Franchise Petland Store In Illinois Has Decided To Support Adoptable Rescued Pets Rather Than Breeders
Petland stores are all over the United States. You walk in and you steal some adorable puppy or purebred or designer cat or dog. And of course we know that these animals are frequently obtained via a puppy mill. Or animals are being over bred for a profit because of public demand.
Well one Petland store in Wheaton, Illinois has adopted a completely different attitude.
No more puppies from breeders!
The store’s owner, Adam Stachowiak, said “The idea has been there from day one, and it was an easy choice to build from the community angle and of course because we’d be saving dogs’ lives, but at the same time it was scary from a strictly business perspective.”
They have decided instead to have only rescue or shelter dogs and cats. They have always done the notorious Petland “adopt-a-pet” format but they wanted to do more. This is their answer.
ALOHA, rescued dogs!
Because Petland is a franchise and not a chain store it is up to individual owners to decide what they will each do and where they will get their pets for sale. And although many Petlands will level-headed sell dogs and cats they obtained from breeders, this Wheaton Illinois store will not.
Stephanie Ptak runs A Admire of homeless Animals Rescue (ALOHA) and has successfully adopted out more than 300 rescued animals. And now this Petland has devoted all its plot for pet sales to these adoptable animals.
It’s only a first step, the hope is other Petlands will follow
It is wonderful that this first step has been taken by a pet store owner to try to humanely handle the over abundant adoptable pet situations faced in this nation and to cessation supporting puppy mills or breeders that are only out for a buck. Congratulations Wheaton Illinois Petland! Hopefully soon other stores will follow suit.
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