Lawsuit against Petland.

moneysense · #1 03-19-2009, 07:17 PM

The Humane Society of the United States said in a lawsuit against Petland, that the stores had misled customers by telling them that the puppies they were selling came from top breeders, when in fact, they came from puppy mills.

Many of the puppies sold at the 131 Petland stores were bred and kept in filthy conditions, and none of the puppies had even been socialized. And lack of human contact during puppyhood can be very debilitating when it comes to trying to train the puppies later.

Many of the puppies that were sold were already sick and this cost the new owners vet fees to keep their puppies alive and well.

Petland had this to say to charges,

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"At Petland, we offer healthy, happy and well-socialized pets to our customers," "As our business requires that our customers be highly satisfied, it only makes sense that we would do everything possible to ensure that we provide healthy puppies."

The plaintiffs want to change the way the puppies are bred and want to be reimbursed for vet charges for vetrinarian care of the sick puppies they bought.

Empty Wallet · #2 03-19-2009, 10:00 PM

Cruelty to animals to me is one of the worst offenses anyone can do, besides hurting a child.

They are helpless and defenseless and need us to take care of and love them, and people who take that trust and abuse those poor babies need to go to jail and do some hard time.

nough said!

ClassyLady · #3 03-20-2009, 12:40 AM

There is so much of this going on that we don;'t even know about it is not even funny!! This is not the first time I have heard this and won;'t be the last. People has made millions off puppy mills! They should all be strung up by thier heels!!

moneysense · #4 03-20-2009, 04:46 AM

It is a shame. With all the money those places make, you would think they could and would hire some people to keep cages clean and see that the puppies are well cared for.

Its all about money any more, and no one cares who or what has to suffer while they are making the money.

And depending on the breed, unsocialized puppies could grow up to be aggressive and that is so unfair to the animals. And to the people that adopt them.

dimetime · #5 03-20-2009, 06:58 PM

I am a huge animal lover, and I have to agree that those people to are running these puppy mills should be forced to pay for their crimes.

These poor puppies are unable to defend themselves and those who are used to breed are normally so sick that they are unable to defend themselves or their young.

I have seen several puppy mills put out of business on animal planet shows. Though its said that for every mill which is put out of business there are at least 2 more starting up.

If Petland is a store which is truely purchasing their animals from puppy mills then I hope that they are all put out of business as well as forced to pay for all of the vet care people have had to spend to keep the new additions to their homes alive.

moneysaver · #6 03-22-2009, 01:57 PM

It makes me sick that people don't know how to treat an animal. It really isn't that hard to do. A little loving, food, water, a doctor, and attention is all they need.

I had a stray cat that came to my house, (out of all the other houses) and she had babies. One of my neighbors took the momma away when the babies were only about 4 1/2 weeks old.

I brought them into my house, took them to a vet, treated them for fleas, and loved them (all 5 of them) and got them all adopted out. They now have happy homes to live in.

I just don't see how anyone could mistreat a animal of any kind. After all, we are all animals of some type. We eat, breath, potty, and just try to get by in life.

I am so sorry about going on and on about this but, I wish if someone gets caught mistreating an animal, they should have to go through what that animal had to go through!!!