I found out yesterday that Georgia will examine claims made about petstores given to the Animal Control. I will probably start making some calls in the future.

Found out by being at a Pet Supplies Plus last night getting some crickets and taking a look at a new carpet python they got in. Carpet pythons are awesome by the way! Anyway, while I was there, animal control came in to make sure they handled a situation that was called in by a customer about a ferret who was sickly. The officer thought I had a love for all animals and said if I wanted to help, I could donate some time to a farret rescue group. I took the information but I have no passion to help take care of sick ferrets.

I wasn't the one that called on the ferret, but I do remember seeing it and I had a hard time believing they would even keep it with the other ferrets. They no longer sell ferrets anymore.

Just thought I would pass this information along. Not sure if I commented in that thread, but they are not hired to be animal experts. It's not up to the government to do anything. The chain should take the initiative. If you want to make a difference, don't look towards the government. Write something up and send it to the store manager of every petstore in your area. Send it to the regional manager and send it to the home office for the chain. Don't use threats, play a numbers game.

How many threads on this forum bash PetCo/PetSmart/PetLand/etc... That's lost business to them. And when you HAVE pets, people talk to you about them and if they decide to get a pet you will probably tell them not to get them from one of those pet stores. I know how to go about change in a corporate environment. I just don't have the drive or time to do it.