Largest cruelty-related seizure of animals ever conducted

[garybeck]

http://www.care2.com/c2c/share/detail/1367250

For more than seven months, a PETA investigator worked undercover inside U.S. Global Exotics (USGE), a major player in the pet trade. USGE buys and sells hundreds of thousands of mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and arachnids from all around the world, many of whom are eventually sold to large pet store chains PETCO and PetSmart.

The extent of the cruelty and neglect that the investigator documented in this massive and filthy animal warehouse was mind-boggling. Tens of thousands of animals— including ring-tailed lemurs, wallabies, sloths, hedgehogs, hamsters, guinea pigs, prairie dogs, squirrels, ferrets, snakes, turtles, and tortoises—were dumped into severely crowded and filthy boxes, bins, troughs, and even soda bottles and left there, often without food and water, basic care, or minimal veterinary attention for their life-threatening injuries.

Obviously they need some (financial) help dealing with the seized animals. More info on the seizure and how you can help:
http://www.care2.com/c2c/share/detail/1367250

[secondwind]

1. sickening.......we need to shut these pet dealers down for good!!!!

[defendandprotect]

2. K&R --

[sabrina 1]

3. K&R

[michaz]

4. If you want to see an animal cruelty situation check out this...

www.animalrecoverymission.org People in FL need to get behind this.

[garybeck]

6. I certainly don't want to see animal cruelty but thanks for the link n/t

[michaz]

8. You don't have to look at the pictures ---the article states what it is about. n/t

[garybeck]

9. thanks, did you see the video I just posted from CNN on this?

i literally have tears in my eyes. Unbelieveable. I agree with the CNN host, the USDA is useless. Someone really needs to go to jail over this.

also, I tried you link but got a blank page.

[michaz]

10. I don't know why you got a blank page, when I clicked on it I had no problem.

Strange. Try it again.

[garybeck]

12. I still get 'under construction'.

i'll try again tomorrow

[mnhtnbb]

11. In business for 3 years--which means licensed by the Bushies--in, where else? Texas.

[michaz]

5. K & R

[garybeck]

7. HERE'S THE VIDEO FROM CNN.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2009/12/17/jvm.issues.exotic.animal.deaths.cnn