No they don't seem to be just bp. I saw son crazy bids on YouTube news clips with an iguana that was found alive in the trash, underweight snakes, an hamsters with wet tail. My fiance also noticed 100s of dead fish floating in the tanks with hundreds of live fish. It was very unsettlingly. As for the animal welfar groups. I realm don't see how this goes unnoticed as much as I does. When searching Bing an google for info on sick reptiles pet chains seem to always pop up with awful reviews bids an stories. It realm is unfair to all thies helpless animals