The local PassPets in White Oaks Mall, Springfield IL is the most horrid pet store I've ever witnessed. For years the company has forced young cats, dogs, ferrets, rabbits, guinea pigs, mice, rats, etc. To live in small cages covered in feces. These cages are rarely cleaned or inefficiently cleaned.
The puppy cages are about 2'x2' and the floor consists of a milk-crate type design (it has somewhat large holes in it) so their feces will hopefully fall through, although they are often coating the cage.
The puppies also get their legs stuck in these holes and are living 2-3 puppies per cage. On to the kittens. Sometimes they are in the glass display case, sometimes they don't have any kittens. Nonetheless, I've witnessed more than once an employee feeding them and when one tries to escape, its neck is slammed in the cage door! Or an employee will pick up the kitten and throw it against the wall!
The ferrets, rabbits, guinea pigs, mice, etc. Live in very small cages and often pile up in the corners because the rest of the cage is dirty and smells horrible. I used to have hamsters and mice and they do NOT smell that bad unless you neglect them. And the fish there are very unhealthy.
They all have Ick (sp?) which is a scale disease consisting of white spots all over the scales. This is easily cured by dropping a specified amount of medicine into the infected tank but apparently that's too hard for PassPets.
Also, they have the nerve to charge around $300-$400 for the cats and dogs. They aren't purebred or anything - in fact, I have a sneaking suspicion that they obtain these animals from the local pound.
I am urged to go and rescue these poor animals but PassPets will just go out and get more to abuse. The animals always look so sad when you walk past them, especially the dogs.
I don't know about you, but I'd hate to be shut up in a 2'x2' glass cage with milk crate-type of flooring while lying in my own feces. I just want people all over to be aware of this unethical treatment of animals.
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