of People, which I received today, published five letters from angry readers critical of Hampson's business on the "Mail Bag" page. That is more letters published than for any other story from the Nov. 8 issue.

If you want to write People their email address is: [email protected]
This just goes to show you..... if the editors at People magazine don't know any better when it comes to the situation with breeders and puppymills, etc. how is the average person on the street supposed to know? Something needs to be done to educate the public!!