Petland Linked to Puppy Mills

[CaptainObvious]

http://www.hsus.org/pets/pets_related_news_and_events/petland_puppy_mill_112008.html

Today, during a news conference, The Humane Society of the United States reveals the results of an eight-month investigation into Petland Inc., the country's largest chain of puppy-selling pet stores. The results show that many Petland stores across the country are supporting cruel puppy mills, even while telling unsuspecting customers that the dogs only come from good breeders.

There are approximately 140 Petland stores in the U.S., selling tens of thousands of puppies each year. In the largest ever puppy mill investigation, HSUS investigators visited 21 Petland stores and 35 breeders and brokers who sold puppies to Petland stores. Investigators also reviewed interstate import records of an additional 322 breeders, USDA reports and more than 17,000 individual puppies linked to Petland stores.

According to Stephanie Shain, director of The HSUS Stop Puppy Mills Campaign, "Petland is perpetuating the abusive puppy mill industry, where dogs are treated not like pets, but like a cash crop. They know that consumers won't stand for the cruelty inherent in mass-breeding facilities, so they make outrageous claims to hide the reality that the dogs came from puppy mills. People have a right to know exactly what they are buying, but the real victims are the breeding dogs who are confined to life in a cage for as long as people are duped into buying their puppies."

[awoke_in_2003]

1. K&R.

I cannot believe that we cannot have stiffer penalties for those who operate puppy mills. We are indeed the cruelest species of the animal kingdom.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

4. true

:cry:

[flthinker]

2. Still lying

I received an email from the HSUS about the Petland-puppy mill connection. I called a local Petland to tell them that I objected to the practice, and the manager I spoke to was still in denial. I could tell she was just spouting off a rehearsed reply. Sadly delusional. People need to stand up against this horrible practice and get the word out. I wouldn't think any dog lover would want a puppy that was linked to the pain and suffering of other dogs.

[ehrnst]

3. Kicked and rec'd. Puppymills are as bad as slaughterhouses. (nt)

[Highway61]

5. Kick

This needs to get out