Petland kills bunnys

[nixer]

Hi,



I personally would love to know what happened to the "thousands" of dogs the HSUS rescued.


dr del

just check the nearest vet im sure they have lots of freezers full of them

[kazboots]

I have had personal experience with a Petland in the past, it is thankfully shutdown now. I took in 14 syrian hamsters and a couple dwarf hamsters over a period of about a month straight from the store. The animals were overcrowded and fighting badly. They had bad wounds and two were missing an eye. The open cages allowed people to constantly bother the nocturnal animals and the one dwarf was psychotic. One employee admitted that they don't seperate males and females but it didn't matter cause they could use the pinkies for snake feed. That means the snakes you would buy would be conditioned for hamsters and if you buy a female hamster it would be pregnant but they didn't seem to understand the problems their actions could cause. The employees weren't trained at all, they barely even seemed to know the basics of the animals they cared for. At least they were willing to give the injured unsellable adults to me but I think its because they were taking up room in the back and they didn't have any snakes large enough at the time. When I would walk in and the employees were asking me questions that is a really bad sign.

[Raptor]

PETA has turned just annoying over the last decade. All that they stand for has become wrong and horrible. They should be shut down, along with Petsmart, Petland, and Petco. All the stores starting with Pet should be! JK, but from my knowledge, this seems true.

The Petsmart where I live have dogs and cats from local shelters up for adoption. The majority of them have animals in good shape. I can't really say anything good about their cricket handling skills though.

[Blue Apple Herps]

The thread title is 110% false/misleading. Petland doesn't kill bunnies, an employee killed bunnies. And I did click on the PETA site to the article and they had more information on it. The employee has been charged with animal cruelty and the pet shop was shut down.

That being said, the Petland near me is disgusting. Their tanks always have excess poop in them, reptiles always look dehydrated and frequently have partial sheds stuck to them. Fish tanks always have a dead fish or two that are decomposing. Smells bad, uninformed employees (I heard one tell a lady she could feed a cornsnake crickets if feeding mice made her queasy). So maybe there are OK ones, but my experience with them is terrible.

Peta is messed up. They think dogs are better of dead then to be our pets. I know my dogs are pretty spoiled so I not sure how she would be better off dead.

First off, I'm no PETA supporter. I do think they're a bunch of hypocrites who have swam well past the deep end.

However, that being said, your comment is 100% false. That's not PETA's stance at all. Sure there are some crazies in the organization that might believe that, but the organization doesn't. NPR interviewed their founder a week or so ago and I caught most of it (good interview actually, worth listening too even if you don't like them). And she talked about how so many of their stances have been misrepresented. Including what you assert.

Like I said, I'm not fan, but lets not mischaracterize their positions.

[I<3Dreamsicles]

The thread title is 110% false/misleading. Petland doesn't kill bunnies, an employee killed bunnies. And I did click on the PETA site to the article and they had more information on it. The employee has been charged with animal cruelty and the pet shop was shut down.

That being said, the Petland near me is disgusting. Their tanks always have excess poop in them, reptiles always look dehydrated and frequently have partial sheds stuck to them. Fish tanks always have a dead fish or two that are decomposing. Smells bad, uninformed employees (I heard one tell a lady she could feed a cornsnake crickets if feeding mice made her queasy). So maybe there are OK ones, but my experience with them is terrible.

I know. But i think thats what it says on all the news sites.

Thats not the first time of stuff like that tho i heard about a local pet shop in a mall that killed puppies in a garbage compactor machine type thing.

There are ALWAYS dead fish in the fish tanks. Its probably because they have like 50 in a 10 gallon tank....

[kazboots]

Regardless of the fact that a single employee killed the rabbits,first A manager watched and took the picture, secondly the news reports seem to try to gloss over the fact that it was poor conditions in the store that led to the rabbits needing to be put down.
There are numerous people on this forum that take better care of their feeders than some of these stores are caring for animals they want to sell as pets. Explain to little Suzy why her birthday present died suddenly of internal injuries sustained in a fight, or little Johnny why his new ball python is starving to death because it was conditioned to eat hamsters.
How many of these stores have injured animals "in the back" that nobody sees, and a lot of employees won't report them cause they can't afford to lose their job. These stores simply are not regulated enough, and USDA regulations are not much help since last I knew a syrian hamster was only required to have like a 3x5 inch space or something ridiculously tiny per animal.And if asked about a skinny snake they can claim it is being offered food but won't eat.

[I<3Dreamsicles]

well, i guess this backs up the fact that you should buy everything from a breeder, or get it from a shelter.

Good point with the manager or what ever taking the picture... Thats just messed up that they kill animals the have because they didnt even take care of them. Why get them in the first place.

[wolfy-hound]

PETA is against keeping animals as pets, and does kill over 90% of all pets it takes in. That's fact.
The head of the organization will say whatever it takes for them to continue taking in tons of money that they can use to restrict animal ownership even MORE than they already are.
Frankly PETA is NOT a non-profit, and is a bunch of hypocrites that fanatically want to take away every animal of any use, right down to the last kid's hamster and the last food animal. All you have to do is look at their campaigns, instead of listening to the head person who's already a proven liar.

[Blue Apple Herps]

I know. But i think thats what it says on all the news sites.

Thats not the first time of stuff like that tho i heard about a local pet shop in a mall that killed puppies in a garbage compactor machine type thing.

There are ALWAYS dead fish in the fish tanks. Its probably because they have like 50 in a 10 gallon tank....

Yeah, its unfortunate that these petshops/companies just view the animals as $$$ and not as animals.

I avoid them at all costs, I only go to pet shops to buy supplies, like aspen.

And you're right about the fish, always over crowded. Its sad because then you see people who do the same thing with their fish tank at home and think "Geeze, the pet store had 75 fish in a tank this size, how come all of mine keep dying?"

[wilomn]

PETA is against keeping animals as pets, and does kill over 90% of all pets it takes in. That's fact.
The head of the organization will say whatever it takes for them to continue taking in tons of money that they can use to restrict animal ownership even MORE than they already are.
Frankly PETA is NOT a non-profit, and is a bunch of hypocrites that fanatically want to take away every animal of any use, right down to the last kid's hamster and the last food animal. All you have to do is look at their campaigns, instead of listening to the head person who's already a proven liar.

That's not all. They don't even want you to have dogs or cats as pets.