Petland Puppies Puppy Mills

Usda licensed commercial breeders account for less than 20 of all breeders in the country.

Petland puppies puppy mills. Hsus says the usda took this photo at a puppy mill in missouri that has sold dogs to petland usda hsus the north shore animal league america in new york regularly rehabilitates dogs from puppy mills. We work very hard to make sure we are getting the best puppies from the best breeders. Instead many of the puppies sold by petland come either directly from puppy mills or puppy brokers such as hunte which operates as a middleman between the mills and petland s retail stores. Cindy szczudlo rescue manager at the organization says that 80 dogs arrived at its rescue from mills in the midwest just last week.

The unregulated breeders who are selling outside of the usda regulations and without a license are what we consider to be puppy mills. I also got a bacteria infection from the dogs so they fired to me avoid a lawsuit. We often hear the question where do your puppies come from and do you get your puppies from puppy mills our puppies come from commercial breeders and they do not come from puppy mills petland makes frequent trips to visit their breeders. But john goodwin senior director of the humane society s stop puppy mills campaign contends there are loopholes that have allowed petland to profit from unhealthy animals including offering.

America s largest chain of puppy selling pet stores petland inc is also the nation s largest retail supporter of puppy mills. Read class action complaint here. Petland naperville s dogs are all purchased from usda facilities. Since that investigation the number of petland stores in the country has dropped sharply from 140 u s.

Puppies sold in petland stores are healthy and come from high quality breeders. The animals are all sick. Petland encourages the highest quality of pet care and is committed to improving conditions for all dogs in the communities the company serves. One of petland s primary missions is to enhance the human animal bond and provide life long companions for its customers.

Stores in 2008 to only about 80 today. Collectively these stores sell tens of thousands of puppies each year. At the time we linked petland to mass production puppy mills sparking nationwide demonstrations.