We’ve had them in our community and you probably have them in your community, too — people who have been protesting against a famous national chain of pet stores because they sell puppies. The protesters generally claim the pet store chain buys their puppies from “puppy mills,” those unethical breeders who over-breed their dogs and keep them in filthy conditions.

In the process of researching all that on Google, I ran onto this article, “10 Reasons Not to Buy a Puppy from a Pet Store,” by a writer named Catherine M. Sheeter. The article itself is well written, with some excellent comments and factual information. The author even foot-noted it with cited references to online sources. Although the article appears to have been written several years ago, it’s filled with good information.

The only problem is, I see no information whatsoever about the author and I haven’t had much luck finding the author’s “bio” information anywhere online.

But I have found the same article quoted in full and/or referenced on a TON of websites.

So — anyone out there able to tell me who Catherine M. Sheeter is or what her “credentials” might be for speaking about buying puppies in pet stores?

Thanks in advance for any information you may be able to give us. Just leave a “Comment” on this post with whatever information you have.

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