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 a window at one of their stores should tell you all those dogs are not coming from reputable breeders, you know?

You don’t need a pet store to be the middle man for a specific breed! Do a little legwork and find a breeder you can work with directly, or better yet go check out your local Humane Society and animal shelter and adopt a homeless pet instead.

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PetLand Uses Puppy Mills? You Don’t Say

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?

[image used with permission from newscom.com]

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Meet Princess Chunk: One Fat Cat

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. The two times we’ve adopted from a shelter we were living in an apartment and they actually called the management office to make sure pets were allowed, among other things. They don’t mess around because they don’t want the animals coming back to the shelter. Reading the fine print when something as important as a new family member is involved is usually a good idea.

Then again, the puppy had apparently already bonded with the hairdresser’s daughters and everyone was getting along well. The agency didn’t care and took the dog anyway and can’t be reached. Ellen has apologized and admitted that she didn’t read the paperwork and is pleading with the agency to give the dog back to the family. I’m leaning more toward this scenario because hello, for all intents and purposes it was now in a good home just the same. Give Ellen a slap on the wrist, research the new family and re-place the dog. However, according to the video at TMZ.com [pops], the shelter worker had it out for Ellen anyway.

What do you think?

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Ellen Degeneres in the Dog House