Brilliant!! I guess we can't target every single pet store in the world, (not enough good hands to hold up the signs) but this demo is very encouraging!! You don't have to say no more!

Posted by: Carla | November 12, 2007 01:03 PM

Awesome posters!! They really get the word out!

Posted by: kitty | November 12, 2007 01:38 PM

AWESOME signs!

Can you all start to put a little more effort into the PetsCrap...I mean PetsMart...campaign??

There are still birds, hamsters, guinea pigs, rabbits, all small furries, lizards , snakes etc. SUFFERING for a buck.

Please don't give up or overlook them. Dogs and cats are easy.

It's more difficult to convince people that these little guys are sentient beings too. They suffer as much as those cute little doggies and kitties.

Can we see some movement on the PetsMart thing...now??

I'm also hoping and praying you don't sell those animals out like you did to Petco. Sorry, but I'm still not happy with *that* decision.

Posted by: Tamara | November 12, 2007 02:55 PM

Guess who wants to go into business with Petland?

The AKC!!

The AKC makes most of its income from registering puppy mill puppies, but they need MORE, MORE, MORE money for those dog shows and huge salaries other foolishness.

The board of directors of the AKC voted to go into business with Petland and register their puppy mill puppies so the AKC could cash in even more.

It got put off for now, but word is that the AKC really wants to do this because they spend so much money that they need to profit from the puppy mills.

As it is, the AKC has had a business deal for years with Hunte Corporation, the biggest and most notorious puppy mill broker in the U.S., based in Missouri (the puppy mill state.)

The AKC makes eighty percent of its income from puppy mill blood money, which is why you see all those breed clubs and "reputable breeders" and "show dog people" and their ilk lobbying FOR the mills and against rules and regulations and inspections.

The puppy mills pay for the vanities of the purebred dog fancy or hobby.

Posted by: kelly | November 12, 2007 03:52 PM

Petland also has a LONG, BAD history of selling sick and genetically defective puppies. Loads of consumer complaints!

Every single puppy sold at Petland in every Petland store comes from a puppy mill!

Every single one, no matter what lies they tell about "local breeders" or other garbage.

It is ALL LIES.

All the Petland stores get their puppies from puppy mills, and some of the worst out there, both domestic and foreign.

(Some are getting imported puppy mill puppies from horrible mills in places like Hungary! thanks to Hunte Corporation)

Because of the heightened awareness about puppy mills, some Petland franchise owners have resorted to lying or telling false stories.

But don't be fooled! The Petland puppies are all from puppy mills, and when people buy them they are giving money to animal abusers and enabling them to abuse even more.

When we all stop buying from pet stores and websites and classifieds, the puppy mills will close!!!!!

Please spread the word to your friends and relatives.

For more on Petland, see http://www.petstorecruelty.org/boycottpetland.htm

Posted by: kelly | November 12, 2007 04:00 PM

Hello to all of you beautiful people with beautiful hearts and souls to match.
You are amazing.
GREAT job PETA.

Posted by: Judith, Freedom Fighter | November 12, 2007 04:04 PM

Nice work.

Posted by: BrandonXVX | November 12, 2007 08:50 PM

Hey,
I thought all the puppy mills were in the Midwest. Why hasn't peta commented on the latest mill in it's home state of Virginia? Seems like you guys would be right on top of it. Why are the dogs going to NY? They drove over 1100 miles to get these dogs and they were in peta's back yard all the time.
You guys are slipping.

Posted by: Christopher Cochran MD | November 13, 2007 10:55 AM

It's not calculus, but Mastercard!

Posted by: Caboose (Combine Slayer) | November 13, 2007 03:38 PM

I'm ready to get out there and stop these stores from selling innocent animals...All I need is some guidance and help...These posters are great and I would love to do something like this where I live...Please tell me where to start and how to get the $ for posters and i'm there!!!

Posted by: Kelly Frumet | November 14, 2007 09:59 PM

Those posters are perfect! we need to seem more of them!

Posted by: Stasya Berber | November 15, 2007 01:48 PM

Those posters are perfect! we need to see more of them!

Posted by: Stasya Berber | November 15, 2007 01:48 PM

Kelly

You can make your own.

Posted by: Caboose (Combine Slayer) | November 15, 2007 08:21 PM

Hey, Cochran,
Do you want to talk about "slipping"? What about a M.D.(?) -who is supposed be dedicated to his patients and his career and continuous education- that babbles with all kinds of silly nonsense on an ANIMAL RIGHTS' blog site? How about the same MD(?) claiming he's going all over the country for the purpose of joy-killing? When do you have the time to slip in your "patients"? And what makes you think that you haven't slipped from upholding the standards and honorary title of "M.D."?

Posted by: Ariel | November 16, 2007 11:46 AM

Love it. I've been a PETA member for a long time and I would love to boycott my local Petland in Ft. Myers, FL. Their tv ads are nauseating. Good job!

Posted by: April | June 8, 2008 12:13 PM

I bought a ferret from Petland located at 8800 W. Charleston Blvd.,
Suite #3,Las Vegas, NV 89117,702-949-7387 because he was on sale. He was absolutely beautiful, although a little bit lethargic.They waved this full warranty crap in front of my face and me like an idiot I believed them.We left Petland and took him directly to the Vet, where we spent an additional $50 having all the tests run for parasites and so on. I woke up the next morning and he was DEAD. We called Petland, they said bring him in and they would make it right. When we got there it was a completely different story. They refused to exchange it for another Ferret. They refused to give us our money back. And then they told us to have the Ferret autopsied, and theyre vet, at our expense. More than $200. The vet wouldn't autopsy him because he had been dead more than 12 hours. Petland told us we were screwed, and if we wanted our money back to take them to court.

We didn't even have the ferret for 24 hours. He was a birthday gift, and holding a dead ferret for my birthday was NOT my idea of a good time. I was hysterical, they told us they would take care of us then they called security to usher us out of the store. Our entire experience was heartbreaking.

Their warranty is not worth the paper it was written on. I urge everyone to stay far far away from this store at 8800 W. Charleston Blvd.,Suite #3 Las Vegas, NV 89117, 702-949-7387.

Posted by: betty tucker | September 28, 2008 04:13 PM

I hope that now that they have a definite Petland/PuppyMill connection, they'll be able to locate and shut down the suppliers of these puppies. Anyone who is thinking of getting a dog, please visit a Humane Society or other Animal Control facility in your community. There are so many loving pets waiting for someone to give them a good home.

Posted by: michelle | November 21, 2008 05:14 PM

I understand where all of you guys are coming from with the whole puppy mill thing, really I do. I am an animal lover times ten and have been my entire life. I just wish people would stop making crazy accusations that EVERY petland in the US gets puppies from mills. It's not true. I would have thought the same thing with all this slander on the web about them. You guys are forgetting that all petlands are individually owned...the only real tie a petland has to another is that they pay for the franchise name. that's it. I work at a petland where pets are first and if you don't agree, you're fired. The puppies are inspected three times before being made availible, and we offer three warranties with them. Health, cold, Parasite, all at our cost if there is an issue. as well as a congenital health warranty for three years. why would we spend our money paying for any issues if we knew they;d get them due to a mill? we wouldnt! you say petland is in the business of money right?? well it's saving us money to get the puppies from the right place and not having to deal with tons of vet bills.

I know there are shady people in the world, there just are, there's no way around it. BUt honestly, you can't group every petland together... They have freedom to buy and sell what from where how they want to. It's sad but true. I don't doubt that maybe there are petlands that do get mill puppies. All I ask is that you don't slander all petlands.. UNderstand they hardly have anything to do with one another.

Posted by: Katie | November 26, 2008 08:15 PM

Sadly, if people continue to breed for "perfection," they will continue to increase the number of recessive lethals present in "purebred" dogs, slowly killing off the bred. Sad enough without the prospect of millions of euthanized shelter dogs. I'll keep my pound puppies thank you very much! They may not win any AKC shows, but they love me just the same.

Posted by: Tanya | December 12, 2008 01:41 PM

Hi.You say never buy adopt.Because pound pups will die.That is true,but if you only adopt dogs the dogs in stores will die.

Posted by: Katie | January 1, 2009 02:59 PM