Pet Stores

ASPCA Pummels Puppy Mills With Pressure From Consumers, Politicians

Ed Sayres | Posted 06.01.2012

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Hurting puppies is unfathomable to most of us. Americans love puppies, and many of us agree with the late Charles M. Schulz's sentiments: "Happiness is a warm puppy." But despite all the adoration, puppies (and their mothers) continue to suffer in puppy mills.

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PHOTOS: Puppy Strangled To Death At Pet Store?

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 04.09.2012

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Rita, the adorable four-month-old English bulldog puppy depicted above, was allegedly strangled to death while in the care of PetSmart's groomers, th...

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Mega Pet Store Ditches Selling Puppies In Favor Of Adoption

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 10.18.2011

Read More: Humane Society of Canada Pj Pets, Pet Stores, ASPCA No Pets for Puppies, Pj-Pets-Adoption, Pj Pets Sales, Pj Pets Stop Selling Puppies, Puppy Mills, Dogs, Pj's Pets, Pet News, Green News

PJ's Pets, the mega chain of pet stores, announced Tuesday it will stop selling pets in its 41 stores across Canada, reports Yahoo News Canada. In...

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Say "No" to Puppies Sold in Pet Stores and on the Internet

Ed Sayres | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Pet Stores, Cats, Puppy Mills, Pets, Research, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Animal Welfare, Websites, Aspca, Animals, Dogs, Pups Bill, Puppy Mill Bill, Green News

As you admire the adorable puppies in the window of your local pet store, do you ever wonder where they come from? If you have no idea, you are not alone.

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Brittany Bang, Audrey's Pet Supply & Services: 27 Million And Counting

The Huffington Post/AOL Small Business | Lauren Drell | Posted 07.30.2011

Read More: Pet Stores, Video, Audrey's Pet Supply Services, Brittany Bang, Pet Supplies, Starting a Business, Pet Shops, Running a Business, 27 Million and Counting, Boston Pet Stores, Small Business Video, Small Business News

Starting your own business is a noble -- not to mention exciting, rewarding and often crazy -- undertaking. The experience is an adventure, to say the...

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Prop B: A Battle Against Puppy Mills That All Can Support

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Proposition B, Pet Stores, 2010 Elections, Puppy Mills, Animal Shelters, Missouri, Pet Overpopulation, Dogs, Voting, Elections 2010, Impact News

There are tens of thousands of dogs who are lonely and depressed and ill because it is their awful misfortune to pass each day on a puppy mill operati...

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Designer Geckos In

Boulder Daily Camera | Posted 05.25.2011

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HYGIENE -- In this tranquil Colorado town, the son of Godzilla is alive and well. The yellow-striped white "super giant" is only months old, but hi...

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Federal Audit, Lawmakers Spotlight Puppy Mill Problems

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iowa, Animal Cruelty, Inspector General, Animal Welfare Act, Bill Young, Sam Farr, Jim Gerlach, Tom Vilsack, Petland, Legislation, Richard Durbin, Lois Capps, Pet Stores, Puppy Mills, Puppies, Missouri, Oklahoma, Usda, David Vitter, Politics News

There's long overdue action on the issue of puppy mills, and the issue got some much-needed attention yesterday from the federal government. Sens. Ric...

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Americans Favor Animal Shelters Over Pet Stores: Poll

AP | SUE MANNING | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — Remember that old song, "How much is that doggie in the window?" For most Americans, it seems it's no sale. More than half of peo...

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Baby Turtles Seized From DIA Now Up For Adoption In Longmont

The Denver Channel | Deb Stanley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dozens of baby turtles are available for adoption in Longmont. Fifty tiny Asian soft-shell turtles from Thailand were seized in March at Denver Inter...

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Who Are the People in Your Neighborhood?

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Mom and Pop Store, Pet Stores, Foreclosure, Real Estate, Local Shops, Healthy Living News

I didn't use a coupon to my neighborhood pet store this past weekend. I usually spend about $60 every other week stocking up on food for my pets and believe me, I can really use the $12.

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Attention Holiday Shoppers: Petland Tied to Puppy Mills

Michael Markarian | Posted 05.25.2011

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Some Petland stores even buy puppies from brokers and middlemen, and may not even know who the breeder is until after the puppy arrives in the store.

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