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SOURCES
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INTRODUCTION
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“The American sector is the most saturated, with about half the households owning a dog”: Humane Society of the United States, “Pets by the Numbers.”
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“Continental Europe and the United Kingdom are still growing as markets, with about a quarter of the households owning a dog”: Office of National Statistics; Coren, “How Many Dogs Are There in the World?”
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“some thirty million pet dogs are brought home around the world every year”: ibid.; Humane Society of the United States, “Pets by the Numbers”; International Federation for Animal Health Europe; American Pet Products Association, “2013–2014 APPA National Pet Owners Survey”; Bradley and King.
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“millions more pups would be needed annually to satisfy consumer demand”: Pacelle, p. 306.
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“somewhere in the vicinity of $11 billion each year”: This estimate is based on sources including, but not limited to, American Pet Products Association, “2011–12 National Pet Owners Survey”; American Pet Products Association, “2013–2014 APPA National Pet Owners Survey”; Euromonitor International; the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; the European Pet Food Industry; price research on independent dog-sale websites worldwide, such as petfinder.com and puppyfind.com.
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“about the same value as the global IKEA brand”: Vranica and Hansegard.
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“brought in on gaming revenues in 2013”: Stutz.
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“to buy Tim Hortons”: Kedmey.
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“smuggling operations everywhere from Missouri to Mexico to Poland”: Mott; interview with Julie Sanders.
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“scope of multinational corporate control over the meat supply”: Leonard.
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“was selling as many as ninety thousand puppies a year”: interview with Ryan Boyle of the Hunte Corporation.
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“auctioned a single dog for $12,600”: Southwest Auction Service marketing materials.
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“$6 million facility”: interview with Jerry Rosenthal of Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
CHAPTER ONE: SETTING THE BASE PRICE
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“brought in $514,371”: Southwest Auction Service marketing materi
als.
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“English Bulldog who went for $12,600”: ibid.
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“living in conditions that did not meet federal standards”: United States Department of Agriculture, Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) records search.
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“largest, most successful USDA-licensed dog auction in the United States”: ibid.
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“Jim Hughes was a middling college student”: Jim Hughes, “I Hate Retirement!!”
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“Jim, meanwhile, was doing everything”: ibid.
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“airing on television in 1948”: westminsterkennelclub.org, “Westminster Facts and Figures.”
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PetSmart and Petco have more locations than Petland: Statista, “Leading Pet Specialty Chains.”
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“Jim bought a half million dogs”: Jim Hughes, “Gypsy.”
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“Southwest Missouri is still considered the epicenter”: Better Business Bureau.
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“in the early 2000s”: interview with Bob Hughes.
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“Bob worked for DoBoTri”: interview with Bob Hughes.
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“Chadd was offering one of his Bull Terriers”: advertisement in Kennel Spotlight, October/November 2013.
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“brought in nearly a quarter million dollars”: Bob Hughes.
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“nearly one out of three dogs in the auction that day did”: Southwest Auction Service auction-day pamphlet.
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“gave birth to six puppies just four days later”: interview with Jane Rosenthal.
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“just over $110,000”: original reporting at the October 5, 2013, auction.
CHAPTER TWO: LUXURY PACKAGING
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“only thirty-five breeds appeared (and a portion of proceeds were donated”: westminsterkennelclub.org, “Facts and Figures.”