"Across Alberta, dozens of pet owners have reported dog snatchings in recent months with many of the missing animals appearing for sale a short time after on websites including Kijiji." Scammers, puppy mills and unethical breeders may continue to exist even if Kijiji Canada stops the commercial sale of animals on its site, but at least Kijiji would not give them an easy platform to thrive on. Secondhand marketplaces such as Used.ca, BuySellTrade.ca, letgoCanada and Craigslist do not allow profiting from the commercial sale of animals on their sites. As the leader of classifieds sites in Canada, Kijiji should set an example and exclude people from selling animals on its website, sending the message that animals should not be sold as just another item via classified ads. Kijiji is a great site for our community – I used it to sell my kids’ toys - but it’s not the place for the commercial sale of animals. We need Kijiji Canada to help thousands of friendly and healthy pets waiting in shelters and in registered rescue groups across Canada to become adopted. We also need Kijiji to help individual families to carefully rehome their pets for a small adoption fee to ensure their future well-being. Is it worth spending this amount of time and resources to scrutinize ads, as well as receiving all the bad press, when you could be instead spending it to bring together healthy pets with families and shelters who want to give them loving homes?