So the news just broke yesterday that after an 8-month investigation by the Humane Society it’s been found that PetLand pet stores use puppy mills to breed the dogs they sell while telling customers that they come from upstanding breeders.
I thought everyone knew this already? I first heard it years ago when I was going to buy rat supplies at one of their stores and a friend told me that she won’t buy anything there because their dogs and puppies come from mills. A little research online revealed that a lot of people knew this then, too. Just looking in …read more

Meet Princess Chunk! Princess Chunk was found wandering the streets last week by Deborah Wright of Sicklerville, New Jersey. The cat was so big she had to be weighed on a dog scale and came in at 44 pounds, just a few pounds shy of the fattest cat on record!
Princess Chunk will be on Live with Regis and Kelly this morning, and on Good Morning America tomorrow.
If her owners don’t claim her by this Saturday she’ll go up for adoption at the The Camden County Animal Shelter. How can anyone not recognize this big smooshy ball of love?
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Ellen Degeneres and Portia de Rossi adopted a Brussels Griffon mix puppy named Iggy from the Mutts and Moms dog agency a few weeks ago. Apparently Iggy didn’t get along with their cats so they gave the dog away to Ellen’s hairstylist. However, Ellen neglected to notify the agency about the re-homing and upon finding out they confiscated the dog from its new home because the contract Ellen signed was violated.
I’m of two minds on this. On the one hand, anyone who has ever adopted from a shelter or agency knows how stringent they are about where these animals go. …read more