The company is called Fex Carrier Pet Travel Services in Lagos Nigeria
2006-07-20 15:16:43 · 7 answers · asked by Dena G 1 in Pets ➔ Dogs
NONE of them are! Nigeria is absoultely riddled with these scams now - if you send money for anything, you'll never hear from them again. Check out http://www.snopes.com/ for the latest updates on scams.
Find a good breeder by going to www.akc.org or talking to people at dog shows. You can also find info about the breed clubs on the akc site - they probably have a rescue group where you can get an older dog for less money. The best breeders will be members of their breed club, promoting healthy dogs with great temperaments. They should ask you a bunch of questions to make sure their puppy will be getting a good home. If all a "breeder" seems to care about is whether your check will clear, you can be sure he won't care a week later when the pup is dying from distemper or parvo and you want your money back.
Whatever you do, DON'T go to a pet shop, a flea market or buy one sight-unseen off the Internet!!!! You'll pay top dollar for what is usually a poor quality puppy mill dog. And you'll be supporting one of the cruelest industries in the country. The breeding animals are often kept in deplorable conditions - spending their entire lives in small wire-bottomed cages. They probably haven't been vaccinated against contagious diseases or tested for any health or temperament problems or genetic diseases - that costs money and cuts into their profits. A female is often bred every time she comes into heat. When her poor little body can't take it any more, she is often clubbed in the head and tossed into a dumpster or an open ditch. Most puppy mills ship their pups to pet stores at wholesale prices and many pups die before they even get there.
These so-called "breeders" have now figured out that they can use the internet to ship a dog directly to the customer and thus make more money by cutting out the middleman. If you buy a dog from out of state, good luck getting your money back if there's something wrong with the pup. These people count on you becoming instantly attached to the poor little guy and being willing to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars at the vet to treat whatever is wrong with him.
2006-07-20 17:26:44 · answer #1 · answered by Danger, Will Robinson! 7 · 12⤊ 2⤋
What are you trying to get shipped?
I often ship animals internationally, so I have a pretty good base of information.
I could not find the Company (by name) you mentioned.
Most of these companies have smaller branch companies and one of them may be the company you are looking for.
Stardome Integrated Ventures (This is on the web)
Exporters of all kinds of animal feed raw materials.
Address: 6, Ashabi Cole Street, Ladegbuwa Plaza, Amcor Center, Agidingbi, Ikeja, Nigeria
Phone: +(234)-(803)-4183777 Fax: +(234)-(1)-4732627
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K. R. S. Investment Limited (I couldn't find this one)
Manufacturer Of Pet Containers.
Address: 52 TP Way, Lagos - 4000005, Nigeria
Phone: +(234)-(1)-2626283 Fax: +(234)-(1)-2626284
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B & K Aquarep International (This is on the web)
Exporters of fresh water ornamental live fish, reptiles, amphibians, small animals and exotic birds.
Address: 84 B, Ademola Adetokumbo, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria
Phone: +(234)-(1)-685252 Fax: +(234)-(1)-2694642
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Although I found these, it kept bouncing me back and forth to the same sites.
If you are in the US I would still be leery of using them.
But then I am funny that way.
Good luck.
2006-07-20 23:43:10 · answer #2 · answered by Chihuahua Magic 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nigeria - legit. I don't think so? Pet Travel hmmm, they are probably cutting open the puppies, filling them with baggies filled with cocaine, etc. and shipping them to the states.
This was on the news a few months ago.
2006-07-20 22:25:36 · answer #3 · answered by newyorkgal71 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Imagine a country where dogs and cats might be the only protein that doesn't give humans malaria or Ebola. Now imagine that they CARE about pet travel.
2006-07-20 22:23:16 · answer #4 · answered by Thorbjorn 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything coming out of Nigeria is illegal.
2006-07-20 22:20:53 · answer #5 · answered by billy bob 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nigerian company = 99.999% FRAUD
CAREFUL! STAY AWAY! WATCH OUT!
2006-07-20 22:19:41 · answer #6 · answered by Sergelen A 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My bet its a fraud.
2006-07-20 22:20:48 · answer #7 · answered by paulofhouston 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋