The Petsmart here doesn't sell dogs or cats but they do allow a strictly local animal charity to keep cats in the store that are ready for adoption. They also allow her to come in on the weekend with dogs that need adoption. She adopts at least one dog every weekend and generally all that she brings in find homes first try. The local Petco has different policies and won't allow her to board her cats for adoption. They do have another charity that comes in on the weekend for adoptions.
When I bring Pecos in and she's there, his feet never touch the floor. Customers inundate her for requests to adopt him. Hilarious. ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, October 29, 2010 9:52:11 AM Subject: RE: [Chihuahuas] Puppy Mill Auction-Hundreds need our help The petcos I've been in have rescues come in if satudays and sundays ________________________________ On Oct 29, 2010 3:26 AM, dasha <[email protected]> wrote: The Petco here sold dogs before they went out of business and as far as I know another local one still does too. As long as people buy them they will thrive ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kavi Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 1:38 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Puppy Mill Auction-Hundreds need our help ALL petstores should be banned from selling dogs and cats!! Petco and Petsmart do not sell dogs or cats. If ALL petstores could not sell dogs or cats, this would cut down or out on PM's. shanna --- On Thu, 10/28/10, Nancy Lucky <[email protected]> wrote: >From: Nancy Lucky <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Puppy Mill Auction-Hundreds need our help >To: [email protected] >Date: Thursday, October 28, 2010, 9:13 PM > > > >Peggy, >Thank you for sharing this with everyone. I have seen so many shows on animal >planet about these puppy mills and I could not even sleep after wards. The >president of the SPCA is a wonderful man and often has people go undercover >and >buy many of these disposable dogs. They have never felt grass on their feet, >or >sitting on the couch with someone who loves them. Often they are in metal >buildings with no heating or air, it is so awful. We need to not only stop >this >but we also need to inform the public regarding factory farming, which is just >as cruel and mean. How could America allow this kind of savage treatment of >any >animal - well its all about profit. Look what they are doing to the beautiful >wild Mustang horses in Nevada. The farmers want the land and the use >helicopters >to get them to run into pens and then they are locked up. They live in family >pods but no one cares. I feel that us humans are the meanest and cruelest >animal >of all. I believe if more people were educated that they would stand up and do >something. Do you know that if everyone just cut down the eating of red meat >by >20% it would be the same as everyone driving a hybrid car because their gas >pollutes our air. > >Well their are my 2 cents worth. >Nancy > > > >--- On Thu, 10/28/10, Peggy & The Girls <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>From: Peggy & The Girls <[email protected]> >>Subject: [Chihuahuas] Puppy Mill Auction-Hundreds need our help >>To: [email protected], [email protected] >>Date: Thursday, October 28, 2010, 8:23 PM >> >> >> >> >>Hi Everyone >> >>I'm not sure if anyone on here is interested in this, but I figured for those >>that are not informed on what is really going on in the Puppy Mill world, you >>may find this of interest and possibly spread the news to rescues that you >>know. >> >>This month alone their will be 6 PM (Puppy Mill) auctions. Their are two >>types >>of auctions, the regular type which goes on all the time is when a particular >>Mill will auction off part of its stock so it can replenish the mill with new >>young healtheir dogs. They auction off their worn out and sometimes very >>sick >>dogs, or puppies that they know will later on in life have problems from bad >>breeding (but they don't tell the auction that or the buyer) .The ultimate >>sad >>and sick part of this is that they sell them to other worse PMs for as little >>as >>$5.00. Some times if their is any stock left over at the end of the auction, >>they either shoot them or drown them or worse yet drop them off in the >>streets >>or woods or just leave them in their cages usually in an abandoned building >>to >>rot to death. This is the horror of what goes on in the PMs and the public >>has >>to be made aware of the whole story, not just part of it like the news and tv >>tells you. It is true that the laws have changed some what within the past >>couple of years and several of these PMs have been prosecuted for ending >>their >>auctions in this manner, but that only went as far as the ones that actually >>got >>caught. >> >>So far this month, 5 of these auctions have already taken place, several >>hundred >>dogs have been involved. Tomorrow is the biggest double auction that anyone >>has >>ever heard of. This is the second type of auction. It is called a Closing >>Auction, where they sell not only the dogs, but all the equipment and the >>buildings and sometimes even the property. Their are 804 dogs at this >>auction, 57 CHI's are included and possibly puppies. Since this is a Closing >>Auction, it doesn't mean that all the dogs are old and sick, in fact most of >>them are young. October's auctions totaled several thousand dogs. Their are >>more coming up in Nov too. >> >>So here's the thing, many rescues have been going to these auctions and bid >>on >>the dogs to prevent another PM breeder from buying them. Not only does this >>save >>that particular dog, but just think of all the puppies that we have prevented >>from being born into a hell hole. This double closing has almost every breed >>that you can think of listed to bid off. An auction is not for the faint >>hearted. It goes on for two days. The dogs are literally stuffed into small >>cages and not attended to for the two days. The cages are stacked from the >>floor >>to the ceiling, row after row. They are grabbed out and stuffed back in >>again >>and again, until the bidding is finished. Bare in mind that these poor >>souls >>have never been handled by humans or felt grass or cement on their paws or >>have >>a clue what a car is or anything other then seeing other dog cages and >>barking >>all their lives. They deserve so much better, and the rescues are trying so >>hard to make a difference. >> >>This is one way to stop PMs, plus advocating not to buy, and not to breed >>because for each dog that is bought, or for each dog that is bred, it gives >>all >>the PMs dogs, the rescued dogs and the shelter dogs once less chance of >>finding >>a forever home. Their are thousands and thousands of dogs just on Petfinders >>alone who need a home, why bring more into this world, and never knowing that >>maybe one day the puppies that you sold could wind up in a shelter or found >>by a >>PM and used as a breeder, or worse yet used as a bait dog? A lot of people >>don't >>realize that these PMs are unscrupulous. They can have a family member go to >>a >>shelter and adopt a dog and then use it for breeding, to them it is new stock >>to >>mix in. The shelters don't do a check on people who adopt and the PMs and >>backyard breeders know it. Things have been so bad for some of the shelters >>in >>different states that they weren't even charging a fee to people to adopt a >>dog. >>If the laws were mandatory that no dog can be released from a shelter unless >>it >>is spayed and up to date on shots, worming, etc, we wouldn't have as many >>problems. But the funds aren't their for the shelters to do that, so they do >>the >>best that they can. >> >> >>Their will be more and more of these Close Out Auctions in the months to >>come, >>because of the economy and all the advertising not to buy a dog from a pet >>shop. The pet shops can't sell their dogs, which means the PMs can't sell to >>the >>pet shops. So then what happens to all the dogs that exist in the PMs? Some >>one >>has to rescue them and the only way a PM will release a dog is through the >>almighty dollar, even if it is 5 or 10 dollars, they don't care. Thus the >>auctions. >> >>So I am including the link for the auction and another link of a huge rescue >>that will be their among a lot of other rescues that will be their. They are >>going to need every ones support, financially, fosters, adopters etc. If you >>are interested in helping out in any way, please call the rescues in your >>area >>and ask if they participated or where they could direct you to help out. You >>can >>also email the main rescue from their site. >> >> >>Auction Link, click to the left for "up coming auctions" >> >>http://www.swkennelauction.com/index_files/Auction3.htm >> >>NMDR A fantsatic rescue group! >> >>http://milldogrescue.org/News.html >> >> >>http://doggiesandstuff.com/2010/10/15/missouri-mill-dog-auction-rescue-one-mission-october-29th-30th-please-help/ >> >> >>http://sscr.chipin.com/missouri-mill-dog-auction-rescue >> >>and it is all over facebook too. >> >>Thanks for listening and hope you can help these poor souls. >> >> >>♥ Peggy & The Girls ♥ >> >> -- Sent from my Palm Pre
