http://www.star-telegram.com/news/story/1832470.html
“This wasn’t a pet shop,” said Jay Sabatucci, an Arlington Animal Services manager. “This was a multimillion-dollar business. It was cheaper for him to let them die than to have someone take care of themYeah... so make them pay ten times that. If they grossed that much money then why dont you confiscate that too. Thats like bernie maedolf not giving back the money he stole from people (like claiming to be selling high quality properly cared for pets)So far, authorities estimated the cost of removal and relocation at about $100,000.
Does it sound like this girl doesn't know how to count OR exaggerate numbers? lol something in that paragraph just sounds wrong.“This is one of the most heart-breaking things. I saw hundreds of deceased iguanas and stopped counting at 200,” said Maura Davies, spokeswoman for the North Texas division of SPCA. “There were at least a dozen more.”
Please dont say ban please dont say ban please...This is not the first time that the company has been in the news.
In June 2003, Shaw was asked by an Agriculture Department agent to delay the shipment of prairie dogs, after one of the animals was infected with monkey pox. Authorities at the time believed the disease came from a shipment of African rats that was sent to an animal dealer in Chicago. The infections led to a rash of cases in the Midwest.
Shortly afterward, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention banned the sale and transport of prairie dogs, fueling a national debate on whether they should be sold as pets.aawwwwwww