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SOME humans can just *suck the bag*....love to push them off a very long drop cliff
Trade Days is a Dog Swap Meet Hell on Earth
Located on a large 50 acre plot of land just off highway 15 south of Ripley, Mississippi, First Monday Trade Days is an open air flea market, one of the oldest and largest of its kind. Shoppers here can expect to find a broad range of items from everyday new and used to hard to find antiques and collectibles. Trade Days also boasts of its “Dog Yard” where dozens of dogs are staked out on short tethers all weekend long in order to showcase them to potential buyers.
In a remote corner of the “Dog Yard” there are throw-away pens where dogs not sold during the weekend are placed for disposal. Dogs in this area are available for anyone to take, for any reason, for free. Those that are left when the weekend selling is done are taken and killed by the city.
Staff from IDA's Hope Animal Sanctuary often visit Trade Days in search of animal companions who have been reported missing or stolen. This little Jack Russell puppy whom we have appropriately named “Ripley” was offered up as free by an uncaring vendor who had no interest in his fate; he only wanted to be rid of him.
Hope Animal Sanctuary Director Doll Stanley was present this day and noticed immediately that the collar around Ripley’s neck was much too tight and had begun causing sores and irritation as it grew into his soft neck. The harmful collar was removed and Ripley (along with eleven other dogs) came home to the sanctuary that day in search of his new forever home. While Ripley himself was quickly adopted by loving guardians who now provide the care he deserves, the other dogs are awaiting their opportunity to be placed in loving homes.
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