Austin Ewell and his family recently made an impromptu visit to a pet shop called “The Puppy Store” in West Jordan, Utah.
The family claims that the puppies in the store were sedated under the influence of drugs.
Austin even filmed the “concerning” state of the unconscious puppies and shared it on social media.
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In this video, we see the puppies lying lifelessly in glass cases. They are completely unresponsive to touch and movement.
Austin even taps on one of the glass cases multiple times, but the puppies remain passed out. When Austin enquires about the puppies, the staff claims that they are just “sleeping”.
** ORIGINAL POST** Today I went to dinner with some family and friends. We came across this store called “The Puppy Store”. I don’t want to jump to conclusions, but something doesn’t seem right about this place. Here are some videos I posted to my Snapchat. What do you think?** UPDATED INFO** 1-30-2020Most Current Update:Yes, West Jordan PD, West Jordan Animal Services, and a few news stations have reached out directly to me and, it seems, a few others on this thread. I have been aird on Fox 13 and have been published in multiple online articles and radio stations.The information I’ve gathered…Although what you’re seeing in the video is terrible, David Salinas' "The Puppy Store" will probably get away with this due to business licensing laws in West Jordan.The owner, David Salinas, has been tied directly to stores like "Puppy Barn" that have gone under investigation and have been proven to purchase animals from a couple of different puppy mills (link will be provided below). I’ve also been told that the animals are transported by a company called Jaks which, not only was the same company used by Puppy Barn, is known to drug their animals during transport.David was recently denied permission to set up a shop in Draper due to his extensive history of purchasing animals with parvovirus. The city deemed it a public safety issue. David also has had to shut stores down due to his terrible buisness practices in multiple states.I have spoken directly to West Jordan City Council members and have been advised that the next best steps would be:Long Term: speaking to members of West Jordan City Council or State Congress and demand more strict laws on pet store licensing and the selling of animals. This will change the way David will have to do buisness or he will have to close shop. You can send emails directly to the members of the city council and the West Jordan Mayor, but the most effective way to apply the demand for legal change is to be at the city council meetings IN PERSON. ** YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE A WEST JORDAN RESIDENT TO APPEAR IN A CITY COUNCIL MEETING** Below is a link to the West Jordan City Council members for their email and the scheduling dates for the upcoming City Council meetings.https://www.westjordan.utah.gov/mayor-and-city-councilShort Term, but fast: Keep applying the social pressure, such as this post and spreading information on Davids terrible buisness practices. The number one way to stop David from being able to sell these animals and keep rotating his "inventory" is to stop people from purchasing.This is purely evil and needs to be stopped.Im am extremely overwhelmed with how much support and publicity this post has gotten. I can not even begin to thank every single person who has jumped in to help the cause.Big shout out to, Andrea Kaz, Corinne Nyman, and Ryan Wolf-Heidt for all of your insight and help throughout this process.David Salinas CAPS undercover investigation video:https://vimeo.com/224887882
Posted by Austin Ewell on Friday, January 24, 2020
As this video went viral, it caught the attention of West Jordan Police Department. Their Animal Control division launched a formal investigation and visited the store to check on the puppies. However, the puppies were “awake, alert and happy” at the time of the visit.
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It is a known fact that the effect of sedatives wears off with time, so the investigators also showed the video to a vet in hopes of finding a proper answer.
In a worrying response, the vet has also suggested that the puppies in the video look drugged.
While cops continue to investigate, the store management is trying hard to convince the public that the puppies were merely “exhausted” in this video.
The shop claims they only feed “vitamins and probiotics” to the puppies in addition to their usual food. Let’s raise our voices and demand a thorough investigation!
Click here to watch a report on this worrying case of the puppies allegedly being sedated.
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