When I was seventeen, i got a job at PetSmart because i loved animals and liked PetSmart’s policy of not selling animals. I didn’t last very long at that job. Mostly because the manager was incredibly rude, demanding and condescending, but also because despite their policy, they still sold tropical fish. I guess this can be connected to the belief that you can be a vegetarian and still eat fish. Just to clarify, fish are animals. And tropical fish are obtained by invading and destroying their delicate habitats.

Well it seems that over the years, PetSmart completely abandoned that policy and began selling small animals in addition to the (vegetable-based?) fish. A recent article from azcentral.com showcases yet another reason why animal-loving people should start putting pressure on the corporate giant to stop selling animals. Here’s a snippet from the article:

The complaint stems from one PetSmart store in Scottsdale and one in Manchester, Conn. An undercover activist worked at the stores for a total of four and a half months, shooting photos and videos of sick and dead animals – including hamsters, rats, lizards, chinchillas and birds – that had been pulled from the sales floor. During her time working as a pet care specialist in Manchester, the unidentified investigator said 118 small animals, excluding fish, died at the store.

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