Fw: Hunte Corp, the AKC, AND US tax dollars...

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Fri, 19 Apr 2002 19:59:37 -0400

Laura Salvatore <nitelite

Hunte Corp, the AKC, AND US tax dollars...

 

Actual press release:

 

USDA Approves Loan to McDonald County K-9 Distributor Blunt Announces Goodman,

Missouri -- The Unites States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved a

$900,000 guaranteed rural development loan to allow the Hunte Corporation,

located in northern McDonald County, to purchase equipment, restructure its debt

and provide working capital for expansion Southwest Missouri Congressman Roy

Blunt has announced. Hunte

Corporation Chairman Andrew Hunte said, " The loan will allow us to expand

business and increase employment in McDonald County. " The company received

another loan for $3.5 million from the USDA last year.

 

" The dog breeding industry has suffered a black eye in recent years, but we are

out to change that image by putting animals first and ensuring they get the best

humane professional treatment, " Hunte said. " We deal with breeders in several

Midwest states who can meet our standards of quality care. One of our goals is

to help breeders improve their operations. " Hunte explained, " We get the

puppies at 8 weeks old and they undergo a week of quality care to make sure they

are healthy before they are shipped to upscale pet stores around the country. "

 

The Hunte Corporation operations near Goodman include more than 150 employees

under the direction of six veterinarians. The dogs are housed in a 30,000 square

foot building that is climate and odor controlled. The operation is federally

and state inspected.

 

Hunte said, " We added 18 employees this year and we hope to keep expanding. "

" We want to be the educators of the industry. We are committed to excellence.

The federal guaranteed loan will allow us to continue to move in that

direction. " Ten years ago, Hunte Corporation consisted of seven employees and a

million dollars in sales. Hunte says sales this year will exceed $26 million.

 

Hunte Corporation is the largest distributor-wholesaler of puppies in the

United States. The company also exports young dogs overseas.

 

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If this country alos exports young dogs overseas, that are they also the ones

involved in sending the St. Bernards to China for consumption. My guess would be

that they are very much involved in theis practice. after all money is the most

important part of life......