"A Calgary man faces multiple charges after police tactical teams, humane society investigators and other agencies converged on a sprawling rural property on the southwest outskirts of the city, where they seized 40 animals in distress, including dogs, cats, birds and reptiles, officials say." This same man "appears to be connected to a recent online ad for a litter of cane corso puppies, offering them for $1,500 each. The Kijiji ad, which has since been taken down, included a phone number linked to" this man. In January and February 2017, this same Calgary man "pleaded guilty to two counts of animal cruelty which resulted in fines and a 10-year animal prohibition, according to court documents obtained by CBC News." If Kijiji feels the need to rely on the public to identify and flag problematic ads, it means there is a problem, which is that too many irresponsible breeders and in this case, convicted animal abusers, are, in fact, posting on Kijij and Kijiji’s staff alone cannot monitor them. Even if Kijiji bans someone from selling pets on their site, these people find ways around the ban by using fake names, different computers, and getting others to post ads on their behalf. Animal abusers, 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, OfferUp, 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 breeders from selling animals on its website, sending the message that animals should not be sold as just another item via classified ads. Is it worth spending this amount of time and resources to scrutinize ads, as well as receiving all the bad press, when Kijiji could be instead spending it to bring together healthy pets with families and shelters who want to give them loving homes?