Sam,
It's
important to be non-confrontational. While dealing with the general public
on a daily basis many pet shop owners feel as if they are authorities on the
animals they carry. Sometimes, when someone comes along and tries to point
out what they are doing wrong, this gets mis-interpreted and all communications
cease. The NJ Herp Society has printed out a booklet with several care
sheets which we distribute to shops. So far this has gone over quite
well.
Good
luck and keep up the good work in trying to improve the lives of the animals
that live in shops! Every little bit helps!
-----Original Message-----Thanks so much for your quick response and thoughts guys. Greatly appreciated!
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Many of us here in Canada have seen very poorly managed reptile shops and wanted to know whether if a place existed out there that we can tell this to, in order to help solve the situation. I guess the best thing we can do is talk to the managers or owners for the meantime and hopefully things'll shape up.
Thanks so much for your time!
-Sam
Subj: RE: [gecko]Complaints Against PetshopsAs president of the NJ Herp Society I've found that often you can do more good by trying to supply the correct info about animal care as opposed to calling a gov't agency like USF&W...this of course strictly being my experience in NJ because our local USF&W is so badly understaffed that they rarely ever do anything to rectify a bad situation in a pet shop. They have bigger fish to fry. Sometimes unfortunately, Pet Shop owners are so ignorant and bullheaded that they refuse to listen to anything anyone has to say, then that's when you raise all hell. But as a herper in a state with increasingly restrictive legislation on the horizon I prefer to go the non-governmental route.
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Sorry, I know this doesn't really answer your question SF but it's more of a comment on what Julie suggests.
You can try PIJAC as a pet shop association but I don't really know what they can do....good luck.
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SF, I used to call Fish and Game when I found places like that. I know my local herp society has tried to work with the local pet shops, you might try hooking up with your local folks and see what they suggest. Pet shops also have associations online, contact them. Ideas anyone?
Julie B.
Karin Wrote:
I know Peta's website had a campaign against Petco for their mistreatment of
animals, but not against reptiles in specific.
I've heard that there are no animal cruelty laws/rules for reptiles, because
they say they don't "feel" pain and suffering. (is this true?)
What I do is just complain to the manager of the store, usually, they'll at
least hear you out and try to fix things, but you can't really expect them to
shape up all that much...
-Karin
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Just had a quick question. Is there a website out there, that you can go to and complain about pet shops that poorly treat their reptiles? And if such a thing exists, do they do anything about it, or is it a waste of time?
Thanks in advance!
-SF
