Puppies Find Homes Through Auction
Date: 12/20/2008 Album ID: 659011
Photos by Evan Yee
Ten Maltese and Yorkshire terrier puppies, which were confiscated at Los Angeles International Airport after being shipped from an alleged puppy mill in Korea, are auctioned at the East Valley Animal Care Center in Van Nuys on Saturday morning.
Some of the five Maltese and five Yorkshire terrier puppies that were seized in a crackdown on a puppy mill look up from a pen while waiting to be adopted during an auction held at the East Valley Animal Care Center in Van Nuys on Saturday morning.
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Hundreds of residents crowd into the East Vally Animal Care Center in Van Nuys to bid for the the 10 Maltese and Yorkshire terrier puppies that were seized in a crackdown on a puppy mill. (December 20, 2008)(photo by Evan Yee, Los Angeles Daily News staff photographer)
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Liz Walker of Pasadena is the first to adopt when her $5,000 bid wins a Maltese puppy named Noel in the auction for 10 puppies at the East Valley Animal Care Center in Van Nuys. The Yorkshire terrier and Maltese puppies were seized in a crackdown on a puppy mill. (December 20, 2008)(photo by Evan Yee, Los Angeles Daily News staff photographer)
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A Yorkshire terrier named Prancer waits to be adopted during the auction of 10 Yorkshire and Maltese puppies at the East Valley Animal Care Center in Van Nuys. (December 20, 2008)(photo by Evan Yee, Los Angeles Daily News staff photographer)
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A sleepy Tawana Davis of Los Angeles rests her head on her mother, Pat Davis, during the early-morning auction of 10 puppies at the East Valley Animal Care Center in Van Nuys on Saturday. (December 20, 2008)(photo by Evan Yee, Los Angeles Daily News staff photographer)
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Animal care technician Don Lambelet holds a Maltese puppy named Noel during the auction of 10 puppies at the East Valley Animal Care Center in Van Nuys. (December 20, 1008)(photo by Evan Yee, Los Angeles Daily News staff photographer)
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Jan Selder holds Prancer, one of the Yorkshire terrier puppies that were put up for adoption during the auction of 10 Yorkshire and Maltese puppies at the East Valley Animal Care Center. (December 21, 2008)(photo by Evan Yee, Los Angeles Daily News staff photographer)
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