Petsmart in the UK - animal abuse exposed - rec.pets.cats.health+behav

Message from discussion Petsmart in the UK - animal abuse exposed
From: "Kathy Hutchins" <hutch...@hutch025.email.umn.edu>
Subject: Re: Petsmart in the UK - animal abuse exposed
Date: 1999/12/06
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Don Edwards <gilligan...@mindspring.com> wrote:

> Our local Petsmart locations near Atlanta GA do NOT sell pets. They do
> have space for pets (cats and dogs) from rescue organizations and humane
> societies. The organizations and societies seem to take care of the
> pets, NOT PETSMART. So a boycott (at least here in Georgia) would cause
> some animals to be put to sleep...and might cause some rescues to have
> to shut down...

I was confused by this as well, until I went to the BBC site and read the
summary of the story. The animals Petsmart is accused of abusing are things
like hamsters. I'm sorry, I can't get that upset about rodents. Most of
them leave the store destined to be a snake's dinner, and no one seems to
think that's abuse. Petsmart carries a lot of products I can't find anywhere
else, like the only litter the six wildcats and I can agree on. They run
clean, well-stocked, pleasant stores. Nothing in the story indicated a
problem more serious than failing to adequately supervise some low level
employees who didn't realize that whacking a sick hamster on the head wasn't
the best way to euthanise it. I will certainly continue to patronize
Petsmart.
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