Petsmart Truth

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Petsmart Truth

• Landhermie2008

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Lack of Knowledge

• Pet stores employees don't know what they are
  talking about most of the time. This is because
  they are not taught how to properly take care of
  the animals in their care. If they are, the
  information they receive is wrong.
• Petsmart's care sheet tells you that hermit crabs
  need 50-60 relative humidity when you really
  need 70-85.
• Petsmart's care sheet also tells you that you
  need a small pet store cage for guinea pigs when
  in reality you need a much larger, home-made
  cage.
• (www.cavycages.com)?

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Dangerous Products

• Petsmart sells dangerous products like exercise
  wheels, exercise balls, and leashes for guinea
  pigs. These sort of objects will permanently
  damage a guinea pig's back.
• Petsmart sells tiny, plastic containers for
  hermit crabs when hermit crabs really need a MUCH
  larger habitat. Hermit crabs are best left to
  their natural habitat, but if you already have
  hermit crabs, you can still keep them if you know
  how to properly care for them. Hermit cabs live
  much longer in the wild than in captivity. They
  are un-releasable to the wild.

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Dangerous Products

• Hermit crab food contains ingredients that can
  severely harm a hermit crab. Do not buy your
  hermit crab hermit crab food. Instead, give
  your hermit crab organic human food. You have
  to make sure you provide your hermit crab with
  adequate nutrition, however.
• Petsmart sells guinea pig food mixed with seeds
  and many more things that guinea pigs can easily
  choke on.
• Small animals are not the only ones negatively
  affected by what Petsmart sells. Petsmart also
  sells Hartz flea tick products, which can be
  fatal to cats and dogs. Instead, you should use
  Frontline or Advantage on your cat or dog if it
  has fleas.

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Dangerous Products

• Mirrors for birds are usually not recommended by
  bird trainers, because they lessen the chance of
  your bird becoming tame.
• Vitamin C water drops are highly not recommended
  for guinea pigs. They often contain harmful
  ingredients. They even put Vitamin C water drops
  in the water their own pet store guinea pigs
  consume.

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Neglect

• Instead of seeking vet care, which would cost
  Petsmart thousands due to the crappy, diseased
  breeding facilities Petsmart gets their animals
  from, Petsmart tends to ignore health problems of
  their animals. This is against the law, but since
  most Petsmarts only sell small animals, their
  neglect is often over-looked.

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Dickson, City, PA Neglect May 31st, 2008

• Guinea pigs who contract upper respiratory
  infections often have their fur puffed up, crusty
  eyes, and barely move. They also breathe heavy.
  This is what I observed on May 31st, 2008. I told
  one of the workers, and they also agreed that the
  guinea pig had an upper resp. infection. I took a
  picture with my cell-phone for proof of neglect.
  I went to the pet store again the next day to get
  some more proof. He was still in the same, exact
  spot the same day. Nobody had bothered to do a
  thing for him.

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Dickson City, PA Neglect May 31st, 2008
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Dickson City, PA Neglect June 1st, 2008
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Dickson City, PA Neglect June 1st, 2008
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Over-Population

• Cats and dogs are not the only ones in shelters.
  There are guinea pigs, rabbits, hamsters,
  chinchillas, and many more animals in shelters
  because of businesses like Petsmart. Please
  adopt. Check out
• www.petfinder.com.

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Rainbow World Exotics

• Rainbow World Exotics not only supplies animals
  to Petsmart but also to Petco.

Bird at Rainbow World Exotics
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Rainbow World Exotics
Pictures of Rainbow World Exotics
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Rainbow World Exotics
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Rainbow World Exotics
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Rainbow World Exotics
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PetSmart Store Investigation in Manchester,
Connecticut, 2006-2007

• Pictures by PETA

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More PETA Petsmart Images
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The Bottom Line

• Petsmart is a business, meaning its purpose is to
  make profit. Petsmart considers the animals they
  sell products. Living, breathing products.
  Should living, breathing beings be considered a
  product? I think not.

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Video
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What You Can Do

• E-mail cs_at_petsmart.com and urge them not to sell
  animals.
• Boycott Petsmart. It DOES work. They will have
  less money to use to purchase stock. If you
  rescue animals, they will just be replaced with
  MORE animals. MORE animals will end up in
  Petsmart, especially if you keep rescuing them.
  You cannot rescue them all, and they'll soon have
  too much stock for you to rescue.
• Petco, Pet Supplies Plus, and almost all pet
  stores are like this. It is best to boycott them
  all.

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What You Can Do

• Spread the word! Do whatever you can to inform
  people about Petsmart's cruelty to animals.
  Search YouTube videos on the subject and send
  them to people, link to www.petsmartcruelty.com
  wherever you can, even write on your school
  supplies like folder and binders about it. Do
  whatever it takes to spread the word about
  Petsmart's cruelty to animals.

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What You Can Do

• Forward this presentation to as many people as
  possible. This way, many more people will learn
  about Petsmart's cruelty to animals. Feel free to
  also burn this presentation to CD's if you want
  to show it to people do or whatever else you can
  think of with the CD. Whatever you do with this
  presentation, though, must help animals in some
  way.

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What You Can Do

• Report cruelty you see Petsmart doing to animals
  to your local Humane Society or ASPCA. Symptoms
  of pet store cruelty include, but are not limited
  to, dirty cages no food and/or water no
  necessary vet care confined cage etc. Animal
  cruelty laws differ from state to state. Be sure
  to research your local animal cruelty laws.
  Recommended http//www.animallaw.info/statutes/to
  picstatutes/sttoac.htm

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Websites

• http//www.geocities.com/landhermitcrab2006 -
  Hermit crab care
• http//www.guinealynx.info- Competent guinea pig
  care information
• http//www.guineapigcages.com- Guinea pig cage
  size recommendations and cage-building guide
• http//www.helpanimals.tk- Other ways to help
  animals
• http//www.peta2.com- Website for helping animals
• http//www.petsmartcruelty.com- More information
  on Petsmart cruelty

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Websites

• http//www.freewebs.com/petstoretruth - Pet Store
  Cruelty information
• http//www.hartzvictims.org/ -Information on Flea
  and Tick Products Produced by Hartz
• http//www.helpanimals.tk- information on helping
  animals

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