Petland Demonstration Day
Ask Petland to STOP selling puppies (from puppy mills!)
Event Info Host: The Humane Society of the United States
Type: Causes - Rally
Network: Global
Time and Place Date: Saturday, January 10, 2009
Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Contact Info Phone: 3012583150
Email: barcher@humanesociety.org
Description: Join us for a demonstration Saturday, January 10th from 1pm to 3pm, at your local Petland to speak out against their support of puppy mills!
A recent investigation by the HSUS found that the Petland chain of stores is the nation’s largest retail supporter of puppy mills.
Please attend our peaceful rally to spread awareness of the cruelty of puppy mills and to encourage pet stores to stop selling puppies. Free fliers and posters will be provided at the rally near you.
We’ll continue to keep the pressure on Petland until the company does the right thing for animals. With your continued help, we’re confident we will succeed!
Demonstration locations:
Austin, TX
9900 South IH-35,
Bldg. W, Ste. 400
Austin, TX 78748
Local organizer: boycottpetland@sbcglobal.net
Columbus, OH
86 Meadow Park Ave.
Lewis Center, OH 43035
Local organizer: lschnieders@hsus.org
Directions: Meet us just off of US Route 23 (High Street), next to the entrance way into Meadow Park Avenue (McDonalds on your left). Park your car in the Giant Eagle parking lot, or one nearby.
Tampa, Florida
17657 N Dale Mabry Hwy
Lutz, FL 33548
Local organizer: lbevan@hsus.org
Pittsburgh, PA
6401 Penn Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Local organizer: sspeed@hsus.org
Chicago, Illinois
720 SR 59 Suite 108
Naperville, IL 60540
Local organizer: jmatyas@hsus.org
Las Vegas, NV
8800 W. Charleston Blvd.,
Las Vegas, NV 89117
Local organizer: animalrightsnevada@yahoo.com
Racine, WI
2310 S. Green Bay Rd.
Racine, WI 53406
Local organizer: abodai@hsus.org
Cicero, NY (Syracuse)
5701 East Circle Drive
Cicero, NY 13039
Local organizer: info@syracuseanimalrights.com
Directions: Petland is located in a plaza surrounded by private property. We will stand along the public road fronting the Mobil Gas Station-7888 Brewerton Rd. Cicero, NY 13039. Parking can be found at the this station. We have chosen a safe, legal place to stand at one of the entrances to the plaza. A minimum of 100 cars per minute pass through this intersection. That’s at least 6,000 people seeing this demonstration per hour!
Fairfax, VA
9404-A Main St.
Fairfax, VA 22031
Local organizer: barcher@hsus.org
Directions: From the Beltway, get off at Exit 52, Route 236 in Annandale, going WEST toward Fairfax. Go several miles. The first mall on the right (near sign for Einstein Bagels) is Pickett Shopping Center. Turn right at the traffic light onto Pickett Road. We’ll be on the public sidewalk at the next traffic light, right side of the road, near the wine store. Please pass us and park at the next mall over, on the left side of Pickett Road, near McDonalds.
St. Paul, MN
2123 Hudson Rd.
St. Paul, MN 55119
Local organizer: jfritz@hsus.org
Roseville, CA (Sacramento)
9400 Fairway Dr. Ste 150
Roseville, CA 95678
Local organizer: jfearing@hsus.org
Sarasota, FL
5380 Fruitville Rd.
Sarasota, FL 34232
Local organizer: ankerstar@comcast.net
Happy Thanksgiving to all pet lovers and don’t forget, turkey bones are NOT good for dogs!
From USDA
Please check the rawhide you have at home!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — October 20, 2008 — The Hartz Mountain Corporation, Secaucus, NJ is voluntarily recalling one specific lot of Hartz Chicken-Basted Rawhide Chips due to concerns that one or more bags within the lot are potentially contaminated with Salmonella. Hartz is fully cooperating with the US Food and Drug Administration in this voluntary recall.
Here we go again, another pet food recall. This time it looks as if it is a salmonella problem. Mars recalls cat and dog food. Please see detailed article >>> Mars Petcare US Issues Voluntary Recall of Everson, PA Plant Dry Pet Food Product due to Potential Salmonella Contamination and check the product codes in case you have food at your home.
Eating Dangerous or Poisonous Objects/Food
Puppies, young dogs, and some adult dogs are orally oriented. Just like human babies, everything goes in their mouths! This may be a habit left over from teething. It may be a way of releasing tension. It can even be breed-related. For example, Retrievers naturally pick up and carry things in their mouths, Beagles tend to sniff out and eat everything that looks like food, etc. Whatever the reason, the problem begins when the item is swallowed.
The only safe bone for a dog to chew is hard rubber or pliable nylon! Giving your dog the bones of another animal to chew on is not a wise idea. Bones splinter and can lodge in the mouth, throat, or intestine.
Table scraps do not provide adequate nutrition and, therefore, should not be given to a dog. A little juice, left over from any dish, except poultry, can be poured over a high quality dog food.
Poultry juice is very difficult to digest.
Raw eggs should not be given to a dog because of the risk of salmonella poisoning.
Last week we were confronted with another shocking report about puppy-mills, this time in WV. Almost 1,000 - yes ONETHOUSAND - dogs have been rescued from a puppy mill and are now waiting for a home. How many will make it until they are put to sleep? My personal guess is about 25 - 30%. That leaves about 700 dogs with no chance of ever becoming a beloved family member.
We are thrilled that the authorities have learned from horrible mistakes made 3 years ago as Katrina hit the Gulf Coast! A study also found that 44 percent of those who stayed behind when Hurricane Katrina hit did so because they wouldn’t abandon their pets. Knowing that their pets are in safety will make the decision to leave so much easier in hard times such as these.
NEW ORLEANS–Authorities evacuating residents from New Orleans ahead of Hurricane Gustav are including four-legged friends after thousands of pets perished in Hurricane Katrina three years ago.
Animal welfare groups tried to make sure evacuees had their pets with them, while shelters away from the Gulf Coast accommodated animals this time around.
Many owners stayed in the city during the catastrophic 2005 hurricane because they could not take their pets to shelters and could not bear to leave them. Yesterday, Animal Rescue New Orleans provided boxes for residents to carry their small pets with them on buses and trains and owners lined up for machine-readable animal ID tags.
Source: Reuters News
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