Monday, January 20, 2014

PetSmart Cruelty

Here I'm going to talk a little bit about PetSmart cruelty, a common topic brought up by animal enthusiasts at some point - perhaps when they have discovered it. That's what I'm here to do, explain to you what really goes on behind closed doors. PetSmart (and other lesser-known pet stores) has a secret - the pets they sell have often experienced cruelty before they are sold. Babies are torn from their mother's side as soon as they can open their eyes, often still needing mom's milk. Escapees are smashed, crushed, and discarded. Pets they do not sell in a week are thrown away, still very alive.

Below are thousands of animals in these crates, ready for weekly shipment.





These animals are often crammed in tiny cages, which leads to cannibalization of their own kind due to stress.  These are all Syrian hamsters. These hamsters should be kept solely alone, or will kill and attack the other hamster.


This gerbil was not so lucky. He may have died because of an illness, or just lack of care.


Thousands of PetSmart animals die in store, and the must-have is a freezer in the back room to put all of the dead animals. No kidding!!

The cruelty doesn't always happen in-store. It's actually Rainbow World Exotic's fault, the largest and leading animal supplier in the USA.


So, after reading this, do you feel a little guilty? Maybe you bought a pet from PetSmart before. 
It's best not to support this pet store, even by buying things from it. There are countless photos like these where people pledge to not buy pets from PetSmart so we can end all PetSmart and REW sales NOW. Will you pledge? Print off this picture from www.petsmartcruelty.com and take a photo of yourself with your pet. Instagram it, put it on FaceBook, or blog about it. Let's help stop PetSmart sales.


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