PRESS RELEASE > > Petland Responds to HSUS Report > > Nov. 21, 2008 > > Click me > x?guid=%7BA8E3F7E8-45A7-4624-8D2D-86F5B6A36DD9%7D > > > > CHILLICOTHE, Ohio, Nov 21, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- At Petland, healthy, > happy, well-socialized pets within our care are our number one priority > as they have been for 41 years. > > > > We do not support substandard breeding facilities and we provide each > Petland store with "Humane Care Guidelines," that were developed in > conjunction with the U.S.D.A. to assist with breeder facility > inspections as it pertains to pet selection. > > Reports such as those posted on the HSUS web site surface every year > around the holiday season in conjunction with their annual fundraising > efforts. Unfortunately, we were not interviewed or consulted nor were we > a part of any of the editing process. This is sensationalism at its > best. HSUS has a history of publicizing false information in an effort > to raise money. They do not operate a single pet shelter or pet adoption > facility anywhere in the U.S. To the contrary, over the last 10 years, > Petland has adopted out more than 270,000 homeless puppies and kittens > nationwide. > > > > Additional information to understand about HSUS: > > > > 1. During 2006, HSUS contributed only 4.2 percent of its budget to > organizations that operate hands-on dog and cat shelters. In reality, > HSUS is a wealthy animal-rights lobbying organization (the largest and > richest) that agitates for the same goals as PETA and other radical > groups. > > > > 2. HSUS raised money online with the false promise that it would "care > for the dogs in the Michael Vick case." The New York Times later > reported HSUS wasn't caring for Vick's dogs at all. HSUS president Wayne > Pacelle told the Times that his group recommended that government > officials "put down" the dogs rather than try to adopt them out. > > > > 3. HSUS senior management team includes a former spokesman for the > Animal Liberation Front (ALF), a criminal group designated as > "terrorists" by the FBI. > > 4. Less than 12 percent of money raised for HSUS by California > telemarketers actually ends up in HSUS's bank account. The rest is kept > by professional fundraisers. > > > > 5. HSUS raised a reported $34 million in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, > supposedly to help reunite lost pets with their owners. Little of that > money was spent for its intended purpose. Public disclosures of the > disposition of the $34 million in Katrina-related donations add up to > less than $7 million. > > > > As reported by Center for Consumer Freedom, Click me > > About Petland > > > > Petland is the retail pet industry leader in the area of animal care > with ongoing staff training programs, in-store animal husbandry systems > and community service programs aimed at placing homeless pets and > promoting the spaying and neutering of pets in the community. At > Petland, our pet counselors are experts at matching the right pet with > the right person. We carry a wide range of pets including mixed breed > and register-able puppies and kittens, tropical fish and birds, reptiles > and small animals. Some of our puppies and kittens come from local > animal shelters, pet rescue groups and from members of the community. > Petland also offers upwards of 6,000 pet supplies. _________________________ Nikki Agrippina Mastino
The Petland near me has NO pets from shelters. All "designer dogs" and typical petstore pups (pugs, shih tzus, min pins, JRT, GSD, Labs, GR, etc) last time I went in to just look at the place they had 40 puppies there and of course it was Xmas time. They also keep tanks with about 8in deep of feeder/pet rats(LARGE). This chain has come and gone around here since i was little. They close and come back 6 years later relocated. Then they close after a year or so. But in my area they are just like a mall pet store, just not attached to a mall.
The "Vick Dogs" are located at the Best Friends Sanctuary (i think thats what its called) out west. maybe Arizona-ish. My friend went out there to volunteer and they have an area that they are keeping the Vick dogs ...waaay in the back. They still are evaluating some of the dogs but they dont let anyone see them...even the volunteers. I dont give money to the HSUS. Never have and probably never will.
[ Edited Sun Nov 23 2008, 08:15PM ] Charina Corrado Mastini
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