Beware of dogs bought from Petland, Inc.!!
BOYCOTT PETLAND!!!! NO MORE PUPPY MILLS!!!
On Thursday, 11/20/08, a report was released by the Humane Society of the United States, after an 8 month investigation that puppies sold at the national pet store, Petland were obtained from puppy mills where the dogs were subject to horrific conditions. At a news conference held in Washington D.C., the HSUS stated that as a result of the work of large scale puppy mills, dozens of breeders and brokers, 21 Petland stores are selling puppies for as much as $3500 and telling customers that these dogs were obtained from only good breeders.
Mike Markarian, an executive vice president with the Humane Society said the following, “They are buying from puppy mills where these dogs are not treated like pets. They’re treated like a cash crop, where mother dogs live in wire cages, sometimes stacked on top of each other in filthy, dirty, cramped conditions, where they receive little socialization or human interaction or exercise.”
The actual findings of the Humane Society stated that dogs lived in filthy cages, some dogs piled on top of others reeking of urine and feces. Many of the puppies are fed from their mothers who receive poor nutrition, litte to no medical care and rarely any type of positive human contact.
And what do you believe is Petland’s answer to these charges. Well, you would at least hope that they would say that they would thoroughly investigate these charges. However, their response was that the Petland stores are independently operated and that each store is responsible for choosing healthy pets to sell out of their own establishments!!! Well, if that’s not passing the buck, I don’t know what is.
I would ask that any readers and those you tell of this entry to boycott all Petland stores. There should be much more rigorous standards regarding the sale of puppies out of these stores. The least any of us can do is to not support any of the products or services that are sold through Petland. If you are looking for a puppy, make sure you use a reptuable breeder or better yet, go to your local shelter and adopt a dog!!!
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